Retired Massachusetts Police Officer, Vietnam Veteran Dies Unexpectedly
A retired Cambridge Police Officer and Vietnam War Veteran died unexpectedly at the age of 78 on Friday, June 3.
David Weaver, of Somerville, was "a respected officer," who also served on CPD Honor Guard, Cambridge Police said on Facebook.
It is with heavy hearts we announce that retired Cambridge Police Officer David Weaver passed away on June 3rd.
A... Posted by Cambridge Police Department on Tuesday, June 7, 2022
Weaver joined the force after serving in the US Navy in Vietnam, the post said. Weaver leaves behind his wife Lorraine, children, brother among other family, friends an…
Robert Brack, 73, Of West Caldwell; Earned Silver Star In Vietnam
Robert F. Brack Sr. of West Caldwell died Nov. 22. He was 73 years old.
He is survived by his wife, Rosa; children Nicole Pezzola, Brian Brack and Bobby Brack, and his wife Christine; grandchildren MIcaela, Dante and Penelope; and his former wife Barbara Brack, mother to their children.
Robert Brack was a combat veteran of the Vietnam War, serving four tours as a staff sergeant with Special Forces Group with the U.S. Army Airborne in Khe Sanh, A101 in 1965; I Corps C-Team S-2 and Psy Ops 1966; in Thuong Doc, A-109 in 1968; and in a mobile strike force from 1967 through 1968.&nbs…
‘American Gangster’ Frank Lucas, Onetime Drug Kingpin, Dead At 88: Report
Frank Lucas, a notorious drug dealer who became something of a folk hero after he was portrayed by Denzel Washington in the blockbuster mob movie “American Gangster,” died Thursday, TMZ reported.
Lucas, 88, passed away while being transported to a medical facility in New Jersey, where he lived, TMZ also reported.
Lucas rose to underworld fame in the late 1960s after spending years as a protege to Ellsworth “Bumpy” Johnson, an African-American gangster based in Harlem.
Lucas soon began importing pure heroin from Southeast Asia in the caskets of soldiers killed in the Vietnam War. He was a…
