Throughout
the year news broke of several shocking and saddening deaths. We
followed their stories, reported on their contributions and mourned
their loss.
Patch has compiled a list of notable deaths from across Nassau County.
While ATF agent John Capano was slain on Dec. 31, 2011, we mourned his death in 2012.
Capano was fatally shot while attempting to thwart a pharmacy burglary in Seaford.
A Hempstead Town audio-video specialist and long-time Atlantic Beach parks commissioner, Arnold Levey died of heart disease in February.
Long-time educator and Lynbrook Schools Superintendent Dr. Santo Barbarino died suddenly after suffering a fatal heart attack in August.
Marine Lance Cpl. Greg Buckley Jr., an Oceanside native, was killed while serving in Afghanistan in August.
American Cancer Society activist and Relay for Life organizer Bill Holzapfel of Malverne suffered a massive heart attack in July while on an upstate fishing trip.
Former Democratic leader and political adviser Larry Elovich lost his battled to cancer in September.
Legislative Presiding Officer Peter Schmitt died in early October after suffering a fatal heart attack in the office of Nassau County Executive Ed Mangano.
Nassau County Police Officer Arthur Lopez was fatally shot during a traffic stop in October. Lopez was also a member of the Emergency Services Unit.
Sgt. 1st Class Kevin E. Lipari, 39, of Baldwin, was serving in Logar Province in Afghanistan as part of Operation Enduring Freedom when he died on Dec. 14
As
you look through this list, you're might think of others we lost this
year. Please post a comment below about who else should be remembered
and why.
Notable Deaths in 2012
Notable deaths and obituaries of community leaders, activists and service members throughout 2012.
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Michael Ganci (Editor) May 20, 2013 at 12:37 am
We just posted. I was at the scene. Hope this helps! MG…Read More http://merrick.patch.com/groups/breaking-news/p/woman-struck-by-train-at-merrick-lirr-station
Zach T May 17, 2013 at 07:20 pm
The School board is a bunch of morons if they want to remove this designation! There were 0 problems…Read More like this when Malucci was in office, this new superintendent is a waste of space, money, and cares more about his own paycheck then our kids! Between school security, and now this, I motion that we get rid of that skell!
Dr. Kim Lurie May 16, 2013 at 12:54 pm
Bless you, Anthony. And though I know ultimately the "Judge" will have to be held…Read More accountable by a higher authority...those of us who do this work, have not forgotten nor will we allow the system to forget what her role in this travesity was.
Anthony Merlo May 16, 2013 at 10:24 am
Thank you for this wonderful article on a good man pushed to the brink. I appriciate the fact this…Read More came form the heart and did not hold back. As Sacristan at Cure of Ars, I had the pleasure of working with Dr. Rich (as I called him) for some time. He was a man of faith and a pleasure to see. Always with a smile and kind word, you would never know what was going on the way he acted. This was a wonderful and insightful article. It is heartbreaking to think that where there was once love between 2 people, things got to the point where one persons life was destroyed by those who could and did for no apparent reason other than having the ability to do so. God will have mercy on Dr. Rich and the ex-wife and "Judge" should pray for the same given their actions.