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Photo Credit: Flickr/Medical JaneBrooklyn District Attorney Ken Thompson died yesterday after what his family described as a “hard fought battle with cancer.” Thompson’s family made the announcement last night. The District Attorney was 50 years old. Thompson is survived by his wife of 17 years, Lu-Shawn Thompson, and
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Photo Credit: Flickr/Medical JaneBrooklyn District Attorney Ken Thompson died yesterday after what his family described as a “hard fought battle with cancer.” Thompson’s family made the announcement last night. The District Attorney was 50 years old. Thompson is survived by his wife of 17 years, Lu-Shawn Thompson, and
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Mourners waving their phones. (Courtesy Spike Lee/Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/p/BEfGaa3yqgj/].)Last night, Fort Greene partied like it was 1999, but under the most 2016 of circumstances. Thursday afternoon, Spike Lee sent out word [/blog/2016/04/21/spike-lee-hold-prince-tribute-tonight-40-acres/] via his Instagram that he was going to
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(Courtesy Rob Nguyen via Flickr [https://www.flickr.com/photos/rob_nguyen/5472622043/in/photolist-9kABSt-8xnCfp-8xqE3j-3WxDap-8xqEfN-8xnBVX-8xnC2D-8xqEpq-8xnC8k-aW5w3k-8xqEn5-48ryw6-8xnC3T-3WBZZy-e81Gwj-8xnBYr-ahArv2-4S9LNZ-5pobLc-aW5vJK-bccaBr-6BocX7-6aUsbU-xxUHyU-aqKKfn-8pN9LD-xVn4N-8CK2U4-dzoygh-8fQaJF-4S9L5t-gSkCZZ-uELuhW-gSkwy1-KzfYi-99PjyB-8gvqhs-9SfdEF-4oJrGi-ckTaqA-ckTadw-6aUrT5-hjw2oP-3WxGf8-6aQgvp-6aUruL-6VBhQb-8xqEsb-7umc2c-yT9Z] .)One of Brooklyn’s most famous restaurants lost its pa
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Charles Kyrie Kallas (Source: Kallas Family)Lt. Col. Charles Kyrie Kallas, a longtime resident of Sheepshead Bay who predicted the neighborhood’s population boom in the mid-20th century and invested in commercial properties across the community, passed away in his sleep on Sunday at the age of 96. Kallas came
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Courtesy of the Mohan-Ram family.Family and friends bid farewell this morning to Sandesh Mohan-Ram, a neighbor and ice cream man affectionately known to many as “Papa,” after he suddenly passed away last week from a cardiac arrest at 41. Courtesy of the Mohan-Ram family.Born February 25, 1974, Papa
265 Flatbush Avenue
Photo via FacebookThe tragic loss of a local businessman casts a pall over Flatbush Avenue this week, following a terrible fire early Wednesday morning [/blog/crime/fire-on-flatbush-avenue-leaves-1-dead-several-injured] that claimed the life of 46-year-old Bassam Awad. Awad, whose family has owned the building that had the fire and the one immediately
Avenue U
Richie Randazzo (Source: Legacy.com)The doorman from Avenue U who won the $5 million jackpot [/local-lottery-winner-battling-cancer/] died from lung cancer last week. Richie Randazzo, who had been battling the disease for a year, died on November 14 at age 50. His funeral mass was held at St. Simon &
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Assunta “Sue” Santa Maria, the beloved sister of community leader Carmine Santa Maria, passed away on June 4 at Maimonides Medical Center after a brief bout with pneumonia. Santa Maria was a committed member of the community, arriving in Bensonhurst in the 1950s. She was a member of the Most
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It is with sadness that we share news of the recent passing of neighbor Myra Addington, a humanitarian, singer, yoga enthusiast, mother and wife, and Marlborough Road resident for the past three plus decades. Ahead of her March 23 memorial service, a few friends of Myra’s shared their thoughts.
Obituaries
We’re sad to hear that Rynn Berry, the 68-year-old man who collapsed while jogging in Prospect Park on New Year’s Eve [/blog/crime/do-you-recognize-this-unidentified-jogger], passed away not long after being identified by his half-brother following a wide-reaching effort to figure out who he was. A health-conscious man who
Major Owens
Major Owens, who served Brooklyn — including parts of our area — in Congress from 1983-2006, passed away Monday night at the age of 77. Owens, who was known to fight for education, civil rights, and economic equality, was in our area notably critical [http://www.brooklynrail.org/2004/09/local/in-re-atlantic-yards]
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When 73-year-old Patricia Ngozi Agbim of Ditmas Park was struck and killed while trying to cross Ocean Parkway at Church Avenue [/crime/pedestrian-struck-on-ocean-parkway-at-church-ave] last month, several politicians and residents began rallying for already-requested safety improvements [/transportation/residents-join-lander-to-demand-actions-to-improve-prospect-expresswaychurch-ave-intersection] at the dangerous intersection. The NYC DOT has increased the walk signal timing
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Roz Cohen with a portrait of her late husband, Norman.Coney Island Hospital (2601 Ocean Parkway) and the Brooklyn Streetcar Artists’ Group dedicated a new exhibit space in the hospital to the memory of Norman Cohen, the late husband of Councilman Domenic Recchia staffer Roz Cohen. Cohen, 83, passed away
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When many people in Ditmas Park think of what “neighborhood” means, about how it’s the people who make that concept a reality, they often think of Ric Menello, a man who even if you didn’t know him (and it seems everyone did), you at least saw him, someplace,
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Source: Brooklyn CyclonesWarner Fusselle, the only man to have ever called the play-by-plays for the Brooklyn Cyclones [http://www.brooklyncyclones.com/news/index.html?article_id=1331] (1904 Surf Avenue), passed away a week shy of what would have been his 12th Opening Day since the inception of the team.