William Edward Simon, who was secretary of the treasury under President Nixon and later in life gave his entire fortune to charity, died Saturday, June 3, 2000 in Santa Monica, California. Simon was 72 years old. Complications arising from pulmonary fibrosis were cited as the cause of death. Simon became the secretary of the treasury in 1974 and served throughout the Ford administration. Before that, he was President Nixon's deputy energy secretary during the height of the Arab oil embargo. As "energy czar," he instituted a mandatory fuel allocation program and was able to stem the rising tide of public hysteria, without resorting to gasoline rationing, until the embargo was lifted in spring 1974. Simon continued to serve simultaneously as deputy secretary and head of the Federal Energy Office until George Shultz's resignation as treasury secretary in April 1974. Nixon nominated Simon to replace him and when Ford assumed the presidency in August 1974, Simon continued in the post. When Simon left office at the end of the Ford administration in January 1977, there was speculation he might run for the governorship of New Jersey.

Simon, however, returned to business, later forming his own investment firm, the Wesray Corporation. It was at Wesray, according to his stepson William Simon Jr., where he "pioneered the concept of the leveraged buyout." He wrote two books, both of which became best sellers: "A Time for Truth" (1978) and "A Time for Action" (1980).

Simon also served on the U.S. Olympic Committee for 30 years and was its president during the time of the 1984 games in Sarajevo and Los Angeles. He was inducted into the U.S. Olympic Hall of Fame in 1991. In 1998, after having already donated an estimated $30 million to various causes, he announced his intention to give away his entire fortune, estimated at $350 million, to charitable organizations, among them AIDS hospices and low-income educational groups. According to his stepson, he was a Eucharist minister who also devoted a significant portion of his personal time to "corporal acts of mercy," ministering to the destitute and ill.

Marlon Brando's death July 1, 2004 at UCLA Medical Center was caused by pulmonary fibrosis, a condition that involves scarring of the lungs. Brando leaves behind at least nine children all mentioned in his $21.6 million will that includes his Mullholland Drive compound, Tahiti islands, paintings and rare scripts. Marlon Brando lived a disconsolate tragic life full of personal tragedies, three failed marriages, the suicidal death of his daughter and incarceration of his son. Marlon Brando Jr., known as "Bud" to his family, was the third child of alcoholic parents. He was born April 3, 1924, in Omaha, NE. In his autobiography he said his mother preferred alcohol to caring for her children. No wonder he had tumultuous relationships with women his whole adult life.

Brando couldn't enlist in the military during World War II because of his 4-F status. Instead, he joined his older sister Jocelyn in studying the Stanislavsky method of acting in New York under Stella Adler. Later, Brando was accepted at the famous Actor's Studio where actors had to audition to study with Lee Strasberg. Brando's style of acting made "The Method" famous and earned him the nickname, "The Method Man." Brando was a fast study, his brooding characterizations oozed sexuality and his performances were mesmerizing.

Brando made his stage debut in the late 1940's and in 1947 he landed the role of tormented Stanley Kowalski in A Streetcar Named Desire. In 1951 under controversial director Elia Kazan he garnered the first of four consecutive year Oscar nominations, playing Stanley in the screen adaptation of Tennessee William's Streetcar. Marlon continued his method acting methods. In 1950 Brando spent a month in a veteran's hospital in preparation for his role as a wounded paraplegic war casualty in, "The Men."

Brando was the original rebel without a cause. Early on he earned a reputation as being difficult to work with and for walking off films This was during the time when studios still owned their actors, who signed exclusive contracts to work for one studio. Studios called the shots and if actors didn't comply they didn't work. However, Brando's acting abilities made him a hot commodity so he was able to call the shots and set new rules.

His early motorcycle gang movie, "The Wild One," was the movie that was used as a model for Jimmy Dean, copying Brando's blue jeans, t-shirt and leather jacket clad style and sulky tormented demeanor. Brando was versatile; playing an angst ridden rebellious motorcycle gang leader then in subsequent movies he played a Mexican leader in "Viva Zapata" and gave a dancing and singing performance in "Guys and Dolls."

After four consecutive years of Oscar nominations, Brando won his first Oscar for his role as a down-trodden boxer in "On the Waterfront." Brando then had a string of financially unsuccessful films that culminated in 1962 with his performance as Fletcher Christian in "Mutiny on the Bounty." Brando's reputation as a temperamental troubled antagonist caused the film to run over budget several million. All of a sudden he wasn't Hollywood's golden boy anymore. Brando continued to venture into new territory, selecting edgy roles like playing a narcissistic closet homosexual in 1967's "Reflection in a Golden Eye." Brando's bad boy reputation and lack of box office success resulted in Francis Ford Coppola needing to fight with studio heads to get Brando an audition for his second Oscar winning role as Don Corleone in "The Godfather."

Actor James Doohan, best known as the feisty, Scottish-accented chief engineer on television's original Star Trek series - a role immortalised by the catch phrase Beam me up, Scotty - died on Wednesday at age 85, his manager said. Doohan died at his home in the Seattle suburb of Redmond, Washington, of complications from chronic lung disease pulmonary fibrosis, which doctors believed was linked to Doohan's exposure to hazardous chemicals during his military service in World War Two.The actor's wife of 28 years, Wende, was at his side. Doohan's last public appearance was in October, when he was honoured with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. He will be remembered for playing Lt Commander Montgomery Scott, or Scotty, the can-do chief engineer aboard the starship USS Enterprise on the original Star Trek series, which ran from 1966-69 on NBC. He reprised the role for several big-screen Star Trek features.  One of Scotty's chief functions on the show was to operate the transporter device used to "beam" crew members aboard the Enterprise from distant planets - often in response to an order that entered the pop culture as the catch phrase Beam me up Scotty. Doohan's wife plans to send the actor's ashes into space via the same private launch service that carried Roddenberry's remains into orbit after his 1991 death.

Sam Phillips, legendary owner of Sun Records and the producer who put the names of Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, Roy Orbison, Charlie Rich and Jerry Lee Lewis, etc, on the charts . . . died at little after 7 p.m. July 30, 2003 of Pulmonary Fibrosis, in a Memphis hospital. Phillips, 80, had been ill most of the year, in and out of the hospital. He was taken to St. Francis Hospital Wednesday night, but it was too late, he was already dead. Phillips founded Memphis' Sun Records back in 1952. He's the man who brought us the sounds of Elvis, Jerry Lee Lewis, Johnny Cash and many other musicians. Phillips sold the company in 1969 and has been focusing on the radio stations he owned in Alabama since then. Sam was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in the 1980's, and the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2001. He leaves two sons, Knox & Jerry.

Chris Borgen, News reporter on station WCBS in New York City for 30 years, who specialized in crime stories and whose segment "Police Files" led to more than 40 felony arrests and recovery of stolen property worth more than $2.5 million, died April 26 of pulmonary fibrosis in Ridgewood, NJ at age 76.

Gordon Jump, who played a befuddled radio station manager on the sitcom. Jump played Arthur Carlson in ``WKRP in Cincinnati,'' which aired on CBS from 1978-82 and featured Gary Sandy, Loni Anderson, Tim Reid, Howard Hesseman and Richard Sanders as the ragtag station's crew. and made his mark in commercials as the lonely Maytag repairman, died Monday. He was 71. Jump suffered from pulmonary fibrosis, said his cousin, Katherine Jump Wagner. The illness causes scarring of the air sacs of the lungs, leading to heart or respiratory failure. Wagner, of Arcanum, Ohio, said she learned of her cousin's death from her father, also named Gordon Jump. Her cousin was under hospice care at his home southeast of Los Angeles, she said. A native of Dayton, Ohio, Jump began his career working at radio and TV stations in the Midwest. He worked behind the microphone and the camera, including jobs as a producer for Kansas and Ohio stations. ``Gordon was an incredibly talented actor and a remarkable human being,'' said Ralph Hake, chairman and chief executive officer of Maytag Corp.

John Goodspeed, a Baltimore Evening Sun columnist who cleverly chronicled his city's people and peculiarities for close to two decades, has died. Goodspeed, who was 86, died Sept. 10 of pulmonary fibrosis at his home in Easton, Md., the Sun reported. From 1950 until 1967, he gave his impression of his fellow townsfolk and their linguistic idiosyncrasies in "Peep's Diary." He called the language "Balimorese" in which fire becomes fahr, iron is pronounced arhn, orange juice is arnjoos and the proper pronunciation of Baltimore is "Balamer." He recalled that shortly after moving to Baltimore in 1941, his first landlady said she had to "wrench some dishes in the zinc." He said he had to "figure that out." A native of Fort Worth, Texas, Goodspeed is survived by his wife, a son, a daughter and a sister.

Douglas Joseph Stimson, 80, died Aug. 28, 2004 of complications from pulmonary fibrosis at Frederick Memorial Hospital , remained the chairman emeritus of his family's Seattle-based real estate holding firm, the C.D. Stimson Co. He was the son and grandson of timber barons and a member of one of the richest, most influential and deeply rooted families in the Pacific Northwest . He loved history, a subject in which he received two degrees. He moved from Washington , the state, to Washington , the city, in part because of the wealth of the latter's past. "Dad thought Seattle was a sleepy, little town, and it was, at the time," said his son, Charles "Cully" Douglas Stimson of McLean . "He liked Washington , D.C. , and loved the history out here."

