AP Obits--1/15
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Obituaries in the News
Charity Earley, Mike Hurewitz, Cele Goldsmith, Lalli Arne Larsson, Gerald Van
der Kemp
DAYTON, Ohio (AP) - Charity Earley, the first black officer in the Women's Army
Corps and commander of the only unit of black women to serve overseas during
World War II, died Sunday. She was 83.
Earley commanded the 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion in Europe during
World War II. The all-black, 850-member female unit was stationed in
Birmingham, England, and later Rouen, France, to expedite the delivery of mail
and packages to soldiers on the front lines.
Most members of the unit were postal clerks, but others operated the unit's
mess halls, motor pools and supply rooms.
In 1995, Earley was publicly recognized by President Clinton at the
groundbreaking for the Women's Memorial in Washington D.C.
Earley was a member of Sinclair Community College's board of trustees from 1977
through 1992 and vice chairwoman of the board from 1985-92.
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - Mike Hurewitz, a veteran New York journalist, died Sunday
from complications following surgery to donate part of his liver to his
brother. He was 57.
His brother, Adam, a 54-year-old Long Island physician, is recovering.
A journalist for almost 30 years, Hurewitz was known for his passion for
journalism and compassion for young reporters learning the trade. He covered
topics from organized crime trials in New York City to features in rural
upstate New York near Saratoga Springs where he made his home.
Hurewitz joined the Albany Times Union in 1994 after reporting for the former
Long Island Press and the New York Post.
At the Post, Hurewitz covered courts and crime, among other beats.
Hurewitz attended the University of Rochester and earned a master's degree in
journalism from the University of Missouri.
He is survived by his wife, Vickie.
NEWTOWN, Conn. (AP) - Cele Goldsmith Lalli, a retired editor in chief of Modern
Bride magazine, died Monday after her car went off a road and struck a tree.
She was 68.
Lalli retired three years ago from Modern Bride after being its editor in chief
for more than a decade. She had worked for the magazine for more than 30 years.
She was the co-author of two books offering grooms and brides solutions for
diplomatically choosing attendants, dealing with divorced parents and
containing costs, among other dilemmas.
Lalli also shared her wedding expertise directly with future brides, conducting
workshops for prospective brides and their mothers.
STOCKHOLM, Sweden (AP) - Arne Larsson, a Swedish heart patient who received the
first implanted pacemaker in 1958, died Dec. 28 after a long illness. He was
86.
Larsson's operation on Oct. 8, 1958 in Stockholm was done to treat a heart
block condition known as Stokes-Adams syndrome, which slows the heartbeat and
decreases blood flow to the brain.
The pacemaker was implanted by Dr. Ake Senning, a cardiac surgeon, and
developed by Dr. Rune Elmqvist, a medical device engineer. It used only two
transistors and was the size of a hockey puck.
But within five hours, the history-making pacemaker stopped.
Senning implanted a second pacemaker that Elmqvist had built, and Larsson was
out of the hospital within two weeks.
The operation sparked a moral debate on whether mechanical devices should be
placed in the human body to sustain life. It also paved the way for other
advances in medical implants, such as the artificial heart.
Since his first operation, Larsson had received 26 pacemakers.
PARIS (AP) - Gerald Van der Kemp, a French art expert praised as ``the savior
of Versailles'' for spearheading the restoration of the famed 17th century
palace outside Paris, died Dec. 28. He was 89. A cause of death was not given.
Born May 5, 1912 in Charenton-le-Pont outside Paris to a family of Dutch
origin, Van der Kemp studied art at the Ecole de Louvre and began his career at
the renowned Louvre Museum in Paris in 1936 as an assistant curator.
Van der Kemp was drafted at the outbreak of World War II. He was taken
prisoner, then escaped to the chateau at Valencay in southwestern France, where
a number of art works were being hidden from the Nazis.
Van der Kemp joined efforts to protect the art from being pillaged by the
Nazis, reportedly sleeping with Leonardo da Vinci's ``Mona Lisa'' by his bed.
Le Monde newspaper said Van der Kemp persuaded German soldiers not to destroy
the chateau or the art inside by telling them that Hitler would be outraged by
such an act.
After the war, he turned his attention to the palace at Versailles, spending 35
years, from 1945 to 1980, raising money to restore its splendor.
In 1977, Van der Kemp was asked to rehabilitate the much-neglected Giverny -
the house, studios and gardens where master impressionist Claude Monet was
inspired to paint his water lilies.
Louis Epstein
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: Obituaries in the News
: NEWTOWN, Conn. (AP) - Cele Goldsmith Lalli, a retired editor in chief
: of Modern Bride magazine, died Monday after her car went off a road and
: struck a tree. She was 68.
: Lalli retired three years ago from Modern Bride after being its editor
: in chief for more than a decade. She had worked for the magazine for
: more than 30 years.
Previous to which,in the years surrounding her own
marriage,she was the managing editor of AMAZING STORIES
and FANTASTIC STORIES for Ziff-Davis,in the 1960s.
She was the one who bought the stories while the
editorials were written by Editorial Director Norman
Lobsenz.
: She was the co-author of two books offering grooms and brides solutions for
: diplomatically choosing attendants, dealing with divorced parents and
: containing costs, among other dilemmas.
: Lalli also shared her wedding expertise directly with future brides,
: conducting workshops for prospective brides and their mothers.
I wonder why the AP chose to completely ignore this
phase of her career...certainly her obits in the
SF "trades" won't give as much coverage to her years
after she left for the bridal stuff as this.
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