Obituaries

Connie Sawyer, oldest working actress in Hollywood, dies at 105

The daughter of immigrants from Romania titled her memoir, “I Never Wanted to Be a Star — and I Wasn’t.”

Red Fisher, Canada’s foremost hockey writer, dies at 91

In all, he covered several thousand hockey games in his career; he was inducted into the International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame in 1999.

Julius Lester, professor who embraced his Jewish and African-American identities, is dead

An award-winning author of 43 books and articles in The New York Times and the Village Voice, he taught Judaic and Near Eastern studies at the University of Massachusetts

Alan Sagner, NJ developer who backed liberal and Jewish causes, is dead at 97

Remembering Aharon Appelfeld, from charnel house to whorehouse to a home in Israel

Aharon Appelfeld, renowned Israeli author, dies at 85

Jewish families killed in Costa Rica crash remembered for passionate social justice work

Jerry Yellin, who flew the last combat mission of World War II, dies at 93

Kazimierz Piechowski, leader of daring escape from Auschwitz, dies at 98

Vera Katz, three-term mayor of Portland who escaped the Nazis, dies at 84

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