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2013-05-19 00:04:20
Vincent R. Scorsone, a top executive at Alcoa in the 1980s and early '90s, died Wednesday at the age of 77.
2013-05-18 00:10:47
Golfer who was recently inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame won the 1964 U.S. Open and spent 35 years in the TV broadcast booth
2013-05-18 00:07:20
The junta leader oversaw a ruthless campaign of political killings and forced disappearances to quell dissidents.
2013-05-18 00:06:16
Longtime partner in Washington, Pa., firm died following a stroke.
2013-05-17 00:14:59
With a passion for football and family, John H. Stafford lives on through a local academic scholarship to Notre Dame that bears his name.
2013-05-17 00:09:14
The restaurateur behind Golden Spike, Johnny Garneau's American Style Smorgasbord and The Beanery died Tuesday. He was 90.
2013-05-15 05:47:37
Muncie, who played for New Orleans and San Diego from 1976 to 1984, died Tuesday in Los Angeles of heart failure.
2013-05-15 00:04:12
Janet Thompson, whose tenure included serving as principal of Schaeffer, Regent Square and Clayton elementary schools, died at age 74.
2013-05-14 14:26:44
Giuseppe "Joe" Aiello, who created award-winning pies with fresh toppings and ingredients, died at age 71.
2013-05-14 00:12:25
His NAACP campaign in 1963 pushed Hollywood and Madison Avenue for greater representation of black people on-screen and in craft unions.
2013-05-14 00:08:25
James R. Lauffer, chairman, president and CEO of the First National Bank of Herminie from 1971 to 2001, died at age 73.
2013-05-13 00:11:38
His discoveries about the internal workings of cells shed light on genetic disorders like Tay-Sachs disease.
2013-05-13 00:05:50
His designs were so easily recognizable, and recognizably expensive, that they conveyed a peculiar social currency among the moneyed elite.
2013-05-13 00:03:23
John W. Smith Sr., the municipality's longtime mayor, worked tirelessly to make Mount Oliver the center of the universe.
2013-05-12 00:21:19
Jack Butler, driven from the NFL in his ninth season by a knee injury while playing for the Steelers at Forbes Field, died Saturday at 85.
2013-05-11 00:09:51
His attention to detail, sharp memory and extensive experience with key choreographers and dancers made him suited to serve as a coach.
2013-05-11 00:02:05
Under President Ronald Reagan, Otis Bowen led efforts to respond to the AIDS crisis. He died at age 95.
2013-05-11 00:02:05
Former North Irwin police chief and longtime councilman Bernard Reynolds died Thursday at age 80.
2013-05-10 00:09:11
Former Gov. George M. Leader, who headed Pennsylvania's government from 1955 to 1959, died Thursday.
2013-05-10 00:04:32
Herbert Gordon, whose advertising career began in 1965 as a trainee at Ketchum, MacLeod & Grove, died at age 74.
2013-05-09 13:54:31
George M. Leader, who rose from his parents' chicken farm to become Pennsylvania's governor in 1955, died Thursday.
2013-05-09 00:20:12
Jeanne Cooper, the enduring soap opera star who played grande dame Katherine Chancellor for nearly four decades, has died. She was 84.
2013-05-09 00:10:03
Virginia Cowell worked with preschoolers with emotional and behavioral problems.
2013-05-08 00:05:25
A Catholic convert who cared for the poor through a career in Allegheny County government has died.
2013-05-07 00:16:32
Louise Pelaia touched many lives as a dance instructor at her own school. She died Friday at age 77.
2013-05-07 00:15:18
His toothache medicine was also used to treat mouth sores.
2013-05-07 00:14:05
Giulio Andreotti, a seven-time prime minister of Italy, died Monday. He was 94 and lived in Rome.
2013-05-07 00:05:42
Tom Knapp, an exhibition shotgun virtuoso who broke world records and dazzled crowds with his effortless precision, died April 26.
2013-05-06 00:12:18
Mike Gray, a writer and filmmaker who tackled thorny contemporary issues in his work, died at age 77.
2013-05-06 00:06:36
Emil Frei III, whose trailblazing use of combination chemotherapy helped make certain cancers curable for the first time, died at age 89.
2013-05-06 00:03:01
Jeff Hanneman, who helped shape the group's sonic assault and wrote some of its most popular and controversial songs, died at age 49.
2013-05-05 00:25:32
Philip Stehle did scholarly research in quantum optics at the University of Pittsburgh.
2013-05-05 00:01:39
William McCarthy died when a driver who refused to pull over for police crashed into his cruiser.
