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In 1978, Roberts joined WPVI-TV in Philadelphia as a co-host for the morning television show AM Philadelphia. To avoid possible confusion with Lisa Thomas-Laury, he changed his stage name from David Thomas to Dave Roberts. After the death of Jim O'Brien on September 25, 1983, he began reporting the weather for WPVI's Action News.
Norm Snead, 84, American football player (Philadelphia Eagles, Minnesota Vikings, New York Giants). [500] Makoto Taniguchi, 93, Japanese diplomat and academic, heart failure. [501] Luís Torras, 111, Spanish painter. [502] Elisabeth Trissenaar, 79, Austrian actress (Angry Harvest, The Stationmaster's Wife, Mario and the Magician). [503]
Russell Alfred Bufalino [2] (/ ˌ b ʌ f ə ˈ l iː n oʊ /; born Rosario Alfredo Bufalino, [3] Italian: [roˈzaːrjo alˈfreːdo bufaˈliːno]; October 29, 1903 – February 25, 1994) was an Italian-American mobster who became the crime boss of the Northeastern Pennsylvania Italian-American Mafia crime family known as the Bufalino crime family, which he ruled from 1959 to 1994.
Pope John Paul II was the subject of three premature obituaries.. A prematurely reported obituary is an obituary of someone who was still alive at the time of publication. . Examples include that of inventor and philanthropist Alfred Nobel, whose premature obituary condemning him as a "merchant of death" for creating military explosives may have prompted him to create the Nobel Prize; [1 ...
New York City New York Hypertensive heart disease Swim US Patrick Findlay [82] 45 6/29/2008 Pacific Crest Oregon Heart attack Swim US Jim Goodman [80] 46 6/22/2008 Hy-Vee Iowa Drowning Swim US Patrick Kane [79] 38 5/10/2008 Florida Panhandle. Georgia Drowning Swim US Randolph Parnell [78] 51 5/3/2008 CB&I Texas Drowning, but had heart issues ...
New York, New York: First broadcast job [12] 1950-1951 Armed Forces Radio: Honshu, Japan: Korean War, nicknamed the "Honshu Cowboy" for playing country music to the U.S. troops [13] 1952 WLAN-AM: Lancaster, Pennsylvania [10] 1953 WPEN-AM: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Sunday shift [13] 1954-1963 WFIL-AM & WFIL-FM: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Blockson in his office at home (1971) Charles Leroy Blockson (December 16, 1933 – June 14, 2023) was an American historian, author, bibliophile, and collector of books, historical documents, art, and other materials related to the history and culture of African Americans, continental Africans, and the African diaspora throughout the rest of the world.
Ryne Duren, 81, American baseball player (Philadelphia Phillies, New York Yankees). [89] Ohan Durian, 88, Armenian composer. [90] Gad Granach, 95, German memoirist, son of Alexander Granach. [91] John D. Kendall, 93, American musical educator (Suzuki method), complications of a stroke. [92] Irving Farmer Kennedy, 88, Canadian World War II ...