washingtonpost.com - ObituariesWashington D.C., Maryland and Virginia obituaries, appreciations and death notices.Loudoun Painter Alfred H. McAdams- June 16, 2008 Alfred H. McAdams, 93, a prolific Loudoun County painter whose work is included in the permanent collections of the Corcoran Gallery of Art, the National Air and Space Museum, the Phillips Collection, the Watkins Collection at American University and several U.S. embassies, died of heart disease May...http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~r/wp-dyn/rss/metro/obituaries/index_xml/~3/312807633/AR20... M. Hamilton Morton, 74; Preserved Historic D.C. Buildings- June 16, 2008 M. Hamilton Morton, 74, an architect who helped preserve some of Washington's most venerable buildings, died May 16 of sepsis at Riderwood Village in Silver Spring. He was a longtime resident of Somerset before moving to Silver Spring last year.http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~r/wp-dyn/rss/metro/obituaries/index_xml/~3/312793378/AR20... Photographer John Ranard; Showed Dark Side of Life- June 16, 2008 John Ranard, a documentary photographer who depicted the grim realities of life in modern Russia and who presented intimate views of boxing and his own fatal illness, died May 14 of liver cancer at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York. He was 56.http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~r/wp-dyn/rss/metro/obituaries/index_xml/~3/312815080/AR20... Obituaries- June 15, 2008 Sandy Teshan Chang, 78, a former city planner who later operated a restaurant and other businesses in the Washington area, died May 19 at Maui Memorial Medical Center on the Hawaiian island of Maui. He had lived in Hawaii since 2004.http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~r/wp-dyn/rss/metro/obituaries/index_xml/~3/312225568/AR20... A Master Musician Kept His Life's Time In the Rhythm of Jazz- June 15, 2008 Bill Reichenbach never wanted to do anything except play the drums. When he was 5, he took apart a banjo and started beating out a rhythm on the soundbox.http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~r/wp-dyn/rss/metro/obituaries/index_xml/~3/312213665/AR20... Journalist Revitalized Washington Talk Shows- June 14, 2008 Tim Russert, the NBC commentator who revolutionized Sunday morning television and infused journalism with an unrelenting passion for politics, died of a heart attack yesterday.http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~r/wp-dyn/rss/metro/obituaries/index_xml/~3/311523791/AR20... Mary A. George; Entertained Overseas as Diplomat's Wife- June 14, 2008 Mary Atkinson George, 71, who lived the life of a diplomat's wife during the Cold War era and who was known for her entertaining and ability to cope under difficult circumstances, died May 31 at Sibley Memorial Hospital of complications from surgery.http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~r/wp-dyn/rss/metro/obituaries/index_xml/~3/311646171/AR20... Obituaries- June 14, 2008 James I. Black, 94, a Labor Department economist who in retirement from a federal career spent 14 years in property management, died June 2 at the Lorien assisted living facility in Mount Airy. He had pneumonia.http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~r/wp-dyn/rss/metro/obituaries/index_xml/~3/311632890/AR20... Flamboyant Philanthropist And GM Heir Stewart Mott- June 14, 2008 Stewart R. Mott, 70, a General Motors heir and self-described "avant-garde philanthropist" who used his family's fortune to underwrite progressive social causes and liberal political campaigns, died June 12 at Northern Westchester Hospital in Mount Kisco, N.Y. He had cancer.http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~r/wp-dyn/rss/metro/obituaries/index_xml/~3/311652062/AR20... Obituaries- June 13, 2008 Neil MacNeil, 85, a congressional correspondent for Time magazine for nearly 30 years and an early presence on public affairs television shows, died June 7 at his home in Bethesda. He had lung cancer.http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~r/wp-dyn/rss/metro/obituaries/index_xml/~3/310940142/AR20... |