2013-05-04 00:17:15
Mike Fitzgerald, cofounder and CEO of sporting travel agency Frontiers Travel, instilled love of travel in family.
2013-05-04 00:17:01
Marlene Becker Katz, whose lifelong love of nature was reflected in her many paintings, died Monday.
2013-05-04 00:06:13
William C. Cox Jr. was the patriarch of the Bancroft clan that controlled Dow Jones & Co. for 105 years.
2013-05-03 00:05:40
Colleen Mary McGuire was just 18 when she started as a bookkeeper for the nonprofit advocacy group and stayed for 42 years. She died at 62.
2013-05-03 00:01:37
John C. Reynolds, a computer science professor at Carnegie Mellon since 1986, died at age 77.
2013-05-02 12:00:25
Chip Kamin, who had a hard-earned reputation for challenging himself in extreme conditions, died at age 62.
2013-05-02 11:59:20
Robert Wampler "was always happier in McKeesport," said his son Robert. "He thought it was the best place in the world to live."
2013-05-01 00:11:07
Janos Starker, one of the 20th century's most renowned cellists, has died at age 88.
2013-05-01 00:09:59
Steven Mamula created the Mamula Insurance Agency in Carnegie, a one-agent operation that provided home, life and property insurance.
2013-04-30 00:12:19
Gloria McDermott Hickton died Saturday in St. Clair Hospital.
2013-04-30 00:10:14
The United Methodist pastor witnessed the Mazeroski home run and Immaculate Reception.
2013-04-29 00:18:39
David Mooney, an accomplished high school athlete, died Saturday.
2013-04-29 00:11:42
A California lawyer whose closing argument in 1972 helped persuade an all-white jury to acquit a black communist, has died.
2013-04-29 00:08:02
Edward de Grazia, a lawyer and teacher, died April 11 in Potomac, Md.
2013-04-29 00:06:50
Naval officer played supporting role in iconic World War II photo of flag raising on Mount Suribachi.
2013-04-28 00:23:01
In the week before her death Sue Garnhart had begun coughing often and sometimes struggling to breathe. But not when she was teaching piano.
2013-04-28 00:14:37
Her books, two of which won the Newberry Medal, reveal an uncommon understanding of young people.
2013-04-27 03:25:24
In a career that spanned six decades, George Jones put 167 records on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart and won two Grammy Awards.
2013-04-27 00:13:17
Robert G. Monsour was an old-fashioned physician and the patriarch of a quartet of Syrian brothers who built the Monsour Medical Center.
2013-04-27 00:04:49
Bob Perry, a homebuilder who became one of the largest Republican campaign donors in Texas and eventually the nation, died at age 80.
2013-04-27 00:02:48
George Banky, former boys basketball coach at Baldwin High School, died Wednesday at UPMC Montefiore in Oakland. He was 83.
2013-04-26 11:32:25
The hard-living singer was known for hit songs like "He Stopped Loving Her Today."
2013-04-26 00:13:09
The Pennsylvania Democrat's 1986 challenge for Arlen Specter's U.S. Senate seat was unsuccessful.
2013-04-26 00:10:47
The one-time apprentice of Frank Lloyd Wright envisioned a marriage of architecture and ecology.
2013-04-26 00:06:10
Judge Lancaster was the head administrator for the district, advising the other judges and overseeing budgets and personnel. He was 63.
2013-04-25 00:19:03
University of Pittsburgh professor Hugo G. Nutini was one of the great anthropologists studying Mexico of the 20th century. He died at 84.
2013-04-24 00:08:51
Claudia Gallant was a "master of letting everybody contribute and everybody having a voice," said a colleague.
2013-04-24 00:01:14
The pioneering neurologist specialized in pregnancy and was one of the few experts in a field she helped create.
2013-04-23 00:06:09
For Auggie Carlino, there was always just one more election to work before he could quit. He died of cancer at age 84.
2013-04-22 00:09:59
His oral vaccine preceded Jonas Salk's injected variety but was never approved for use in the United States.
2013-04-22 00:08:54
Chuck Ream, a former W&J football coach and educator, has died at 84.
2013-04-22 00:08:29
Frank Bank, who as Clarence "Lumpy" Rutherford served as the dim-witted foil to "Beaver" Cleaver, died Saturday.
2013-04-21 00:22:55
Grammy award-winning gospel singer appeared at revival meetings for more than half a century.
2013-04-21 00:12:02
William Burchinal may be remembered longest for playing a zombie in 1968 cult classic horror film "Night of the Living Dead."
