Posts Tagged ‘New York’
Jack D. Summerfield, 79, WGBH Manager
From The New York Times Jack D. Summerfield, 79. Communications Professor, writer, and loving father. During his career, Summerfield managed radio and TV stations (WGBH, WRVR, and KPBS), won numerous national awards including the Peabody, volunteered in the Peace Corps and passionately taught college students. He is survived by his children Edward Ford, Jenna Lynn,…
Read MoreFather Norman J. O’Connor, Feisty Host of “Jazz with Father O’Connor,” Passes On
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…
Read MoreBernice “Bunny” Chesler Leaves Us at 69
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.…
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