Mimis Plessas Greek music giant dies at 99
Obituary notes the death of Mimis Plessas a famed Greek composer whose work across film TV and theater helped shape modern Greek music. Born in Athens in 1924 he collaborated with Nana Mouskouri Vicky Leandros Giannis Poulopoulos and Marinella and created the iconic Road melody blending jazz and classical. Survived by wife a son and a daughter funeral details unavailable.
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Thomas Rockwell dies at 91 author of How to Eat Fried Worms
Emily Langer The Washington Post reports Thomas Rockwell died September 27 at a hospice in Danbury Connecticut at age 91 after a battle with Parkinsons He was Norman Rockwells son and wrote How to Eat Fried Worms plus sequels and oversaw the Norman Rockwell Family Agency He is survived by his daughter Abigail Rockwell and his wife Gail Rockwell.
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New Rochelle
New York
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London Daily Telegraph
Mary Rockwell
Bard College
Annandale-on-Hudson
LaGrange
Gail Sadler
Gail Rockwell
Michael Horen
Charles Molina
Emily Stew
David McPhail
Jarvis
Peter
Holocaust survivor Victor Perahia dies at 91 in Paris area
Victor Perahia a Holocaust survivor and president of the French Union of Auschwitz Deportees has died at 91 in Saint-Maude eastern Paris. deported as a child to Bergen-Belsen he survived Drancy and Lande internment then fought to preserve Holocaust memory. Macron hailed his work against antisemitism and human rights abuses.
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