2013-04-20 00:21:07
Daniel A. Pietragallo Sr., former executive director of the Pittsburgh Housing Authority, died Wednesday.
2013-04-20 00:20:18
Mae Mayswa was the wife of the Giants' legend for 41 years.
2013-04-20 00:19:54
Robert Perloff was a distinguished academic. He also was a tireless, ardent, prolific writer of letters and touching essays, many in the PG.
2013-04-20 00:12:36
Al Neuharth, the founder of USA Today, died Friday at age 89.
2013-04-19 00:12:07
David Hunter, who worked at many brokerage and investment firm before founding his own company, died at age 84.
2013-04-19 00:07:16
Richard H. Smith, who worked in Pittsburgh Public Schools and as an organist at several churches, died at age 77.
2013-04-16 00:17:32
Andrew Panchura, orthodontist, World War II veteran, father of six and member of the "Flying Dentists," died Thursday at the age of 89.
2013-04-15 00:13:54
Deanne Barkley, who broke through the glass ceiling in network television to become an executive in the early 1970s, died at age 82.
2013-04-15 00:08:47
Ms. Mustari was a world traveler and an ardent philanthropist.
2013-04-15 00:06:41
Robert Byrne didn't pursue the game full time until he was in his 40s, becoming U.S. champion in 1972. He died at age 84.
2013-04-15 00:03:36
Patricia McCormick, by all accounts the first woman in North America to become a professional bullfighter, died at age 83.
2013-04-14 00:26:12
Once known as Sister Teresine, she was dedicated to the spiritual renewal movement.
2013-04-13 00:28:43
Mr. Gilliam, a resident of Bethel Park, took up amateur boxing in his youth before becoming a pastor. He was 83.
2013-04-12 00:10:58
Timothy Evans, a regular at the Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre for more than 40 years, died at age 62.
2013-04-11 00:09:49
Leonard Kubiak Sr., who dedicated himself to students and staff at Peabody for nearly 30 years, died at age 85.
2013-04-11 00:02:09
Louis Balot III, a Navy lieutenant commander who provided technical support for nuclear propulsion systems on U.S. vessels, died at age 49.
2013-04-09 00:02:33
Baroness Thatcher, Britain's first female prime minister, died Monday at 87.
2013-04-08 00:11:11
Lilly Pulitzer created an enduring fashion uniform for wealthy socialites and jet setters almost by accident.
2013-04-08 00:04:42
Family members of Edward L. Dardanell described him as a man who lived life large.
2013-04-07 00:20:32
A stickler for accuracy, former PG journalist Andrew Chancellor wanted his obituary to get everything right. So he wrote the first draft.
2013-04-06 00:13:22
Paul Williams, who founded Crawdaddy, the first national publication entirely devoted to in-depth commentary about rock music, died March 27
2013-04-06 00:11:34
As the first partner to the famous Muppeteer, she was instrumental in the creation of the earliest characters in the brood of marionettes
2013-04-06 00:11:20
Alex Watson, an early "urban pioneer" who was restoring while demolitions were going on around him in Allegheny West, died at age 91.
2013-04-06 00:09:43
The college and professional coach built successful teams but moved on unexpectedly, leaving players and fans feeling betrayed.
2013-04-06 00:07:32
Yvonne Brill in the early 1970s invented a propulsion system to help keep communications satellites from slipping out of their orbits.
2013-04-05 06:14:07
The Pulitzer Prize-winning movie critic whose gladiatorial assessments turned film reviewing into a sport, died at age 70.
2013-04-05 00:07:28
Burnett Bartley, who died at age 88, was a longtime employee of Koppers Co. and had plenty of hidden talents.
2013-04-04 00:09:45
Richard Conboy, a Pittsburgh priest who helped nuns and monks with change after Vatican II, died at age 78.
2013-04-04 00:09:06
Louis V. Kasperik, a retired Derry pharmacist who was the last surviving member of Duquesne's great basketball team, died at age 93.
2013-04-02 00:09:07
Shain Gandee, one of the group of West Virginia friends highlighted in the MTV series "Buckwild," died at age 21.
2013-04-02 00:02:57
A migrant farm worker who became a nursing professor at the university has died at age 77.
2013-04-01 00:07:59
Elsie Thompson, who, at 113, was the oldest living American, died March 21.
2013-04-01 00:03:18
The Rev. Robert Gumbert, ex-pastor of Methodist churches throughout West Pennsylvania and a former chaplain at Braddock Hospital, has died.
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