Mr. Stimson's American roots might not have gone back as far as some pre-Revolutionary War families in the mid-Atlantic region, but by most other standards, his family was historic. His great-grandfather, Thomas Douglas Stimson, started the family fortune in Michigan , where he cut and milled some of the last great stands of the Midwestern forests in the mid-1800s. After living in Chicago and Los Angeles , the family moved to Seattle , where the next generation, led by Charles Douglas Stimson, bought forests and established a mill in Ballard. The businesses boomed, helped by a devastating city fire in 1889 and the Yukon gold rush. The family owned timberlands and mills in four states, and one of its mills -- which is now a marina -- became the world's largest producer of roofing shingles.

The family's real estate company, established in 1909, developed residential and commercial property. Architecturally significant buildings in Los Angeles and Seattle bear the Stimson name, according to "The Stimson Legacy: Architecture in the Urban West," by Lawrence Kreisman, published in 1992. The family's legacy continues in other ways, too. The well-known Chateau Ste. Michelle winery is on what was Stimson land. Another branch of the family established a television station, endowed a classical music radio station and gave tens of millions of dollars to CARE for the education of girls in sub-Saharan Africa , as well as to environmental organizations. Douglas Joseph Stimson, born in Seattle , grew up in a home, known as the Stimson-Green Mansion , that is on the National Register of Historic Places. Mr. Stimson attended the Asheville School in North Carolina and joined the Navy during World War II, serving in the Pacific theater. He became a director in his family's company in 1945 and received a bachelor's degree in history from the University of Washington in 1950. He moved to Washington in the late 1950s and received a master's degree in history from Georgetown University in 1967.

He met his future wife, Virginia Mullane of Youngstown , Ohio , and for her, he stayed in the Washington area, she said. "He loved Seattle , but I wanted to live in the East because the weather out there is so awful," she said. "He decided he loved it here, too. What he really loved was travel, so I said, 'Doug, if you want to go to Africa , you go ahead with or without me.' " Mr. Stimson loved being "a gentleman farmer," his wife said, but though he was a member of the Congressional Country Club, he never cared for golf. He was also a member of the Frederick Rotary Club -- as well as numerous other organizations -- and retired last year after serving at various times as vice president, president and co-chairman of the board. In addition to his wife of 42 years, of Myersville, and his son, survivors include a daughter, Lori Marie Stimson of Great Falls , and four grandchildren.

Rev. Thomas Feeley, C.S.C., professor emeritus of philosophy at Stonehill, advocate for the canonization of the "Rosary Priest" Fr. Patrick Peyton, C.S.C. and a long-time member of the Congregation of Holy Cross, died Wednesday, April 21st in Miami, Florida after a bout with pulmonary fibrosis. He was 74 and lived in the Congregation of Holy Cross community residence in Easton. "Fr. Tom served generations of students at Stonehill with distinction and compassion. He was also well loved by countless alumni. His death is a loss for both the College and for Family Rosary to which he has given so much in recent years. Our prayers go out to his family and friends as well as his brothers in Holy Cross," said Mark T. Cregan, C.S.C., President of Stonehill College.

William Stewart Halsted (1852-1922). Halsted came to John Hopkins after Welsh. An almost excruciatingly slow, meticulous surgeon known for his gentle handling of tissue at a time when bloody slashing, and no thought of germs, were more common, the aristocratic Halsted fought a lifelong battle against drug addiction - including cocaine - after a bout of self-experimentation with its newfound anesthetic properties. Although in practice in New York, Halsted had discovered that an injection into a major nerve trunk could numb a whole limb, or block the spinal cord. Halsted's insistence on perfection took on mildly eccentric proportions in his home life; he insisted on personally selecting the leather from which his European shoes were cut, and shipped dozens of his dress shirts to Paris or London every year for laundering. He also sent his wife out regularly to scout Baltimore's lumberyards for the only wood he cared to burn in their fireplaces - white oak and hickory. Welch approached Halsted in New York after the surgeon's release from the hospital in 1886 and offered him a research position while he recovered. Welch's unswerving support helped Halsted start his career, but though he was appointed to the job of chief surgeon, his formerly dazzling personality and surgical approach were permanently altered. Gone were the daring, inimitable speed, the willingness to take risks he'd been known for in New York. Instead, Halsted became shy and reticent even with his students, and in surgery he stressed a whole new method control of bleeding, absolute cleanliness and careful reconstruction of tissue.

Halsted's knowledge of surgical anatomy and dissection, which he passed on to his students by operating before them on an old wood army hospital table left over from the Franco-Prussian War, was unparalleled, his technique precise. Today, many laymen are familiar with the eponymous "Halsted radical," the initial life-saving surgical treatment for breast cancer, which he first described in 1891. Halsted revolutionized surgery by insisting on skill and technique rather than brute strength. Using an experimental approach, he developed new operations for intestinal and stomach surgery, gallstone removal, hernia repair and disorders of the thyroid gland. Thanks largely to Halsted, surgeons worldwide began wearing gloves during operations. That shift came about after one of his nurses - Caroline Hampton, whom he later married - complained that the mercuric chloride she was supposed to wash with gave her a rash. He asked the Goodyear Rubber Co. to try to make two pairs of thin rubber gloves to protect her hands. His surgical assistants were quick converts and began to wear them during operations, swearing that the gloves made them more dexterous. The idea that the gloves also might help in germ control actually didn't occur to any of them for years, which Halsted remarked on, somewhat bemused, long after. "Operating in gloves was an evolution rather than an inspiration or happy thought," Halsted said, "and it is remarkable that during the four or five years when as operator I wore them only occasionally, we could have been so blind as not to have perceived the necessity for wearing them invariably at the operating table."

Halsted had been at Hopkins seven years before he convinced the trustees that he had kicked his drug habit. They made him full professor of surgery in 1892. Until then, he had been given the title of "acting professor." But about six months after Halsted was promoted, he confided in Osler, who had been surprised to find Halsted one day shivering unnaturally, that he was still taking morphine. "Although he had never been able to reduce the amount to less than three grains daily," Osler wrote, "on this he could do his work comfortably and maintain his excellent physical vigor (for he was a very muscular fellow). I do not think that anyone suspected him - not even Welch." He remained addicted the rest of his life. Desperately ill, Halsted returned to Baltimore suddenly at the end of August. His disciples George Heuer and Mont Reid were summoned immediately to operate for gallstones. Twelve days later, on Sept. 7, 1922, Halsted was dead. He died from Pulmonary Fibrosis.

Mary Jane Russell, who was a fashion model in the 1940s and made famous in part by the story of how her husband wooed her during World War II, has died at age 77 in Charleston, S.C. She died Nov. 20 from pulmonary fibrosis, her sister-in-law Lynn Russell said Monday. She had known about her illness just a few weeks, Lynn Russell said. Mary Jane Russell began modeling in New York in 1948 - two years after she married young Navy veteran, Edward Russell. She worked for the Ford Agency for 13 years, appearing on the cover of Vogue and Harper's Bazaar. In later years, she and her husband were made famous by the recounting of their courtship in "Love Stories of World War II," by CNN talk show host Larry King. Edward Russell had been a cartoonist in high school in Teaneck, N.J., where he first met Mary Jane Walton. She told him she like his cartoon character, Itchie; he told her he would marry her. But that was 1943, and soon after school, Edward Russell joined the U.S. Navy. He wrote to Mary Jane during the war, using his cartoon character to woo her. "I felt at ease relating to Itchie," Mary Jane Russell said in article for The (Hilton Head) Island Packet. "I fell in love with the messenger." The two were married in December 1946. After Mrs. Russell retired from modeling, she became active in zoning and environmental issues in Pound Ridge, N.Y., where the couple lived for 37 years before moving to Bluffton, S.C., near Hilton Head Island. In addition to her husband, she is survived by their three sons: John, of Stamford, Conn., David, of Hilton Head, and Mark, of Bedford, N.Y. A memorial service was planned for Tuesday at Moss Creek Clubhouse in Hilton Head.

Walter McLeish was in the Canadian Alpine skiing spotlight 25 years ago. Not only was the former Ottawa resident the president of the Canadian Ski Association (the umbrella group for the different ski disciplines) from 1979-83, but also his son Robin was on the Canadian men’s downhill team with famous Crazy Canuck skiers Ken Read, Steve Podborski, Dave Irwin and Dave Murray. McLeish, who also was CSA past president for four years and president of the revived Ski Canada Foundation for almost 20 years, died Monday at his Baltimore, Maryland, home from pulmonary fibrosis. He was 83.

Delmer Donald Wahl, 83, an Army Air Corps veteran, died of pulmonary fibrosis Thurs., June 24, 2004, at Benefis Hospice. Visitation is 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. June 29 at Day Funeral Home in Cut Bank. Funeral services are 2 p.m. June 30, 2004, at the First Presbyterian Church in Cut Bank, with burial in Crown Hill Cemetery. Survivors include his wife, Goldie Wahl of Cut Bank; daughters Rhoda Sauke of Santa Ana, Calif., Jo Ellen Born of South Bend, Ind., Glenna Friesen of Fresno, Calif., and Mary Beth Schmidt of Vaughn; sons, Richard Wahl of Fresno, Calif., Robert "Skip" Wahl of Cochrane, Alberta, Canada, Stan Wahl, Russ Wahl both of Cut Bank and Steve Wahl of Dutton; brothers Loren Wahl of Seattle, Bob Wahl of Canon City, Colo., and Alan Wahl of Hazen, N.D.; 28 grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren.

Phoebe Brand Carnovsky, an actress who helped found a theater troupe and was blacklisted during the McCarthy era died July 3, 2004 her son said. She was 96. Known professionally as Phoebe Brand, she founded the Group Theater troupe with Lee Strasberg and others in 1931. Brand appeared in several productions there including Clifford Odets' "Awake and Sing!" and "Golden Boy." She was married to actor Morris Carnovsky, who died in 1992. They were among eight people named as Communists by Elia Kazan, a former Group Theater member, during the McCarthy hearings in 1952. Both were blacklisted. Brand then turned to teaching, and continued to offer classes in acting technique until her death. In the early 1960s she helped found Theater in the Street, which produced plays in beleaguered city neighborhoods. She appeared in one film, "Vanya on 42nd Street," in 1994.

