obituaries
Greg Campoli, 29
Philadelphia native Greg Campoli died last weekend. He was 29. The cause of death has not been made public. Campoli was born and raised in Northeast Philadelphia and graduated from Archbishop Rya...
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Carter Burnette, music consultant, 50
Local business owner and music consultant Carter Burnette died Nov. 14 of liver cancer. He was 50. A native of Camden, N.J., Burnette got his start in the music industry at a young age, taking pia...
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Marvin Lundy, attorney, 80
Prominent gay Philadelphia attorney and philanthropist Marvin Lundy died last week. He was 80. Lundy, who died Dec. 1 of heart failure, was one of the city’s top personal-injury lawyers who practi...
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Mark A. Mechowski, 45
Mark A. Mechowski, a banking executive based in New Jersey, died Nov. 15 of heart failure. He was 45. Mechowski was born Nov. 18, 1965, in Schenectady, N.Y., and resided in Lawrenceville, N.J., an...
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Obituary: Barbara Grier, publisher, activist
Barbara Grier, groundbreaking lesbian publisher, activist, archivist and a co-founder of Naiad Press, died of lung cancer Nov. 10 in Tallahassee, where she had lived for decades with her partner of...
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Obituary: Douglas Shaps, LGBT activist and financial analyst, 53
Longtime LGBT and political activist Douglas Shaps died of colon cancer Oct. 22. He was 53. While he most recently worked as a financial analyst, Shaps also invested significant energy into a numb...
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Obituary: Donn DesChaine, restaurant worker, artist
by Jen Colletta
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Former South Street restaurant worker and artist Donn DesChaine died Sept. 29 of complications from emphysema. He was 63. DesChaine worked at Lickety Split and Judy’s Café on South Street througho...
Ellis Ginsberg, William Way volunteer, 80
by Jen Colletta
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Ellis Ginsberg, a longtime volunteer and senior-programming pioneer at the William Way LGBT Community Center, died Aug. 27. He was 80. Ginsberg was a native Philadelphian, living most of his life ...
Gene Cavanaugh, 63, cabaret performer
by Jen Colletta
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Eugene “Gene” Cavanaugh, whose cabaret shows drew both large LGBT and mainstream audiences to venues throughout the region for more than a decade, died late last month. He was 63. Cavanaugh, a res...
The Rev. Dr. Bob Hanrahan, AIDS volunteer, 76
by Jen Colletta
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The Rev. Dr. Bob Hanrahan, a former volunteer at the AIDS Law Project of Pennsylvania, died June 18. He was 76. Hanrahan volunteered with the agency during its early days, at the height of the AID...
Bob Bland, LGBT activist, 64
by Jen Colletta
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Bob Bland, an original member of the New York Gay Liberation Front, died earlier this month of cancer. He was 64. Bland, a native of North Carolina, was a lifelong Democratic activist whose passio...
Dr. Arnold Markley, Penn State professor, 47
by Jen Colletta
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Dr. Arnold A. Markley, a longtime English professor at Penn State University, died earlier this month. He was 47. Markley was diagnosed three years ago with leukemia and died of complications from...
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