Obituaries

Sharon at funeral remembered as ‘friend, leader, military chief’

Former Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon at his public funeral was remembered as a man of courage and strength on the battlefield and in the political arena.

Sam Berns, a public face of rare aging disease, dies at 17

A Boston-area Jewish teen whose fight against the rare genetic disease progeria was chronicled in an Academy Award-contending documentary has died.

Arnoldo Foa, Italian actor and director, dies

Arnoldo Foa, an Italian stage, screen and broadcast personality, died in Rome.

Sharon eulogized as thousands line up to pay respects

Ariel Sharon, one of Israel’s last warrior statesmen, dies at 85

Yosef Shapira, a founder of World Bnei Akiva, dies

Remembering Edgar Bronfman

Edgar Bronfman: Prince of the Jews

Edgar Bronfman, philanthropist and Jewish communal leader, dies at 84

Alvin Goldstein, Jewish porn king, dies at 77

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