New Jersey 101.5 » obituaries http://nj1015.com New Jersey News Thu, 20 Jun 2013 10:14:30 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 Two Charged With Using Obits For NJ Burglary Targets http://nj1015.com/two-charged-with-using-obits-for-nj-burglary-targets/ http://nj1015.com/two-charged-with-using-obits-for-nj-burglary-targets/#comments Sat, 08 Jun 2013 11:45:04 +0000 Townsquare News Network http://nj1015.com/?p=276117 Two people in New Jersey have been charged with burglarizing the homes of the recently deceased while family members attended their funerals.

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]]> http://nj1015.com/two-charged-with-using-obits-for-nj-burglary-targets/feed/ 0 Keith Goldstein, Getty Images Dear Abby Columnist Pauline Friedman Phillips Dies http://nj1015.com/dear-abby-columnist-pauline-friedman-phillips-dies/ http://nj1015.com/dear-abby-columnist-pauline-friedman-phillips-dies/#comments Thu, 17 Jan 2013 19:20:35 +0000 Townsquare News Network http://nj1015.com/?p=217918 Pauline Friedman Phillips, who under the name of Abigail Van Buren, wrote the long-running "Dear Abby" advice column that was followed by millions of newspaper readers throughout the world, has died. She was 94.

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]]> http://nj1015.com/dear-abby-columnist-pauline-friedman-phillips-dies/feed/ 0 Pauline Phillips (Wikicommons 1961) Fontella Bass, "Rescue Me" Soul Singer Dies http://nj1015.com/fontella-bass-rescue-me-soul-singer-dies/ http://nj1015.com/fontella-bass-rescue-me-soul-singer-dies/#comments Thu, 27 Dec 2012 17:14:03 +0000 Townsquare News Network http://nj1015.com/?p=209885 Fontella Bass, a St. Louis-born soul singer who hit the top of the R&B charts with "Rescue Me" in 1965, has died.

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]]> http://nj1015.com/fontella-bass-rescue-me-soul-singer-dies/feed/ 0 "Rescue Me" Singer Fontella Bass Dies (Gabe Palacio/ImageDirect/ Getty Images) Indian Activist Russell Means Dies at 72 http://nj1015.com/indian-activist-russell-means-dies-at-72/ http://nj1015.com/indian-activist-russell-means-dies-at-72/#comments Mon, 22 Oct 2012 14:01:13 +0000 Townsquare News Network http://nj1015.com/?p=183439 Russell Means, a former American Indian Movement activist who helped lead the 1973 uprising at Wounded Knee, reveled in stirring up attention and appeared in several Hollywood films, has died. He was 72.

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]]> http://nj1015.com/indian-activist-russell-means-dies-at-72/feed/ 0 Comedian Phyllis Diller Dies At Age 95 http://nj1015.com/comedian-phyllis-diller-dies-at-age-95/ http://nj1015.com/comedian-phyllis-diller-dies-at-age-95/#comments Mon, 20 Aug 2012 19:48:01 +0000 Townsquare News Network http://nj1015.com/?p=153870 Phyllis Diller, the housewife turned humorist who aimed some of her sharpest barbs at herself, has died at age 95 in Los Angeles.

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]]> http://nj1015.com/comedian-phyllis-diller-dies-at-age-95/feed/ 0 Phyllis Diller (Mark Mainz/Getty Images) Suicide Victim Tony Scott Left Notes Behind For Loved Ones http://nj1015.com/suicide-victim-tony-scott-left-notes-behind-for-loved-ones/ http://nj1015.com/suicide-victim-tony-scott-left-notes-behind-for-loved-ones/#comments Mon, 20 Aug 2012 15:36:57 +0000 Townsquare News Network http://nj1015.com/?p=153720 Tony Scott, director of such Hollywood hits as "Top Gun," ''Days of Thunder" and "Beverly Hills Cop II," died Sunday after jumping from a towering suspension bridge spanning Los Angeles harbor and leaving behind several notes to loved ones, authorities said.

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]]> http://nj1015.com/suicide-victim-tony-scott-left-notes-behind-for-loved-ones/feed/ 0 Director Tony Scott (Kevin Winter/Getty Images) Author of 'Where the Wild Things Are,' Maurice Sendak Dies http://nj1015.com/author-of-where-the-wild-things-are-maurice-sendak-dies/ http://nj1015.com/author-of-where-the-wild-things-are-maurice-sendak-dies/#comments Tue, 08 May 2012 13:18:51 +0000 Townsquare News Network http://nj1015.com/?p=100912 Maurice Sendak, author of `Where the Wild Things Are,' dies at 83 following a stroke.

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]]> http://nj1015.com/author-of-where-the-wild-things-are-maurice-sendak-dies/feed/ 0 "Where the Wild Things Are" Author Maurice Sendak (Getty Images) Jan Berenstain, 88, Berenstain Bears Co-Creator Dies http://nj1015.com/jan-berenstain-88-berenstain-bears-co-creator-dies/ http://nj1015.com/jan-berenstain-88-berenstain-bears-co-creator-dies/#comments Mon, 27 Feb 2012 16:45:10 +0000 Townsquare News Network http://nj1015.com/?p=63591 PHILADELPHIA - Jan Berenstain, who with her husband, Stan, wrote and illustrated the Berenstain Bears books that have charmed preschoolers and their parents for 50 years, has died. She was 88.

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]]> http://nj1015.com/jan-berenstain-88-berenstain-bears-co-creator-dies/feed/ 0 Berenstain Bears book (Amazon.com)