Bill Bright, who was one of the most influential Christian leaders of the 20th century, died July 19 after a three-year battle with pulmonary fibrosis. Bright, who founded Campus Crusade for Christ in 1951, was 81 years old. Over the past 52 years, Campus Crusade for Christ International has become one of the largest nonprofit organizations in the world. Operating in 191 countries, it has a staff of 26,000 full-time employees and 225,000 trained volunteers working in 60 different ministries and projects. In 1956 he wrote The Four Spiritual Laws, a booklet that has been printed in 200 languages and distributed to more than 2.5 billion people.

Painter James Doolin died on July 22 at 70. He had been diagnosed with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, a lung disease of unknown origin. He is survived by his wife, Lauren Richardson, their daughter, Eve, and two sons from a previous marriage, Matthew and Paul. A couple of years ago, painter James Doolin told an L.A. Times reporter, "What I’ve always wanted to do is to look at things in a transcendent way and find what I feel, be it beautiful or scary." And that is what he did. In an age that eschewed realism, he was seen as a realist painter, but while his paintings of L.A. freeways, Las Vegas, the beach and Santa Monica streets were realistic, they were also transcendent. That is, they contain more than is there, and less, as if he deconstructed his subject and then reconstructed it along truer lines. In a 1987 painting, "Sunday in the Park," the long, sharp shadows are solider than the stretched, skinny palm trees that cast them, the colors vibrate, and the dozens of people – running, walking, sitting — are fully rendered, but as insignificant as ants on a sidewalk. Born in Hartford, educated in Philadelphia, Doolin saw everything fresh, and no one painted Los Angeles more tellingly than he did. He always got the sunshine and the noir – the strands of light and dark out of which the city and everything in it is made. One of Doolin’s most famous paintings is "Shopping Mall," a 90-square-inch rendering of the Santa Monica Mall. He worked on it from 1973 to 1977, spending two years sketching and photographing the intersection beneath his studio windows, before beginning to paint it. Acclaimed and honored as a painter, Doolin was also one of that small and indispensable band of L.A. artists who endlessly map the endlessly shifting cityscape that is L.A.

Dr Ayub Thakur, president of the World Kashmir Freedom Movement breathed his last at the age of 55, in London on Wednesday March 10 ,2004. He had been suffering from pulmonary fibrosis. He will be remembered for his work to the humanity at the platform of charity organization Mercy Universal. As a founder president of World Kashmir Freedom Movement, his achievements to promote the Kashmir cause is unequivocal. Dr. Ayub Thakur was the president of London-based World Kashmir Freedom Movement (WKFM), an organization dedicated to finding a peaceful political solution to the Kashmir Problem. As a student leader and later as university teacher, Dr. Thakur was jailed by the Indian authorities for his political beliefs. He was forced to leave Kashmir in 1981 and had been working at international level for the Kashmir cause ever since. He was based in London since 1986. Dr. Thakur was the India’s most wanted man. Indian government accuses him of sending funds to Kashmiri militants for ‘terrorism’ and supporting activities prejudicial to the integrity of India. Dr. Ayub Thakur was born in 1948 in Pudsoo village near Shopian, district Pulwama in Indian occupied Kashmir. He was the eldest of four children in the family of modest peasant background. He grew up in the times when Kashmir was witnessing a great upheaval – political subjugation, suppression of human rights and economic deprivation. As a student leader, Dr. Thakur attended international youth and student conferences at Riyadh, Saudi Arabia in 1979, Dhaka, Bangladesh in 1980 and Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia in the same year. In 1978 he became university teacher and continued his peaceful political activities. He started organizing more and more students and colleagues to form an intellectual response to the Indian occupation. Later in 1990, he took over as the founder president of the World Kashmir Freedom Movement (WKFM). Human Rights Conference, Vienna in June 1993.

Terrel H. Bell, 74, former U.S. Department of Education Secretary, a life-long teacher, school administrator and government education officials, credited with starting a national school reform movement. June 22, 1996 of pulmonary fibrosis. Terrel Howard Bell was born in 1921 in Lava Hot Springs, Idaho. After serving as a sergeant in the Marines during World War II, Bell earned a B.A. from the Southern Idaho College of Education at Albion in 1946, an M.A. from the University of Idaho in 1954, and a Ph.D. in education from the University of Utah in 1961. Bell maintained his focus on education throughout his career. He taught at the high school level (1946-1947), served as professor and chairman of the department of educational administration at Utah State University (1962-1963), and worked as the superintendent of public instruction for all of the public schools in Utah (1963-1970). Later during 1970, President Richard Nixon named Bell, a Republican, as deputy commissioner for school systems in the United States Office of Education, a subcabinet agency of the Department of Health, Education and Welfare (HEW). He served for two years before becoming the acting commissioner (1972-1973). Ultimately, in 1974, Nixon named Bell as permanent head of the office; Bell served until 1976, when he resigned to become commissioner and chief executive officer of the Utah System of Higher Education, a post he held until 1981. President Ronald Reagan appointed Bell secretary of a department -- education -- that the President ultimately wanted to abolish. Though Bell was aware of the President’s sentiments, he was convinced he could change Reagan’s mind. During his tenure in the Education Department, which lasted from 1981 to 1984, Bell established the National Commission on Excellence in Education in 1981 and issued the 1983 report, A Nation at Risk: The Imperative for Educational Reform. Though President Reagan did not abolish the Department of Education, he did continue to cut its funding. Bell ultimately resigned as a result. Terrel Howard Bell then returned to Utah, served as professor at the University of Utah.

Tracy Kendler, nee Sylvia Seedman, was born August 4,1918, in Brooklyn, New York. Her first name was changed to Tracy when four of the five counselors in a camp for preschoolers were named Sylvia, and having just seen "The Philadelphia Story," Sylvia eagerly volunteered to become Tracy. After overcoming her mother's resistance to going to college (getting a husband was considered more important) she opted to enter Brooklyn College where a meeting with Abraham Maslow, her teacher for introductory psychology, suggested a possible career in psychology: "You're not bad looking and you don't have a New York accent." A more definite decision to become a psychologist resulted from the intellectual excitement that Tracy experienced in an advanced class in thinking taught by Solomon E. Asch, a convert to Gestalt psychology, and in whose class a romantic attachment was formed with Howard Kendler. Several faculty members advised both of them to apply for graduate work at the University of Iowa where they could study with Kurt Lewin, a German refugee whose orientation in psychology was within the tradition of Gestalt psychology.

Tracy soon found a job in New York with the Commission for Community Relations, a branch of the American Jewish Congress (AJC), which did research on social prejudice. She worked with the AJC legal department in cooperation with the National Association of Colored People (NAACP) to collect and interpret evidence relevant to the problem of whether segregated schools can provide equally effective education. In the famous Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas case (1954), the Supreme Court declared that separate educational facilities were inherently unequal.

She became Professor Emeritus in 1989. During her career she published 65 articles, mainly reporting research results. After she retired, she published the book entitled Levels of Cognitive Development (1995) that proposed a theory that interpreted critical aspects of cognitive development and suggested possible underlying neurophysiological explanations. She received several honors: the first woman elected to the Governing Board of the Psychonomic Society, membership in the Society of Experimental Psychologists, a Guggenheim Fellowship, and President of the Western Psychological Association. In 1997 she was diagnosed with pulmonary fibrosis. She died on July 28, 2001.

LL Gen. TB. Henderson Brooks, author of the famous report on the Indian Army's debacle in the 1962 war with China, died in Sydney on Sunday 5 Jan. 1997. General Brooks, PVSM, who would have turned 89 on January 11, had been suffering from cancer of the bladder for the past 14 months, and pulmonary fibrosis in the lungs. The Henderson Brooks Report on Nefa Debacle with Chinese, which is yet to be made public by the government, led to the reorganization of the Indian armed forces including the formation of highly skilled mountain division of the Indian Army. Although the general had been sick for a while and had lost his peripheral vision many years ago, which meant he could not read at all, he was mentally very alert and kept himself updated by listening to talking tapes, his aide Olive Mendieta said. (PTI)

Stephen Lacey With blind luck, I registered in 1978 for his freshman English course, "Identity and Sexuality," which heightened my love of literature, tempered my naïve expectations about romantic love, and led to other courses with Stephen over the years. He quickly built a following among students and established a new salon, this one in the college home he rented behind Armstrong Hall. He was a single man and Cornell became his family. Students, faculty, alumni, and even administrators frequented his home, where he served elegant meals and conversation with little advance notice.

Eight years ago Stephen fell ill with pneumonia and was diagnosed with honeycomb pulmonary fibrosis, a degenerative lung disease. In March, he lay in his hospital bed insisting to the dean that he could teach the next block’s course from his living room sofa. He died March 27, and today it is still difficult not to imagine meeting him on the mall, engaging in conversation, and perhaps receiving a compliment or an invitation for an after-work drink.

