Obituaries

Breaking News: Gas Line Rupture Causes Evacuation Of Bridgeport Businesses, Homes

13-Year-Old Dies After Attempting TikTok 'Blackout Challenge'

A family grieving the loss of their son to a TikTok challenge is warning other families of the danger.

Western Massachusetts resident Nate Squires, a 13-year-old eighth-grader at Amherst Regional Middle School, was found unresponsive Monday, June 14, who died after attempting the new "Blackout Chall…

Gavin MacLeod, ‘Mary Tyler Moore,’ ‘Love Boat’ Actor, Dies

by Joe Lombardi

Native NewYorker Gavin MacLeod, a popular actor on two of the biggest television hit shows of the 1970s and '80s, has died. MacLeod, who was born in Northern Westchester County, in Mount Ki…

Actor Charles Grodin, Who Dies At 86, Was Longtime Fairfield County Resident

by Zak Failla

Actor Charles Gordon, a longtime Connecticut resident, died at the age of 86. Grodin, who lived in Fairfield County, in Wilton, died from bone marrow cancer on Tuesday, May 18, his family a…

Funeral Arrangements Set For Firefighter Killed Battling CT House Fire

by Zak Failla

Funeral arrangements have been set for a Connecticut firefighter who died battling a blaze that broke out in a New Haven home last week. A Catholic service for New Haven firefighter Ricardo…

19-Year-Old Cornell University Student Found Dead

by Zak Failla

State Police To Escort Body Of Slain Capitol Police Officer To Western Massachusetts For Burial

by Kathy Reakes

COVID-19: Lost Loved One To Virus? FEMA Will Reimburse Families For Funeral Costs: Details

by Kathy Reakes

Popular Fairfield County Restaurant Owner Dies At Age 80

by Kathy Reakes

Officer Killed In Capitol Attack Was HS Athlete From New England

by Joe Lombardi

The police officer killed in a car attack at the United States Capitol was a native of Western Massachusetts who was a high school athlete. Berkshire County native William "Billy" Evans, wh…

COVID-19: Founder, CEO Of National Restaurant Chain Dies At Age 65

by Joe Lombardi

The founder and chief executive officer of a national restaurant chain died by suicide amid a battle with COVID-19-related symptoms, the company announced. Kent Taylor, who launched Texas R…

Community Rallies For Girl Attacked With Machete By CT Home Invasion Suspect

by Kathy Reakes

Rob Kavovit, Syracuse University Lacrosse Great, Dies At 45

by Kathy Reakes

Former Yorktown High School and Syracuse University lacrosse great Rob Kavovit has died suddenly at the age of 45. He died at home in Florida on Tuesday, March 16. The cause of death has no…