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Father Norman J. O’Connor, Feisty Host of “Jazz with Father O’Connor,” Passes On

By Jay Collier | July 6, 2003 |

From The New York Times The Rev. Norman J. O’Connor, a Roman Catholic priest who was also a well-known authority on jazz, died last Sunday in Wayne, N.J., where he lived. He was 81. … Father O’Connor, whose name was seldom mentioned in print without the words “the jazz priest” attached, began making a name…

Bernice “Bunny” Chesler Leaves Us at 69

By Jay Collier | September 16, 2002 |

From The New York Times — 9/16/2002 Bernice Chesler, 69, Guidebook Author, Dies [B]ernice Chesler, the author of widely read guidebooks about American bed-and-breakfast inns, died on Sept. 4 at her home in Newton, Mass. She was 69. The cause was cancer, said a friend, Lynda Morgenroth. Mrs. Chesler’s work won praise around the country.…