Tom Collins passed away peacefully on 7th January 2004. A minor knee operation led to an infection being caught at the hospital causing pulmonary fibrosis which then led to this unexpected passing. "The accordion world has lost a great friend. Tom Collins died this morning at his home in Montana. All who knew Tom will agree that he was one of the most "genuine" of all. A great human." Peter Soave Tom was a wonderful historian too, who personally knew so many greats of the accordion. I am very pleased that Tom wrote some of his memories of those times a few years ago in the Celebrity Interview: Tom Collins and Famous Friends

June Marie Schrank Date Born: June 18, 1947 Date passed: February 22, 2000. My Mother passed away just two weeks ago. She was diagnosed with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis four years ago. On May 13, 1998, our prayers were answered and she received a new lung. Things started out good and then took a turn for the worse. My Mother was in and out of the hospital quite a bit the last year. She was a fighter though and would not give up. But on February 22, 2000, the Lord called my Mother home. I was with my Mother when she died and I held her and told her and told her of the love I had for her. My heart is so saddened that I now have to walk the rest of my life without my Mom next to me. Thank you Mom for showing me what real love is -- you truly are the wind beneath my wings. When it is my time to cross over I will find you but until then...I will remember. Sweet Dreams Mommy. Love Stacie.

Daniel Adrian Carlin, 73, Emmy-winning music editor, died August 14th in L.A. from complications of lung cancer and pulmonary fibrosis. Carlin held the position of Vice President of Film-Music for BMG's Zomba Group of Companies, and served as Chairman/CEO of Segue Music. Segue has remained the motion picture industry's largest provider of combined music-editing and music-supervision services since the late '70s. Carlin also worked as a music supervisor, and an Emmy-winning music editor, conductor, and soundtrack producer. He has collaborated with many notable artists including David Foster, Nile Rodgers, Whitney Houston, Whoopi Goldberg, Britney Spears, Tina Turner, Queen Latifah, and Tony Bennett.

John Bowden Connally, Jr., thirty-eighth governor of the state of Texas, was born on a farm near Floresville, Texas, on February 27, 1917, one of eight children of John Bowden and Lela (Wright) Connally, Sr. He attended Harlandale High School in San Antonio, graduated from Floresville High School, and entered the University of Texas in 1933. He was elected president of the UT Student Association for 1938-39 and received his law degree from the UT law school in 1941. Connally passed the state bar examination in 1938 and began his career in government and politics in 1939 as secretary (legislative assistant) to Representative Lyndon B. Johnson, Connally's "mentor, friend and benefactor." It was the beginning of a close personal relationship that was storied but often stormy, and lasted until Johnson's death in 1973. Connally met Idanell (Nellie) Brill of Austin at UT and they were married on December 21, 1940. They had four children. Their eldest, Kathleen, eloped in 1958 at age sixteen and the same year died of an apparently self-inflicted gunshot wound. The former governor of Texas completed his autobiography, In History’s Shadow, shortly before his death of complications from pulmonary fibrosis. He was in the front seat of the presidential limousine with John F. Kennedy on November 22, 1963. A bullet passed through his back, chest, wrist, and thigh. He survived but was left with a lifelong lung condition, pulmonary fibrosis. Connally died on June 15, 1993, at the Methodist Hospital of Houston, where he was being treated for pulmonary fibrosis. He was buried in the State Cemetery in Austin. He was survived by his wife, a daughter, Sharon C. Ammann, and two sons, John Bowden III and Mark. 

Ed Lowthian - This is to let you know that Ed Lowthian passed away on August 15th due to interstitial pulmonary fibrosis. His funeral will be held on Wed, 11am (to be confirmed) at Arlington Woods Free Methodist Church, 225 McClellan Rd, Nepean. There will be visiting on Tuesday from 2-4 and 7-9 pm. In lieu of flowers, the family is suggesting donations to Habitat for Humanity of the Missionary Aviation Fund. Jim Lowthian, (brother to Ed). Charles (U/S) Lowthian was born in Scarborough, Ont., on May 8, 1934. Being young at the time, he doesn't remember too much of these early days. Despite all handicaps (such as RR) he managed to reach RMC and enter the elite group of Civil Engineers. He naturally followed his trade into the RCAF and turned out to be a pilot. He has managed to reach three summers without putting a single "peril" into the boneyard. He is however famous for his ability at putting aircraft u/s at the drop of a hat (any hat!) Well known too for his ability to cram any ten people into an Austin and take them up any mountain. He at last broke down and went half shares on a grounded "Bomb" this last summer.

Colonel Donald A Gruenther, a combat veteran of three wars, died on February 25 from pulmonary fibrosis, and received a military honors burial at Arlington National Cemetery on March 26. The FMMC members extend condolences to BRIGITTA GRUENTHER on the loss of her husband of 54 years.

Samuel Johnson (1709-1784) died of pulmonary fibrosis. He was one of the greatest men of his age. Although famed for his writings, especially his Dictionary and his folio on Shakespeare, he is remembered for his tavern conversations, his literary clubs and the great biography of his life by Boswell. He always enjoyed having physicians as his friends, and took a great interest in all branches of medicine. He would advise and prescribe for friends who regularly consulted him, and he was not unhappy when mistaken for a physician. Particularly in his last years he had need of physicians for his own care, but held his own distinct views on whether to take their medicines and in what dose - usually much higher than prescribed. His many illnesses and his knowledge and views on medicine make him of continuing interest to physicians and give us insight into medical practice and beliefs in the Age of Enlightenment.

PETER STONE Died Apr. 26, 2003. Peter Stone became the first writer to win the Oscar, Tony and Emmy! Mr. Stone died of pulmonary fibrosis at age 73. Mr. Stone sometimes wrote under the pseudonym Peter Joshua, which happened to be the name of Cary Grant’s character in the great film "Charade" also written by Mr. Stone. Stone won the Oscar for Best Screenplay for his WWII comedy "Father Goose" also starring Cary Grant. Mr. Stone wrote one of my favorite films of the 70s: "The Taking of Pelham One Two Three" with Walter Mathau and Robert Shaw. His other screen credits include "Sweet Charity" with Shirley MacLaine, the hilarious "Skin Game" with James Garner and Louis Gossit Jr., the underrated "Silver Bears" with Michael Caine and Cybil Shepard, "Arabesque" with Gregory Peck and Sophia Loren and the all-star comedy thriller "Who is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe?" Mr. Stone won an Emmy for his work on the TV series "The Defenders." Mr. Stone won three Tony awards for the musicals "1776," "Titanic" and "Woman of the Year." "1776" was later turned into a film.

Gene Amole, a newspaper columnist who celebrated the city he loved and fought those who would change it forever, died Sunday, 12 days shy of his 79th birthday of complications from Pulmonary Fibrosis. Gene was best known for his columns in the Rocky Mountain News, but it was a role he didn't come to until he was 54. Long before then, he was a broadcasting pioneer, popular radio and television personality, shrewd businessman, war correspondent and GI in the killing fields of Hitler's Europe. "Gene Amole was the voice of this city and the heart of this newspaper," News Editor and Publisher John Temple said. "He always called himself an ordinary guy. In fact, he was an extraordinary person because he could communicate in such a direct and genuine way." For nearly 25 years, his prose chronicled Denver's leap from an insular midsized city into a throbbing high-tech capital of the New West.

Gene announced to his readers on Oct. 27 that he was dying. But he said he intended to continue to write a diary of his experiences that he hoped would help others. And indeed he did. With characteristic clarity, he wrote of the insight that came with deepening physical infirmity, of treasuring the richness of waning days. His craftsmanship with the written word did not betray him. His humor, his compassion, his celebration of this place, his love for friends and most particularly his family came shining through. Gene Amole was a son, a husband, a father and, finally, to his bubbling delight at the age of 72, a grandfather.

In December, Mayor Wellington Webb announced the city was renaming a street for Gene. Appropriately, that stretch of Elati Street that borders the Rocky Mountain News became Gene Amole Way. "This community is a better place because of Gene," Webb said. "Denver has lost a living legend, a modern-day pioneer and a great human being."

His Colorado roots ran deep. His mother's father was a farmer in Ohio when a brother contracted tuberculosis, and the family moved to Colorado for the dry air. His father's father, "Grandpa Amole," ran away from home in Ohio when he was 15 and made his way to Denver. It was 1877. Nowhere was his underlying optimism about life more visible than in his first column for the News, published Dec. 18, 1977. It led off with the first of what would become his trademark -- a pithy word or phrase to kick-start his tales.

As he demonstrated later at the News, Gene was much more than a radio personality. He spent seven months as a war correspondent during the Korean War, filing dispatches for The Denver Post and the Mutual Broadcasting System. He reported from behind the Iron Curtain during the Berlin blockade of 1948, and also wrote about the new nation of Israel. When he started at the News in 1977, Gene really didn't need the money or the job. But he kept at it, through bouts of ill health, long after many others would have retired. There was no fancy corner office for Gene. A newsman above all else, he insisted on a desk barely 10 feet from the city desk, the newsroom's nerve center. He thrived on the controlled chaos swirling around him every day. Once he established himself as a newspaper writer, Gene became a sought-after weapon in Denver's newspaper war. After he became Denver's premier local columnist, the Post tried to lure him away from the News. But he stayed put, and so did his fans.

During his 70s, infirmities rained in on Gene. He became blind in one eye, suffered a cataract in another and underwent numerous surgeries. For a time, he walked haltingly through the newsroom pulling his own oxygen tank. He rarely wrote about his physical infirmities, except perhaps to chuckle at himself: "I can't see or hear very well anymore, but thank God I can still drive." Toward the end, his frail body racked with pain, Gene still could not contain his excitement for work and life in the newsroom. "It will be a while before I regain my health," he wrote on Father's Day 1997 in an extended column exploring love and pain. I have had lung problems for some time, and the last three years I have had to rig up a portable oxygen tank on my back to push the snowblower. I looked pretty funny. My lungs probably suffered further damage because the fumes from the two-cycle motor were pretty rancid.

