Obituaries News – QNS

Mary H. Butler

Obituary: Astoria’s Mary H. Butler remembered for dedication to family and service

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Ozone Park

Tommy Barcia, Adrian and Rocky’s founder, dies aged 61

By Ethan Marshall

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Flushing

Henry ‘Hank’ Krumholz, stalwart pioneer of Queens LGBTQ Pride, dies at 73

By Bill Parry

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Obituary: Ronald Shafran, 77 ‘Goodnight to our forever Champ’

By Austin Shafran

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Real estate visionary and St. John’s benefactor, Joseph M. Mattone passes away at 92, leaves legacy of transformation and philanthropy

By Iryna Shkurhan

Malachy McCourt

AMNY

Irish American actor and NYC icon Malachy McCourt dies at 92

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Briarwood

Morton Povman: longest serving NYC Council Member, dies at 93

By Ethan Marshall and Czarinna Andres

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Bayside

Op-ed: Farewell, good friend: Shalom Chaver Paul Vallone

By Rabbi Yossi Blesofsky

Jackson Heights

Holocaust survivor and Jackson Heights resident dies at 101

By Ethan Marshall

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Vincent Cannizzaro, former Christ The King women’s basketball coach, dies at 82

By Ethan Marshall

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Flushing

Fresh Meadows couple reminded of daughter’s traffic related death following death of Quintas Chen in Flushing

By Rachel Butler

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Flushing

Olde Towne of Flushing Burial Ground celebrated with street co-naming

By Rachel Butler

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Queens mourns passing of NY1 anchor Ruschell Boone, who died Sunday at age 48

By Bill Parry

Long Island military hero remains returned to the U.S. Ukraine Freedom fighter Capt. Grady Kurpasi honored at JFK Airport

ByJeff Yapalater

AMNY

Actor and New York native James Caan dead at 82; known for Oscar-nominated role in ‘The Godfather’

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East Elmhurst library hosts tribute to Patricia Ann Naylor-Thomas

By Jenna Bagcal

Jack Kaiser obituary

Legendary St. John’s athletic director Jack Kaiser dies at age 95

By Bill Parry

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Bayside

‘Bayside’s One of a Kind’: Civic leader and activist Mandingo Osceola Tshaka dies at 91

By Ethan Marshall

Mario Polito

Whitestone

‘He loved everyone’: Whitestone community mourns death of beloved deli co-owner

By Carlotta Mohamed

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John Koufakis, founder of Star Auto Group, dies at 94

By Bill Parry

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Longtime Deputy Queens Borough President Peter Magnani remembered as ‘true public servant’

By Bill Parry

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Late College Point artist and sculptor remembered for turning recycled materials into treasure

By Carlotta Mohamed

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Flushing

Flushing family mourns late matriarch and centenarian who gave back to the community

By Carlotta Mohamed

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Jackson Heights

‘A pillar of the community’: Jackson Heights mourns loss of civic leader Joseph Ricevuto

By Bill Parry

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