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Longtime Manorhaven residents Michael and Santa Ragusa passed away within weeks of each other.

Port Washington

Port Washington couple dies weeks apart after 70 years of marriage

By Larissa Fuentes

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Jenn Murphy Augustine, Floral Park business owner, mother dies at 38

By Isabella Gallo

Jerome Fields, a longtime Roslyn resident and member of the Sid Jacobson JCC, died at 80 in his home.

Roslyn

Jerome Fields, self-made executive, dies at 80

By Larissa Fuentes

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Mineola

Former Mineola Mayor Robert Hinck dies at 88 after long public service career

By Isabella Gallo

David Zielenziger, a former journalist and Great Neck resident known for his civic leadership, died at the age of 72.

Great Neck

David Zielenziger, ex-journalist and Great Neck civic leader, dies at 72

By Cameryn Oakes

Former mayor of Manorhaven Jim Avena died on April 13 at the age of 81.

Port Washington

Jim Avena, former Manorhaven mayor, dies at 81

By Cameryn Oakes

Bob Spina, Village of Brookville trustee, has died at 82 years old

Upper Brookville

Brookville Trustee Robert Spina dies at 82

By Hannah Devlin

Jon Dolecki's wife Irene (center), children and grandson celebrate his legacy at the Saturday, April 5 field renaming

Glen Cove

Glen Cove baseball field named in honor of late coach, Jon Dolecki

By Hannah Devlin

Michael Mazzei, founder of NuBest Salon & Spa in Manhasset, died at 84

Manhasset

NuBest salon founder, trailblazer Michael Mazzei dies at 84

By Cameryn Oakes

Former Police Chief Timothy Edwards

Glen Cove

Timothy Edwards, former Glen Cove police chief, dies at 83

By Hannah Devlin

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Glen Cove

Glen Cove’s June Petrucci dies at 93

Long Island Press

Manhasset

Peter Dejana, founder of Port’s Peter & Jeri Dejana Foundation, dies at 84

By Cameryn Oakes

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Manhasset

Manhasset mourns Dali “Donald” Bekteshi, Villa Milano co-owner

By Karina Kovac

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Teresa Prendergast, Superintendent of Great Neck Public Schools, Dies at Age 60

By Samantha Carey

Roslyn

Insurance company executive Ned Dubofsky dies at 54

By Cameryn Oakes

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Kenneth Kronen, Cantor in Plainview and Last Rikers Plane Crash Survivor, Dies at 95

By Long Island Press

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Hempstead-raised Rapper Grand Daddy I.U. Dies at Age 54

By Briana Bonfiglio

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Aline Kominsky-Crumb, Underground Cartoonist from LI, Dies at 74

By Jocelyn Noveck, Associated Press

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Entertainment Exec Charles Koppelman, of Roslyn Harbor, Dies at 82

By Timothy Bolger

Nikki Finke

LI Native Nikki Finke, Sharp-tongued Hollywood Columnist, Dies at 68

By Associated Press

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Bernie McGuirk, of 77 WABC’s Bernie & Sid in The Morning, Dies at 64

By Briana Bonfiglio

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Longtime Long Island Business Leader Jack Kulka Dies at Age 79

By Briana Bonfiglio

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Longtime Suffolk Judge Patricia Grant Flynn Dies at Age 61

By Long Island Press

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Shelby Modell, of Modell’s Sporting Goods and Founder of LI Chapter of Crohn’s and Colitis Foundation, Dies at 98

By amNewYork Metro staff

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