I wonder if anyone has done a study on toxic fumes inhaled from snow blowers. I knew they certainly weren't helping my lungs, clogged as they are with irreversible pulmonary fibrosis. But I thought, "What the hell, I'll hurry up and avoid further damage, and this sure beats pushing a shovel." "I have lost 40 pounds, but I am determined to get out and around again. I want to take Trish on a nice trip somewhere. I want to walk along Bear Creek with my little grandson, Jacob. I want to experience again my beloved, bright blue October. So many blessings, so much love in my life. Denver has lost a giant.

Norman Sloan passed away at Duke University Hospital of pulmonary fibrosis. North Carolina lost one of it's basketball legends on Tuesday.  While coaching at NC State University his team won three ACC Championships (1970, 1973 and 1974) and his 1974 team won the NCAA National Championship and that year he was named "National Coach of the Year". Coach Sloan ended his career with 627 wins. What a great athlete. Norm was the only four sport letterman in the history of NC State when he was a student there in the early 50's. Norm was 77 years old.

James Schefter, who covered the space program during the heady days of the Moon race, died Sunday at age 60 from complications associated with pulmonary fibrosis. Schefter wrote about the Moon program in his 1999 book The Race. In the book's preface, Schefter describes an October weekend in 1957 when, as a teenager in North Dakota, he and his friends heard the electrifying news that the Russians had launched the first artificial satellite. "We didn't see Sputnik," he wrote, "but however blurred our vision, we did see the future. That weekend changed all of our lives, as it changed the world we would live in." Six years later he began covering the U.S. space program as a young reporter for the Houston Chronicle. During the lunar missions Schefter was writing for Time and Life magazines, a job that gave him unusual access to the astronauts and their families. His work, Schefter wrote years later, amounted to "a front-row ticket to the space race, and nothing and no one could make me relinquish it."

Thomas J. Kelly  former Grumman Aircraft Corp. engineer  and "father of the lunar module" (Lunary Excursion Module) expired 3-23-2002 in Cutchogue, New York   age 72. The  cause of death was respiratory failure from pulmonary fibrosis.

Frederick M. Hoar, a prominent, long-time Silicon Valley public relations and marketing executive, died January 2, 2004 after a three-year bout with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis. He was 77. Hoar was one of Silicon Valley's most visible public relations executives. Throughout his career, he helped scores of companies develop and promote their brands, many of which subsequently became visible globally. Hoar worked as a public relations and marketing executive at a number of prominent technology companies, including RCA, Fairchild Semiconductor, Apple Computer and Genentech. Hoar's energy and enthusiasm for his craft lasted virtually right up until his death. In his latest pursuit, he was the dean's executive professor of marketing at Santa Clara University (SCU), and he continued teaching until six weeks before his death. He was also a founding member of the Band of Angels, a Silicon Valley private investment group, and over the years was a director on the board of dozens of Silicon Valley start-ups. He remained a marketing and branding consultant throughout much of 2003. Hoar was also very active with Junior Achievement and was recently named to the Junior Achievement Business Hall of Fame.  

Hoar helped shape communications, marketing and financial relations strategies at a number of seminal technology companies. From 1980 to 1984, he was vice president of communications for Apple Computer, where he was involved with the company's initial public offering and the product launches of the Lisa and Macintosh computers. Previously, Hoar was vice president of communications at Fairchild Camera and Instrument, vice president of corporate communications at Genentech, worldwide communications director at Raychem, and division vice president of public affairs and advertising at RCA. "Fred was a Silicon Valley phenomenon who brought a joie de vivre to each one of his endeavors," stated Wilf Corrigan, chairman and CEO of LSI Logic. "He will be impossible to replace." As the Dean's executive professor of marketing at SCU, Hoar spent the last years of his career teaching marketing and branding courses to undergraduate and graduate students. Last December, the university awarded him with the Extra-Ordinary Faculty Award, the highest honor bestowed upon a faculty member at the Leavey School of Business.  

Hoar spent 12 years as president of the West coast division of Miller/Shandwick Technologies, an international public relations agency, and later was promoted to chairman of the agency and head of Miller/Shandwick's Technology Practice. He retired from the firm in 2002. "Fred embodied grace and wisdom and in a world of hurried decisions and snap easy answers, he was about reflection which meant that he gave answers that were not always easy but were always wise," said Lord Peter Chadlington, founder of Shandwick International. "He was a man for whom the word sagacity was invented. We need that in the PR industry and Fred gave it." Born and reared in Beverly, MA, Hoar served in the United States Navy from 1944 to 1946. He earned an A.B. degree cum laude from Harvard University in American history and literature and a masters, with honors, in editorial journalism from the University of Iowa. Hoar relocated to California from New York in 1969 while working for Fairchild Camera and Instrument, which later became Fairchild Semiconductor. A celebration of life service will take place on Friday, January 9 at 3 p.m. at St. Albert the Great Catholic Church located at 1095 Channing Avenue in Palo Alto. His wife, Sheila, and daughters Cheryl, Deborah, Donna and Jocelyn survive Hoar.

William Ray Parker, the man Clay Aiken would refer to as "my father" passed away last year at the age of 65. Parker suffered from pulmonary fibrosis. At one point on American Idol, Clay announced: "My father's passing obviously was a tough time. So it's been really good news for me to be able to be successful and give us something to cheer for."

Charlotte Lee Bagley, the wife of David Harrington Bagley 67, who had published poetry in publications such as Redbook magazine, died of pulmonary fibrosis September 15, 1991 at her home in Vienna , Virginia . She was working on novels and short stories at the time of her death. Mrs. Bagley, who came here in 1956, was born in San Francisco . She was a cum laude graduate of Dominican College in San Rafael , California . Survivors include her husband, retired Navy Adm David H. Bagley, whom she married in 1946 and who lives in Vienna; three sons, David II, of San Diego, Peter H., of Weston, Massachusetts., and Christopher H., of Los Angeles; two daughters, Marie Louise Luddy of Fairfax, California, and Laura H. Ridderhof of Smyrna, Delaware; a sister, Alicia Ensey of Coronado, California; a brother, Charles A. Hartwell Jr. of San Rafael; and seven grandchildren.  Buried in Section 8 of Arlington National Cemetery .

Mike Nichols, 46, died of pulmonary fibrosis, a lung disease. These are the best of times and the worst of times for Joe Nichols.  The Universal South artist has his first big radio hit ("The Impossible") and is living his dream.  But he lost his father, who had the same dream, this past week.   The elder Nichols was a musician who worked the clubs and venues in and around Rogers , Arkansas .   He passed away on July 16 2002, in King, North Carolina.

Ricardo ''Ricky'' Correoso, a veteran Latin music executive who helped oversee marketing and development for record labels in Miami, Central America and Venezuela, died Friday of congestive heart failure. He was 57. Born in Camaguey , Cuba , Correoso came to Miami at age 13 to live with his older sister. His parents followed four years later, when they were able to, his niece Christina Castrillón said. ''For him, it was a difficult experience,'' Castrillón said. ``He spoke no English and . . . he came alone.''

After a brief stint in the National Guard following high school, Correoso began his career in entertainment as a radio station disc jockey in Panama and then as midnight host at Miami radio station ''La Fabulosa.'' He later worked as an entertainment journalist at Diario Las Americas, his niece said. In pursuit of his passion -- music -- Correoso landed jobs at RCA Records and other labels before he was chosen to head Sony Music's Central American operations based in Costa Rica .

''Ricky lived and breathed music,'' Castrillón said of her uncle. He moved on to Sony Music Venezuela as managing director before economic and political problems there prompted him to transfer back to Miami as vice president of business development for Latin America for Sony Music International. Before retiring five years ago due to pulmonary fibrosis, Correoso was vice president of marketing at Universal Music Latino, his niece said. In addition to his niece, Carreoso is survived by wife Ingrid; sister Ana Maria Castrillón; five children; and three great-grandchildren.  

Grace Madden McCarthy dies. A graveside memorial service for Mrs. Grace Madden McCarthy, a golfer who won numerous tournaments in Richmond and Norfolk , will be held at 11:30 a.m. Wednesday at Emmanuel Lutheran Church Cemetery in New Market, Va. Mrs. McCarthy, of Richmond , died Saturday of complications from pulmonary fibrosis. She was 91. Mrs. McCarthy learned to play golf on her honeymoon, when her husband, Harry L. McCarthy, presented her with her own clubs.

After World War II, the couple moved to Norfolk , where Mrs. McCarthy scored 168 in her first tournament. She vowed to improve, and two years later, she won the Norfolk City Women's Championship, said her son, Harry L. McCarthy II. Mrs. McCarthy won three tournaments in Norfolk and 13 in Richmond . She was a board member for the woman's division of the Virginia State Golf Association in the 1970s, her son said, and she ran a number of golf tournaments for various organizations. She was an honorary member of the Richmond Women's Gold Association and the Richmond Country Club Women's Golf Association.

"She just enjoyed the people and gave a lot back to the game," her son said. "People were overjoyed to see her. They enjoyed her companionship as well as the golf." In addition to her husband and son, Mrs. McCarthy is survived by a sister, Anna M. Coffman of New Market; three granddaughters, all golfers; and one great-grandchild.  

Art Steffen, a four-year letterman who played fullback at UCLA from 1945 to 1948, died of pulmonary fibrosis July 29 in his Claremont home. He was 80. Steffen, a co-captain in 1948, won the team's Bruin Bench Award as the outstanding senior reserve that year. He also helped the Bruins to the Pacific Coast Conference championship in 1946, rushing for 132 yards and one touchdown, and played in the 1947 Rose Bowl, where the Bruins (10-1) lost to Illinois , 45-14. Steffen was the older brother of Jim Steffen, a former NFL player with Detroit and Washington who was UCLA's most valuable player in 1958.

