Topic: Obituary

By Robert D. McFadden NEW YORK (New York Times) — Vartan Gregorian, the ebullient Armenian immigrant who climbed to pinnacles of academic and philanthropic achievement but took a detour in[...]

FOREST HILLS, N.Y. —  Internationally renowed opera singer Anita Terzian-Titus passed away from congestive heart failure at North Shore Hospital in Forest Hills, NY, on January 20. Anita Terzian was[...]

SAN FRANCISCO (San Francisco Chronicle) —  Lucy Mirigian, who was believed to be the oldest person in San Francisco, has died. “She wasn’t really sick,” her daughter, Sonia Mirigian-Koujakian, said.[...]

WATERTOWN — Souren Maserejian of Belmont, Mass. died on February 5, 2021 at the age of 70 after a brief illness. He was born on July 16, 1950 in Aleppo, Syria[...]

VANCOUVER, Canada – Armenian community activist Rosie Tokatlian passed away on February 1, 2021 peacefully at her home, surrounded by her loving family. Born in Athens, Greece on March 15,[...]

LOS ANGELES – Marie “Maro” Ajemian, a Californian actress and school finance director, passed away on Saturday, December 19, 2020, succumbing to an aggressive cancer. Born in Jerusalem on September[...]

LOS ANGELES – Dr. Garbis Der-Yeghiayan, president of Mashdots College, passed away on January 12 in Los Angeles due to a rapid deterioration of his health after testing COVID-19 positive.[...]

DETROIT – Barbara (nee Zamanigian) Haroutunian passed away peacefully on January 12. She was the wife of the late John Haroutunian and the daughter of the late Leo and Victoria[...]

DUBLIN, Ireland (Combined Sources) — Robert Fisk, a veteran Middle East correspondent for The Independent and the most celebrated journalist of his era, died on October 30 after an illness.[...]

NEW YORK – Susan Baidzar Arkun passed away on October 23 at the age of 57 after a four-and-one-half year struggle with lung cancer. Susan was born in Forest Hills,[...]