Topic: Obituary

REGO PARK, N.Y. — Edmund L. Gergerian, MD of Rego Park died on January 29, 2022. He was 82. Classically trained in Cairo, Egypt, Edmund attended College De La Salle[...]

By Joseph P. Kahn BOSTON (Boston Globe) — David Mugar, a prominent businessman and deep-pocketed philanthropist who injected ’ fireworks and cannon fire into Boston’s annual Fourth of July celebration,[...]

WAYLAND, Mass. — Sirarpie (Stella) Aftandilian of Wayland and earlier a longtime resident of Weston, died peacefully on January 15, 2022. She was 95. Born in Worcester to Hovannes and[...]

On the occasion of the Karasunk/40th Day Requiem for Dr. Vartiter Kotcholosian Hovannisian, her family expresses its deep-felt gratitude for the outpouring of personal testimonies,cards and flowers, and generous contributions[...]

Ruben Aramich Sahakyan, 74, passed away on October 17, 2021. He was my friend and my partner on the paths of justice and rule of law in Armenia. We were[...]

LOS ANGELES (Combined Sources) — Eddie Mekka, born Edward Rudolph Mekjian in Worcester, Mass., who was a regular on the hit television series “Laverne & Shirley,” died on November 27 at[...]

WASHINGTON (Combined Sources) — Bob Dole, the plain-spoken son of the prairie who overcame Dust Bowl deprivation in Kansas and grievous battle wounds in Italy to become the Senate majority[...]

PHILADELPHIA — Anahid (Derderian) Megerian passed away on November 22, 2021. She was 81. She was born June 25, 1940 in Aleppo, Syria, to Armen and Marie (Alabashian) Derderian who[...]

Below is a translation of an obituary which appeared in several newspapers in Germany. It was issued by the Family and Friends of Doğan Akhanlı, as well as civil society,[...]

BERLIN (Combined Sources) — Dogan Akhanli, a fighter for human rights in Turkey and worldwide, and an active proponent of the recognition of the Armenian Genocide died on October 31[...]