Alan N. Cohen, a leading executive in the sports and entertainment industries over the past 30 years, died Tuesday morning in his home in Boca Raton , Florida , after a long battle with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis. He was 73. Memorial services will be held at 10 am Thursday morning, August 12, at the Park Avenue Synagogue (Madison & 86th Street ) in New York City . Shiva will be observed Thursday night, Saturday night and Sunday at 650 Park Avenue in New York City . Mr. Cohen graduated from Columbia College in 1952 and Columbia Law School in 1954. After serving in the army, he joined Paul, Weiss, Rifkin, Wharton and Garrison in 1957 and became a partner of the firm in 1964. In 1970 he joined the entertainment company then known as Warner Communications (now Time Warner, Inc.) as executive vice president. While at Warner Communications, he had particular oversight of the company's recorded music subsidiaries, including Atlantic Records, Electra and Warner Brothers records. During this time he and several partners, including Warner CEO Steve Ross, purchased the New York franchise of a newly formed professional soccer league. The team was known as the New York Cosmos. It was to be the start of Mr. Cohen's long and influential involvement in major sports ownership.  

In 1974 he became chairman and CEO of Madison Square Garden Corporation, then a public corporation which owned the New York Knicks and the New York Rangers. In an interview with the New York Times, he was asked by a reporter if it were more important to win a championship or to earn profits for his shareholders. He replied that as a public company, his first priority was to his shareholders, "that's the bottom line." As a result of this candid answer, he was known for a time in the sports pages as "Bottom Line Cohen." In 1978, Mr. Cohen and a group of investors purchased the New Jersey Nets NBA basketball franchise. He moved the team to its current facility in the Meadowlands. In 1983, he sold his interest in the Nets, and together with his partners Don Gaston and Paul Dupee purchased the Boston Celtics, one of the most heralded franchises in all of sports. Under the ownership of Mr. Cohen and his partners, the Celtics enjoyed a decade of great success. Led by star players Larry Bird, Kevin McHale and Robert Parrish, the Celtics of that era made nearly perennial appearances in the NBA Finals, winning the NBA championship in 1984 and 1986.

As an NBA owner, Mr. Cohen played an active and influential role in the development of the league. He served as chairman of the NBA Board of Governors from 1985-1987. Along with Commissioner David Stern, Mr. Cohen was instrumental in the NBA's moving to adopt a salary cap structure for its teams. Now used in various forms by other professional sports leagues, the NBA pioneered the use of a salary cap. The NBA's salary cap guidelines have contributed to the prosperity and competitiveness of the league over the past 20 years. In recent years Mr. Cohen has been active in a variety of businesses. At the time of his death he was Chairman of ANC Sports Enterprises, a leading provider of rotational and LED signage at sports facilities, and was Co-Chairman of Sportsco International which owns the SkyDome stadium in Toronto .

Mr. Cohen was involved in numerous charitable endeavors including service as a Trustee or director of Independence House, a facility designed to rehabilitate youthful offenders; Alvin Ailey Dance Theatre; International Center for Photography; Haifa University; American Friends of Hebrew University; Educational Alliance; Columbia College; Columbia Law School; and the Graduate School of Management of the New School. Most recently he served as Chairman of the Columbia Law School Annual Fund and as a director of the American Friends of Tel Aviv University. Among his honors are Columbia University 's John Jay Award and election to the Jewish Sports Hall of Fame. In 2001, Mr. Cohen was elected to the Board of Directors of the Jewish Federation of South Palm Beach County. Mr. Cohen is survived by his wife, Carol Cohen, and their daughter Rebecca Cohen. He is also survived by his two children Laurie Cohen Fenster and Gordon Cohen, from his earlier marriage to Joan Fields Cohen, the well-known philanthropist who died in 1989, and by his sister, Beryl Zankel of Boca Raton, Florida.

Gene Moles (Denver Eugene Moles Sr.) - Doctor of guitars - Died 4-28-2002 - Pulmonary fibrosis ( Country ) Born 6-16-1928 in Wetumka, Okla., U.S. - Guitarist (He co-wrote,"Sunny River" and "Night Run" which The Ventures recorded) He was one of The Marksmen (Their did,"Scratch") Worked with Merle Haggard, Buck Owens, Red Simpson and Tex Ritter - He worked for guitar manufacturer Mosrite and ran his own guitar repair shop.

Bob Marrone (Robert Lawrence Marrone) - Died 1-25-2002 - Pulmonary fibrosis ( Psychologist - Professor ) Born 1942 in Brooklyn , N.Y. , U.S. (He wrote, "Paralyzed," recorded by Dave Mason, and "Keep This Heart In Mind," recorded by Bonnie Raitt) He taught a popular class on death and dying.

Daniel Adrian Carlin - Died 8-14-2001 - Complications from lung cancer and pulmonary fibrosis ( Music editor ) Born 1928 - He edited the music for the films The Outlaw Josey Wales, Scorpio, Ghost, Gorillas In The Mist, Dead Poets Society, Parenthood, Fatal Attraction, Cliffhanger and others - He founded La Da Music which is now called Segue Music - Worked with Hugo Friedhofer, Lionel Newman, Lalo Schifrin, Elmer Bernstein and Ennio Morricone.

Frank Marsh (1924-2001) Married to Shirley Marsh. Born in Norfolk , Madison County , Neb. , April 27, 1924.  Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; secretary of state of Nebraska, 1953-71; Lieutenant Governor of Nebraska, 1971-75; Nebraska state treasurer, 1975-81, 1987-91; defeated, 1990. Methodist. Member, American Legion; Veterans of Foreign Wars. Died, of pulmonary fibrosis, Lincoln , Lancaster County , Neb. , March 10, 2001. Burial location is unknown.

Russell Parker (Charles Russell Parker) - Died 1-28-2003 in Seattle, WA, U.S. - Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis ( Jazz ) Born 11-15-1920 in Portland, WA, U.S. - Played drums - Was a member of The Renton City Concert Band and The Dixie Docs

Actor Lou Fant died at age 69 of pulmonary fibrosis. Mr. Fant founded the National Theater for the Deaf. Like Lon Chaney Sr., Mr. Fant was born to deaf parents. In "Looking for Mr. Goodbar," Mr. Fant played a teacher to deaf children. Other credits include the impressive "Resurrection," "The Pom Pom Girls" with Rainbeaux Smith and "Tuff Turf."  

Frances T. Ritchie, who cared for more than 50 foster children and scores of other children in her home day care business, died Saturday morning. She was 87. Ritchie died in her Mill Creek home of pulmonary fibrosis, even though she never smoked, said her son Pat Ritchie of Wilmington . She became a widow in 1957 when her husband, Arthur W. Ritchie, died suddenly. She was pregnant with their eighth child at the time. As her own children grew, Ritchie began taking in foster children through the Catholic Welfare Guild, her son said. She especially liked caring for infants and toddlers, and several times cared for medically fragile children. Ritchie adopted one girl, Sarah, who had congenital heart disease. Ritchie also started Fran's Day Care in Wilmington , caring for the infants and toddlers of friends, her son said. She retired from that work when she was 80 years old. In 1995, Ritchie was honored by the Ninth Ward Community Grand parenting Coalition for her history of helping city children. "She did it because she loved children," Pat Ritchie said. "She just got her satisfaction out of doing that."

Mary Edgar died at Wayne Memorial Hospital in HONESDALE , PA on August 27, 2004. She was 67. The daughter of the late Thomas and Mercella Smith Mulhern, she was born in Brooklyn , NY . She had worked at the Financial Aid Office of County College of Morris, NJ and was a member of Queen of Peace Roman Catholic Church in Hawley. Survivors include her husband, Theodore W. Edgar of Hawley; two daughters, Dorothy Van Houten of Washington , NJ and Mary Ann Wills of Dancansville; a son, Theodore T. of Landers, NJ; and six grandchildren. Funeral services were held at Queen of Peace Roman Catholic Church on August 31. Interment was in Green Gates Cemetery , Hawley. Memorial contributions may be sent to Queen of Peace Roman Catholic Church, 319 Chestnut Avenue , Hawley PA 18428 or Pulmonary Fibrosis Foundation, 1440 West Washington Blvd. , Chicago , IL 60607 .

Frances "Fran" Cleveland, who made a huge impact on Montgomery 's arts community and other organizations since moving here almost 24 years ago, died Thursday at Jackson Hospital . After successfully waging and winning an 11-year battle with colon cancer, Cleveland , 73, died of pulmonary fibrosis, a disease of the lungs. Her husband, retired U.S. Air Force Lt. Gen. Charles "Chick" Cleveland, said a celebration of her life and contributions would be at 11 a.m. Monday at the Alabama Shakespeare Festival and would be open to the public. "Fran really came into her own with the theater (ASF)," said Chick Cleveland, who retired in Montgomery after serving as commander of Air University at Maxwell Air Force Base from 1981-84. "She was a major force there -- a volunteer, board member, advocate, donor. That was Fran. Really, I thought I came in third. First, it was the grandchildren, the theater second, and me third, which was fine with me."

Cleveland also worked with the Arts Council of Montgomery, the Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts, the Montgomery Zoo, the Volunteer and Information Center , Landmarks Foundation and other organizations. Anita P. Folmar, Montgomery 's former first lady, said, "Fran was a real asset to Montgomery . She was a gracious lady and a very hard worker, really dedicated when she took on a project." For her work, Cleveland received numerous awards, including the 1995 Anita P. Folmar Distinguished Volunteer in the Arts Award, presented by the Arts Council of Montgomery. "She did so much for the arts community, especially the Arts Council of Montgomery," said Marilyn Williams, Montgomery cultural arts director. "She will be sorely missed, and our thoughts and prayers are with the family." Philip Sellers, a longtime ASF board member, remembers his friend as a lovely person and a hard worker with a great deal of talent.

