Claire C. Schweiker, 'Romper Room' host

“We have a philosophy of work as rehabilitation,” he told the Daily News in 1988. “The goal is to show these people they can do a whale of a lot more than they think they can do.”

He had been open on social media and ion interviews about his struggles with addiction and mental health.

The introspective singer-songwriter whose alt-pop hit “Barely Breathing” became a Generation X touchstone also won two Tonys for composing the smash musical “Spring Awakening."

He hosted music shows at WMGK from 1977 through the early 2000s, at KISS 100 in the 1990s, and at WPEN and WHAT between 2000 and 2011.

She lived near the Delaware River waterfront on Bank Avenue for 50 years and routinely opened her home and property to family and friends on holidays, and sailors and spectators during regattas.

She was viewed as a bard of the environment, a 20th century Henry David Thoreau.

His mother, Mary, wanted him to be a doctor. So, after she died when he was six, he went on to earn a dental degree at Meharry Medical College in Nashville, Tenn.

“He was instrumental in the healing process for so many veterans that it is hard to fathom the reach of his influence,” a colleague said in a tribute.

"He dressed every spangly woman in show business," author Frank Caro said.

He said in a documentary: “I think that my entire motivation and execution and philosophy can be two words: ‘Hey, look.’”

She grew up in New York, lived in Swarthmore and Philadelphia for more than 50 years, and taught a variety of classes at Temple from 1974 to her retirement in 2011.

He earned the nickname Hit Machine for collecting a record 3,085 of them in a long career than stretched from the late 1950s to the early ’80s.

At Rutgers, she mentored hundreds of doctoral students regarding academic requirements and clinical procedures, and supervised a community mental health clinic.

Prolific writer and veteran teacher Bennett Fairorth was looking forward to a 100th birthday party with former students, his brother said.

He joined the district attorney’s office in 1960, worked as assistant district attorney in the major trials unit, and handled hundreds of cases involving murder, assault, robbery, and other crimes.

A fellowship in India after graduation challenged Steinem — and transformed her

His sultry baritone, coifed hair, and funky songs about romance — notably “Let’s Straighten It Out” — made him a musical fixture of the 1970s and ’80s

She served as editor-in-chief of Ms. magazine for five years and helped organize one of the first protests of the Miss America pageant.

He played on at least 188 albums in a career spanning seven decades.

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The victim, described as in her 50s or 60s, was trying to enter a key code for an apartment door when she was shot through the door, police said.

The Mets and Red Sox announced Tuesday that they will retain Andy Green and Chad Tracy, respectively, as their managers, leaving Mattingly as the only interim skipper in baseball.

Four men stole half a pallet of Black Angus beef from an unattended big rig on the 3300 block of South Third Street, police said.

York, who has 23 goals and 103 points in his NHL career, is aiming for five shot attempts per game in 2026-27.

The last-place Mets have improved under Green, going 37-38 since he took over for Carlos Mendoza in late June.