Obituaries

Wayne Heyser, year-round Fire Island Pines resident, dies at 79

"Wayne was involved," said a fellow year-round Pines resident. "He volunteered for anything he could."

Bruce and Kaye Byrne, of Manhasset, die two days apart at 91, 873m read

Longtime heavy equipment salesman and family patriarch from East Moriches dies at 903m read

Skip Goldsmith, owned Southold boating business, dies at 853m read

Roy Haynes, versatile jazz drummer, dies at 992m read

Natasha Simone Alexenko, fierce advocate for rape victims, dies at 513m read

Frank Bonura, longtime physician in Smithtown, dies at 883m read

Man who worked with developmentally disabled people dies at 292m read

Former Newsday writer Michele Ingrassia Haber dies at 742m read

Robert Baumann, attorney from Rockville Centre, dies at 822m read

Sally Butler, of the Sisters of St. Dominic of Amityville, dies at 933m read

Stephen Quigley, Long Island Rail Road history buff, dies at 732m read

Former New York Sack Exchange member Salaam dies1m read

Richard Mayhew, LI native and prominent artist, dies at 1003m read

Doug Axman, longtime staple in LI wrestling community, dies at 732m read

Dennis McSweeney, Islip High school softball coach, dies at 553m read

Longtime LI judge Ira Raab dies at 892m read

Norm Dvoskin, longtime News 12 meteorologist, dies at 933m read

Pete Rose, MLB hit king who bet on baseball, dies at 838m read

Lucius Ware, past president of NAACP for East End, dies at 913m read

John D. Phillips, USA Lacrosse Hall of Famer, dies at 892m read

Dylan Revere, Air Force veteran and Kings Park native, dies at 342m read

Julie Wilczek, longtime Moriches Bay Diner server, dies at 562m read

Paul Koretzki, longtime cross country and track coach, dies at 843m read

First in NewsdayNelson DeMille, bestselling author who grew up on LI, dies at 812m read

Nelson DeMille's bestsellers included 'The Gold Coast' and 'Plum Island'

Eugene Kelley, former Suffolk police commissioner, dies at 964m read

Stella Harubin, of Huntington, longtime volunteer, dies at 1082m read

Former Patchogue resident Joyce Moore Turner dies at 1043m read

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Mary Brickell, of Plandome, who packed many lives into one, dies at 982m read

Edward Ichart, East Meadow school monitor known as Mr. Eddie, dies at 912m read

Bayville resident who could bake and code dies at 272m read

Vishnu Dutt Sharma, fashionable clothing store owner, dies at 842m read

George Lipponer, general contractor from Lake Ronkonkoma, dies at 923m read

Schoolteacher Carole Sheppard, of Bayport, dies at 872m read

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