"If you had a job, and she took it, you could forget about it. You knew she would get it done," he said. Beverly D. Ross, who served on the Arts Council with Cleveland , described her as mild mannered, soft spoken and -- again -- hard working. "In 1994, she and I were part of the Montgomery Advertiser's Women of Achievement together. I have that picture in my living room," said Ross, director of educational talent search at H. Councill Trenholm State Technical College. The Clevelands never planned on retiring in Montgomery . "But we just grew to love this town, and it was about this time that Red (Winton M. Blount Jr.) was getting the Shakespeare theater going here. That added another dimension to this town that hadn't been there. Fran wanted to be a part of that," he said. As Blount moved the Anniston-based ASF to Montgomery and built a $21-million state-of-the-art theater for the company, Fran Cleveland got involved and remained involved. When it came to selecting a place for her memorial, the theater was the only choice. "It was absolutely Fran's favorite place," her husband said. During the memorial, ASF artistic director Kent Thompson will speak as will ASF resident company members Greta Lambert and Ray Chambers along with others from the community. The program will include a hymn and music inspired by the U.S. Military Academy at West Point . "We met at West Point (when he was a cadet), and she picked out a couple of particular songs she wanted us to play," Chick Cleveland said, as his voice cracked with emotion. "Then, at the end, a trumpeter will play 'Taps,' at Fran's request."

James P. Barker, who fought to maintain the traditional Catholic concept of New York's St. Patrick's Day Parade, has died at 69. He had been suffering from pulmonary fibrosis. Barker, a native of Woodside, Queens, died of heart failure in Lenox Hill Hospital on Sunday, Oct. 3, 2004.Barker had served as executive secretary and as a director of the parade. During the 1990s, he became a controversial figure as the parade, under his direction, repeatedly fought the efforts of Irish gay groups who wanted to march. He considered the parade a religious event whose main purpose was to honor the saint — and wanted to ban political banners of all sorts.He is survived by his daughters, Elizabeth and Eileen, his son, James, and grandchildren Richard, Kelly and Meghan

Donald J. Richey, 75, of Marion, Ill., died Friday, Oct. 1, 2004, at home. He was born Sept. 4, 1929, in Crab Orchard, Ill., to Milo and Fannie (Turner) Richey. Mr. Richey played basketball for the Crab Orchard Trojans in high school. He was a veteran of the Korean War and served in the U.S. Air Force as a staff sergeant in the 661st Air Squadron. He played on the Air Force baseball team and played some semi-professional ball after his discharge. Mr. Richey retired from Easton Corp. (formerly Vickers) as a senior engineer in robotic testing and hydraulics. He attended Center Baptist Church, Crab Orchard and was a former member of Fluid Power Engineers, and Clawson-Troy Elks Club. He also enjoyed golfing and bowling. Mr. Richey was predeceased by his parents; a grandson, Bradley Stone; brothers, Warren and Wallace Richey; and brothers-in-law, Jerry Miller and John Barger. Surviving are his wife, Barbara L. (Guined) Richey of Marion, whom he married Nov. 1, 1952, in Detroit; children, Janis (John) Kyle of Troy, Nancy Suter and her special friend Charles "Bud" Baker of Clawson, and Sharon (Jeff) Stone of Linden; grandchildren, Kimberly Kyle (fiance Joseph Lang), Christen Kyle, Jacqueline Kyle, Michael, Jillian and Matthew Suter, and Laura and Jacob Stone; and siblings, Julian (Ursula) Richey of Marion, Nell Hohlt of Portland, Ore., Margie Miller of Alton, Ill., and Jo Barger of Marion, Ill. The funeral will be officiated by the Rev. Sam White; burial, with Marion Veterans of Foreign Wars and American Legion posts conducting graveside military rites, Coal Bank Cemetery, Dykersburg, Ill.; memorials, Pulmonary Fibrosis Foundation or Hospice of Southern Illinois.

Ardeth Barber, restaurateur and a lover of politics died Oct. 5, 2004 of Pulmonary Fibrosis.If you didn't want to hear her views on politics, it was best not to talk with Ardeth Barber. Whether it was the West Sacramento city elections or the presidential campaign, she kept current - and had an opinion. Just a few hours before her death Tuesday night, the 75-year-old lifelong Democrat was anxious that a late doctor's appointment would keep her from watching the vice presidential debate. "But I got her home in time and she watched the debate," recalled her daughter, Sue McGowan. "She phoned later and said she was very happy with it. She told me, 'I think we've got a chance. We'll talk about it tomorrow.' " About an hour later, Mrs. Barber, who had been suffering from pulmonary fibrosis, died in her West Sacramento home, her daughter said. "Right to the end, she knew what was going on. She read the papers, watched television and listened to everybody on all the talk shows, and loved to discuss it," her daughter said. "She was a feisty little lady."

Ardeth Arlene Harding was born in Denison, Iowa, March 23, 1929  and grew up in Marysville, where her mother operated a deli and catering business. She graduated from Marysville High School in 1947 and married her high school sweetheart, Howard Barber. She and her husband, who worked in construction, settled in West Sacramento in 1950, her daughter said. For more than two decades, Mrs. Barber was employed in West Sacramento as office manager for the now-defunct Clough Equipment Co., a manufacturer of aluminum tank trailers. With her husband unable to work in construction because of an injury in the early 1970s, Mrs. Barber quit her job with Clough and purchased a fast-food business in Sacramento. For 15 years, from 1973 until 1988, they owned and operated Mr. Taco, on the south side of Sutterville Road across from William Land Park. "They purchased the restaurant, the recipes, everything and they became known for serving this great Mexican food," her daughter said. "Their guacamole was the best. They had a secret recipe. And even though it was a Mexican restaurant, one of their most popular dishes was coleslaw that mom made. It was to die for, not too bitter, not too sweet."

The couple sold the Sutterville Road restaurant to Ford's Real Hamburgers. Mrs. Barber's husband died two years ago. She was the sister of the late Warren Harding, a rock-climbing icon best known for the first ascent of Yosemite's El Capitan in 1958. According to her family, Mrs. Barber enjoyed her role as unofficial adviser to her son-in-law, Mike McGowan, former West Sacramento mayor and current chairman of the Yolo County Board of Supervisors. After McGowan entered politics in 1986, she emerged as one of his most outspoken defenders, occasionally firing off no-holds-barred letters to the town's two weekly newspapers. "I can remember campaigns where she wrote scathing letters to the editors, lambasting whoever would have the nerve to criticize her son-in-law," McGowan recalled. "It was almost embarrassing. As you can tell, we had a good relationship." Remembered for: Her feisty independence and lifelong interest in politics. Survived by: Daughters, Sue McGowan and Debbie Barber, both of West Sacramento; one grandchild; and one great-grandchild.

Tim Thomas died Aug. 4, 2004 of pulmonary fibrosis at age 60. There's a new person in the driver's seat at Thomas Chrysler Jeep in Cuyahoga Falls. Erika Thomas, a 27-year-old actress, has returned from New York City after 10 years in show business and moved into her father's former office. The young actress turned car dealer is still surrounded by her father's things, such as framed children's artwork, photographs he took and old office chairs. She says she will eventually redecorate, but ``I can't take his name plate off the door yet.'' Now Erika Thomas is president of Ray Thomas Inc., the company started in 1932 by her grandfather. And she says she's ready for any obstacles created by her age, relative lack of experience or her gender in a male-dominated business. ``I am who I am. I'm a woman, I'm 27 and there's nothing I can do about that,'' she said. ``I'm just here to do the absolute best job I can and run the most ethical business and uphold the standards my dad taught me.'' Thomas said she thinks her age is a benefit and points out that her father was only a few years older when he took over the dealership in the 1970s.

When Tim Thomas unexpectedly became ill this summer, the women rushed home. Jennifer Thomas said that when it became apparent he wouldn't return to the dealership for a while, she and Erika decided to keep things running. When he, the thought of selling the dealership never crossed their minds, the women said. Erika Thomas said it made more sense for her to take over since she had a more flexible lifestyle as an actress. ``It was a pretty quick decision that we were going to stay and keep the same tradition alive,'' she said. Gary S. Adams, president of the Greater Cleveland Automobile Dealers' Association, said it's not unusual for the next generation to continue a tradition ``because of deep ties to the community, providing sales and services to generations of customers and supporting lifelong employees of the dealership.'' Thomas, a graduate of Revere High School and the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in New York, said she's also at a point in her life where she can appreciate her hometown. ``I left here two weeks after graduating high school and have been gone for 10 years. I can appreciate Ohio and can appreciate the lifestyle and community and family,'' she said. Jennifer Thomas has taken the role of treasurer/secretary and will return to the Akron area once a month. She said running the business will be a team effort with her sister and her mother, Joan Thomas, who has retired but is still vice president. ``We have a lot to learn, but we're incredibly smart,'' said Jennifer Thomas. ``People take us for granted when they meet us since we're younger.'' Both women said they don't have any sibling rivalry and are extremely close.

Robert “Bob” L. Arper had a heart of gold and love for his community. He helped to build Silverdale from the ground up and now the community that he truly cherished must bid farewell. The Silverdale legend died on Oct. 8,2004 of pulmonary fibrosis at the age of 85. “He was a giant in the community and there will never be another one of him, he was an incredible man,” said Hank Mann-Sykes, friend and fellow community member. Arper helped to establish many organizations in Silverdale including the Silverdale Rotary which he continued to be active in until his death. The charter member opened his waterfront property to the public for the first Whaling Days. He built the ticket stands and dump trailer that was first used for the Great Kitsap Duck Race. Arper was born on June 25, 1919 to Edward and Ada (Brown) Arper in Roy, Wash. His family moved to Silverdale in 1937, but he stayed in Tacoma to finish school at Lincoln High School. After high school he went to California to attend diesel engineering school at Santa Monica College. In 1941 he returned to Silverdale and went to work at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard as a machinist.  “He was always helpful to his family and especially helpful to the community. He was a very special brother to me, I have good memories,” she said.

