Coronavirus Obituary US

Sidney Fleischer, 102, decorated war veteran who fought in eight battles

Fleischer was a gunner on a B-17 bomber during World War II, earning eight battle stars.

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Paul Shelden, 79, music educator who founded instrument company

A longtime faculty member at the Conservatory of Music at Brooklyn College, Shelden founded Diplomatte Musical Instruments in 2004.

Ernest Einzig, 97, Purple Heart winner who left behind over 100 descendants

Born in 1923 in Budapest, Einzig came to the United States as a teenager and was wounded fighting in Europe in World War II.

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Ted Ruskin, 76, avid student of Denver Jewish history

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Alex Klein, 70, kosher caterer whose prayers stormed the heavens

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Benjamin Levin, 93, last surviving member of the legendary Avengers partisan group

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Michael Sorkin, 71, urban planner who proposed design for a Palestinian capital in Jerusalem

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Salomon Podgursky, 84, lived a life of resilience after the Holocaust

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Joseph Feingold, 97, a survivor who famously brought a violin from Germany to the Bronx

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Mindella Lamm, 88, wife of former Yeshiva University president

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