Obituaries

Hal Blaine, Hall of Fame drummer who played with Elvis and Frank Sinatra, dies at 90

Blaine played on 40 No. 1 hits in the 1960s and ’70 and was awarded a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award last year.

Rabbi Avraham Tzvi Landa, last Chabad yeshiva student to survive Holocaust via Shanghai, dies at 100

He was granted a visa in 1940 by Japanese consul Chiune Sugihara and spent the remainder of World War II first in Kobe, and then in Shanghai.

Samuel Miller, philanthropist who championed Catholic-Jewish ties, dies at 97

His son, the veteran Middle East peace negotiator Aaron David Miller, once said his father was “as tough, smart and intimidating as any man I’ve ever known.”

David S. Davidson, prominent judge and leader in Reform movement, dies at 91

Filmmaker Stanley Donen, director of ‘Singin’ in the Rain,’ dies at 94

Al Vorspan, social justice leader for the Reform movement, dies at 95

Transgender rights activist Barbra Siperstein dies at 76

Izzy Young, who produced Bob Dylan’s first major concert, dies at 90

Rabbi Yechiel Eckstein, interfaith activist who raised millions in Christian donations for Israel, dies at 67

Rela Mintz Geffen, former Baltimore Hebrew University president, dies at 75

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