Billionaire Las Vegas Mogul Kirk Kerkorian Dies in Los Angeles
By Howard Stutz LOS ANGELES (Las Vegas Review-Journal) — Billionaire financier Kirk Kerkorian, one of the founders of modern Las Vegas whose name is synonymous with some of the Strip’s best known...
View ArticleCol. Victor V. Arzoomanian Obituary
HACKENSACK, N.J. — Colonel Victor V. Arzoomanian died at his home on June 13, at the age of 93. He had been a resident of Hackensack for 63 years. “The Colonel,” as he was fondly known, began his...
View ArticleSossy Akatcherian Obituary
WESTCHESTER, Calif. — Sossy Chalian Akatcherian passed away on June 15. She was predeceased by her husband, Khatchik. Sossy Chalian was born on January 2, 1941 in Tripoli, Lebanon to her parents Dikran...
View ArticleAuthor Agop Hacikyan Dies
MONTREAL — Canadian-Armenian writer Agop J. Hacikyan died on July 3, 2015. He was 83. His epic novel, A Summer Without Dawn, was lauded widely by both the Armenian and international press. Hacikyan,...
View ArticleKenneth Earl Najarian Obituary
CHARLOTTE, Vt. — Dr. Kenneth Earl Najarian, FSIR, 60, of Charlotte, and “Shore Acres” North Kingstown, RI, an interventional radiologist and a professor of radiology at the University of Vermont...
View ArticleRosalie (Tutunjian) Tekeyan Obituary
WALTHAM, Mass. — Rosalie (Tutunjian) Tekeyan of Waltham died on July 19, 2015. She was the wife of the late Haig Tekeyan. She leaves her children, George Tekeyan of Waltham, Rosemary Luniewicz of...
View ArticleHarry Koumjian Obituary
ARLINGTON, Mass. — Harry Koumjian of Arlington and Falmouth died on Wednesday, August 5, 2015 in the comfort of his home. He was one month shy of his 92nd birthday. In 1941, he graduated from Watertown...
View ArticleObituary: Arax Kesdekian Suny
FLOURTOWN, Penn. — Arax Suny died in Flourtown, Pennsylvania, at the age of 98. She died from old age with no underlying illness. The mother of Ronald Grigor Suny, Professor of History at the...
View ArticleObituary: Samuel V. Hagopian
HOUSTON, Texas — Samuel V. Hagopian died on August 10 at the age of 89. He was born in Niagara Falls, NY to the late Movses and Satenig Hagopian. Upon his return from serving in the US Army as a medic...
View ArticlePhilanthropist Vahakn Hovnanian Dies
YEREVAN — Armenian businessman and benefactor Vahakn Hovnanian died on August 31 at age 83, the Hovnanian International announced. Vahakn Stephan Hovnanian was a successful businessman, real estate...
View ArticleProf. Sona Aronian
KINGSTON, R.I. — Sona Aronian died on November 17 after a long illness. She was 85. She was Professor Emerita of Russian, Comparative Literature and Women’s Studies at the University of Rhode Island....
View ArticleGregory Adamian Dies
WALTHAM, Mass. (Combined Sources) — Gregory H. Adamian, who served as president of Bentley College — now Bentley University — from 1970 to 1991, and then as its first chancellor, died on November 21....
View ArticleAuthor, Poet, Former Mirror-Spectator Editor Helene Pilibosian Sarkissian Dies
WATERTOWN — Helene Pilibosian Sarkissian died on December 5, at Beth Israel Hospital in Boston. She was 82. Funeral services will be held at Armenian Memorial Church in Watertown, on Monday, December...
View ArticleA Tribute: Helene Pilibosian Sarkissian
By Hagop Vartivarian WATERTOWN — Helene was born on June 26, 1933 in Boston to the tradition-respecting household of Khachadoor and Yeghsa Pilibosian of Kharpert. Her parents, survivors of the Armenian...
View ArticleAppreciation: Antranik M. Kechichian (Beylan, 1931 – Valence, 2015)
By Hagop Vartivarian Antranik M. Kechichian was born on May 30, 1931 in the town of Beylan in the province or sanjak of Alexandretta, today in Turkey, to parents from Hasanbeyli, Cilicia. His father’s...
View ArticleTribute: Remembering Val Asbedian
By Tom Vartabedian BEDFORD, Mass. — At a time when the computer industry in Massachusetts was in fear about the impeding Y2K, Varoujan “Val” Asbedian saved the day. Armed with three master’s degrees...
View ArticleObituary: Marilyn Altoon Arshagouni
NORTHRIDGE, Calif. — Marilyn Altoon Arshagouni, wife of Hagop Arshagouni and mother of Robert, Mary (Papazian), Michael, and Paul Arshagouni, passed away peacefully on February 14, surrounded by her...
View ArticleTribute: Remembering Jean Gazarian, Witness to UN History
NEW YORK (UN News Centre/New York Times) — Jean Gazarian died on January 18, 2016. He was an international civil servant who, working under every Secretary-General of the United Nations, spent more...
View ArticleTribute: Actor and Director Fazlian Played Important Role in Armenian and...
By Hagop Vartivarian I am happy that in those distant places with large Armenian populations, the foundation of the Armenian dramatic arts exists, one of the initiators of which is a youth educated...
View ArticleSister Hripsime (née Marie) Tcheftelian, SAS Co-Founder
RADNOR, Penn. — The Armenian Sisters Academy of Radnor mourns the passing of one of its founders, Sister Hripsime Tcheftelian. She died on February 9, at age 90, surrounded by her loving Sisters and...
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