CTReaderEast.com Local News, Read all about it!: Obituaries Mark Haines, CNBC Host and Interviewer, Dies at 65 ================================================================================ Feeder on 25 May, 2011 02:07:26 The host of “Squawk on the Street” and “Squawk Box,” among other financial news programs, was known as a sharp-tongued, contentious interviewer. Joe Steffy, Blocker for Stars at West Point, Dies at 85 ================================================================================ Feeder on 24 May, 2011 05:23:02 Steffy was a star guard for Army’s undefeated national football champions in the mid-1940s. Dick Wimmer, Whose Persistence Got Him Published, Dies at 74 ================================================================================ Feeder on 24 May, 2011 05:28:43 After 25 years of submissions and more than 150 rejections, Mr. Wimmer finally got his book “Irish Wine” published — to very positive reviews. Huguette Clark, Reclusive Heiress, Dies at 104 ================================================================================ Feeder on 25 May, 2011 12:44:53 Mrs. Clark drew out her childhood to the end of her strange, solitary life, spent since the late 1980s in hospitals, though she was of Stephen De Staebler, Sculptor of Bronze and Clay, Dies at 78 ================================================================================ Feeder on 25 May, 2011 03:15:26 Mr. De Staebler’s fractured, dislocated human figures gave a modern voice and a sense of mystery to traditional realist forms. Peter Frelinghuysen Jr., 95, Former Congressman, Dies ================================================================================ Feeder on 23 May, 2011 04:40:03 Mr. Frelinghuysen served 19 years in the House of Representatives and was a member of a New Jersey family that has produced four United States Joseph Brooks, a Maker of Jingles, Songs and Films, Dies at 73 ================================================================================ Feeder on 23 May, 2011 04:40:09 Mr. Brooks carved out a glittering career as author of famous jingles and as the composer of a huge hit, “You Light Up My Life,” Edward H. Harte, Texas Newspaper Executive, Dies at 88 ================================================================================ Feeder on 23 May, 2011 07:03:03 Mr. Harte, the vice chairman of Harte-Hanks Newspapers and publisher of The Corpus Christi Caller-Times, was also a conservationist. Bill Hunter, Actor Who Typified Australia, Dies at 71 ================================================================================ Feeder on 22 May, 2011 04:43:02 Mr. Hunter was the archetypal working-class Australian of a multitude of movies including “Muriel’s Wedding,” “The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert” and “Strictly Nathaniel Davis, Diplomat, Is Dead at 86 ================================================================================ Feeder on 22 May, 2011 04:53:10 Mr. Davis was a seasoned envoy whose responsibilities ranged from coup-era Chile to warring Angola. Donald Krim, Film Distributor, Dies at 65 ================================================================================ Feeder on 22 May, 2011 07:00:06 Mr. Krim brought a wide range of movies, foreign and domestic, contemporary and classic, to American audiences in theaters and on home video. Lord Onslow, a Peer by Birth and Contrarian by Nature, Dies at 73 ================================================================================ Feeder on 21 May, 2011 06:40:26 Michael William Coplestone Dillon Onslow, who held other titles, including viscount, baron and baronet, died in England on May 14. Leonard Kastle, Composer and Filmmaker, Dies at 82 ================================================================================ Feeder on 21 May, 2011 06:46:08 Mr. Kastle gained praise for the one film he directed, “The Honeymoon Killers.” Jack Wolf, Who Did the Math Behind Computers, Dies at 76 ================================================================================ Feeder on 20 May, 2011 12:55:27 As an engineer, Dr. Wolf worked in electronic communications and data storage and helped build the technologies that power modern society. Bill Summers, Car Builder Who Set a Speed Record, Dies at 75 ================================================================================ Feeder on 20 May, 2011 02:19:19 The Summers brothers built a spear-like vehicle that in 1965 set the world speed record for wheel-driven cars, a record that stood for 26 years. Randall L. Wreghitt, Producer, Dies at 55 ================================================================================ Feeder on 20 May, 2011 02:22:00 Mr. Wreghitt helped produce plays including “Grey Gardens” and “The Lieutenant of Inishmore.” Randy Savage, Pro Wrestling’s Macho Man, Dies at 58 ================================================================================ Feeder on 20 May, 2011 02:23:07 Mr. Savage, with his trademark sunglasses, bandannas and raspy voice, was one of the most recognizable professional wrestlers of the 1980s and ’90s as the William Pennington, Casino Industry Executive, Dies at 88 ================================================================================ Feeder on 20 May, 2011 03:11:59 He helped build the Circus Circus casino empire in Nevada and expand the Las Vegas Strip.