Afrika Bambaata Dead: Hip-Hop Pioneer Was 68
Hip-hop pioneer Afrika Bambaataa (born Lance Taylor) has died at age 68. According to TMZ, which first reported…
He scaled bridges, paddled Manhattan — and loved Morristown: Michael Rockland dies at 90
Michael Rockland high atop the George Washington Bridge. Photo courtesy of the author. Michael Aaron Rockland, who died…
Laura Maioglio, Longtime Owner of Barbetta on Restaurant Row, Has Died
Laura Maioglio — the force of taste, tradition and meticulous hospitality behind Barbetta, the storied Italian landmark on…
Former Nickelodeon Child Star Killed In NYC Hit-And-Run
Kianna Underwood, a former child actor who appeared on Nickelodeon‘s All That and Little Bill, among others, was…
Obituary | Barbara “Bobbie” Linkous Queen
BARBARA “Bobbie” LINKOUS QUEEN of Wilmington, NC died on January 5, 2026. She was born on October 5,…
Comedian and Brooklyn native John Mulrooney dead at 67
Brooklyn-born comedian John Mulrooney is dead at age 67. The funnyman died suddenly at his home in Coxsackie,…
‘New York Undercover’ Co-Creator Was 68
Kevin Arkadie, the co-creator of Fox cop drama series New York Undercover, died this week. Arkadie, who was…
Obituary: Robert A.M. Stern, 86, Multi-Faceted NYC Architect and Academic
Architect Robert A.M. Stern, 86, who founded and led the New York City-based architecture firm named for him…
Obituary: Reverend Joseph P. O’Meara
With brotherly sadness, but with true Christian hope in the Resurrection of our Lord, I share the news…
A Tuba Falls Silent — Hell’s Kitchen Says Goodbye to Alan Gilbert
Alan Gilbert, the tuba player whose unmistakable brass lines became part of the unofficial soundtrack of Hell’s Kitchen,…
Obituary | Queen Estelle Jones
Services will be held 1:00 P.M., Saturday, November 15, 2025, at Zion Hill Holiness Church, 4424 Spring Branch…
New York Sculptor Dies at 95
Jackie Ferrara, a New York–based artist known for stacked-wood sculptures, traveled to Basel, Switzerland, to end her life…