In 1942, Arper started Silverdale Fuel & Transfer Company and began selling coal from his parents’ house on Bay Shore Drive. He added stove and furnace oil in 1945 after being discharged from the Navy after one year of service due to a disability. In 1944, Arper married his wife Lillian (Liaset) in Keyport. Their first house was a converted chicken coop. They later moved to acreage in Brownsville. For the year that Arper was away in the Navy, Lillian ran the coal business, shoveling bags of coal. Arper worked hard to establish the Port of Silverdale and maintain the Port of Brownsville. He donated a lot of land to the Port of Silverdale. He also donated land to the county to build the first sewage treatment plant in Silverdale on his waterfront. He was a commissioner for the Port of Brownsville and actively worked to keep the port open.  

Arper also was very involved in the fire business. He was a founder of the Brownsville Fire Department and he helped build the fire station. He was the first fire commissioner and was active on that board for 16 years. Arper and his father founded the Silverdale Fire Department. The fire horn was at his parent’s house and he and his dad donated the first fire truck — a Chevrolet with a water pump that was run off the fan belt. “He helped to build the community and never once did he say anything mean spirited,” Mann-Sykes said. Arper didn’t retire from the oil business until 1999 when he was 80 years old. If it were a difficult delivery he would get help from a family member, but he would always drive the truck. Arper is survived by his wife; three sons, Roland of Port Orchard, Richard of Silverdale and Robert of Bremerton; a sister, Jeanne Worthington; seven grandchildren, Alica, Colin, Diana, Brandon, Kristian, Austin and one step-grandchild, Spencer Lucas.  

John S. Sutphin, a Navy veteran of World War II, died of pulmonary fibrosis Friday, Oct. 8, 2004, in Vancouver. He was 79. Mr. Sutphin was born June 19, 1925, in Los Angeles and lived in Vancouver the past 18 months. He was a retired insurance claims adjuster. Survivors include his wife, Jacque Freeman Sutphin, at home; two daughters, Linnea Fraszer of Stockton, Calif., and Brooks Schmollinger of Galt, Calif.; one son, Michael Buskuhl of Vancouver; and eight grandchildren. Mr. Sutphin was an avid sailor and had been a crew member for several sailboat races. A service will begin at 10 a.m Saturday at St. John the Evangelist Church. Hamilton-Mylan Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
 

Robert Leo DONALD,  - November 21, 1941 - October 19, 2004. Bob Donald passed away on Tuesday evening, surrounded by his family. Bob was born in El Paso, Texas, but spent most of his life in Palo Alto. Bob's positive outlook on life was unwavering, even in failing health. Bob lived with diabetes, pulmonary fibrosis and cancer of the lung and brain. He is survived by his loving wife of 41 years, Cherie; his sons and daughters-in-law, David and Janet, John and Elaine, Robert and Laura, James and John; his grandchildren, Nicole, Henry and Evan; his mother Elaine; his sister, Kathryn; his brothers, Jack, Tom, Steven and Michael and his many nephews and nieces and other relations, each of whom he loved with all his heart. He was preceded in death by his father, Donovan; his sister, Cheryl and his brother, Jim. Bob had a kindness and a compassion for others that continues to inspire those who knew him and loved him. He had a significant effect on the lives of countless people. Bob loved to meet new people and hear their stories and he traveled extensively to many parts of the world. He especially loved to bring smiles to the faces of impoverished children by bringing them toys and taking their pictures. A graduate of Bellarmine College Preparatory and San Jose State University, Bob worked at the Palo Alto Co-op grocery stores before starting a long and rewarding career at New York Life Insurance Company. Bob's co-workers and clients are among his numerous friends. Bob loved his family, as we love him and we all cherish the time we had together. Visitation, Friday, Oct. 22, 5:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m., Roller, Hapgood & Tinney, 980 Middlefield Rd., Palo Alto. Rosary at 7:30. Funeral Mass, Saturday, Oct. 23, 9:00 a.m., St. Albert the Great, 1095 Channing Ave., Palo Alto. Graveside Service following, Gate of Heaven Cemetery, 22555 Cristo Rey Dr., Los Altos. Reception following, home of Bob and Cherie Donald.  

George D. Hawkey, a pharmacist who owned and operated drugstores in Columbus Grove, Lima, and Ottawa, Ohio, died Sunday in St. Rita's Medical Center, Lima, from complications of pulmonary fibrosis. He was 86. He opened his first drugstore, Hawkey's Pharmacy, in Columbus Grove in 1948. He sold that pharmacy in 1978, then opened two more drugstores - one in Lima and the other in Ottawa - before retiring in 1992. Born in 1918, Mr. Hawkey graduated from South High School in Lima in 1936 and from the Ohio Northern University College of Pharmacy in 1942. "He grew up during the Depression, and his dream was to own a drugstore," Ann Roemer, his daughter, said. After graduation, Mr. Hawkey married Beatrice Coon in June, 1942. He then enlisted in the Army as an assistant medical surgeon, serving under Gen. George Patton in Europe during World War II. "He never talked much about what he saw during the war," Mrs. Roemer said. She said he was among the soldiers who liberated the Ohrdruf and Buchenwald concentration camps in Germany. In 1946, Mr. Hawkey, a captain in the Army, returned to Lima and became the pharmacist at St. Rita's Medical Center. He was a member of the United Methodist Church, the Columbus Grove American Legion, and the VFW and served 42 years on the Putnam County Board of Education. He served on the Columbus Grove Village Council, Columbus Grove Improvement Corp., and Columbus Grove Development Corp. "He was a well-known community leader who touched many people's lives," said his son, Philip, Toledo's city manager from 1986 to 1990. "He was a very honest, thoughtful, and considerate person." Surviving are his wife of 62 years, Beatrice; daughters, Ann Roemer and Charlotte Brown; sons, Philip and David; six grandchildren, and a great-granddaughter.

Kenneth Edelle Foster, 51, a retired Army sergeant whose wife lost her life at the Pentagon on Sept. 11, 2001, died Oct. 10 at his home in Arlington, Tex., of pulmonary fibrosis and congestive heart failure. He had lived in the Washington area since 1972 and moved back to North Texas, where he grew up, in 2003. A civilian Army policy analyst, Mr. Foster was working in his office in the Hoffman Building in Alexandria on Sept. 11 when he got word that a plane had hit the Pentagon, where his wife, Sandra Nadine Hill, had worked for 25 years. He jumped into his truck and raced toward the billowing black cloud he could see in the distance, going the wrong way on Interstate 95. He ended up spending nearly two days and nights helping rescue efforts while desperately searching for his wife. Because he wasn't supposed to be there, a woman gave him T-shirts from the Salvation Army and the Red Cross to wear so he could blend in with the rescuers. Mr. Foster and his wife -- whom he affectionately called Duchess -- had met in 1985, when both worked for the Defense Intelligence Agency at the Pentagon. They married in 1991. As a senior management officer with the agency, his wife worked in an office on the third floor of the E Ring, directly in the path of American Airlines Flight 77. She had left two messages on her husband's voice mail at work that morning. "Something strange is happening," she said in one of the messages. Mr. Foster told The Washington Post a few days later that she was probably calling to tell him about the World Trade Center attack. He called her back immediately, but he got her voice mail, which was unusual. Then he heard a woman in his office screaming that a plane had crashed into the Pentagon. Mrs. Foster's body was found at her desk a week later; medical authorities told her husband that she had died instantly. She was buried at Arlington National Cemetery.

Mr. Foster sank into a debilitating depression after his wife's death. He tried to commit suicide two months later on his favorite holiday, Thanksgiving. After he survived a game of Russian roulette while home alone that day, he sought help and was admitted to the intensive care unit at Walter Reed Army Medical Center. He then went to counseling twice a week, started reaching out to the many people concerned about him and decided to move back to Texas. He told the Fort Worth Star-Telegram that staying in the Washington area meant he was dying slowly each day as he relived the events of Sept. 11. Mr. Foster was born in Fort Worth and attended Draughn's Business College there for a year. He joined the Army in 1971, serving in Japan, Saudi Arabia and elsewhere. A Persian Gulf War veteran, he retired in 1993 and began his civilian position with the Army that same year. Both Fosters were big basketball fans, and Mr. Foster often coached girls' summer-league basketball. His wife, who played basketball at Dunbar High School in the District, often sat on the bench beside him as his assistant. During the 2000-01 school year, he also worked as an unpaid coach with the girls' junior varsity basketball team at Wakefield High School in Arlington. Mr. Foster's first marriage, to Paulette Foster, ended in divorce. Survivors include two sons from his first marriage, Kyle Parrish Foster of Capitol Heights and Kellen Patrick Foster of Landover; his mother, Charlotte Anderson of Fort Worth; two brothers; and a sister. Mr. Foster's friends and family were fully aware of the seriousness of his lung disease, which got worse after he lost his wife, but they don't believe his illness caused his death. "He could have got over his physical ailments, I believe," his mother said, "but he just didn't want to live. He died of a broken heart. We all know that."

Anita Louise Peterson, 67, died Sunday, Oct. 24, 2004, at her home surrounded by family and friends. She was born Anita Louise Lee to Stella (Saunders) Lee and Julian O. Le