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Francis R. Coyne, 80, lawyer, medical executive
Posted 05/29/2012
Francis R. Coyne, 80, a lawyer and former executive at what is now the Magee Rehabilitation unit of Jefferson Health Systems, died Friday, May 25, of kidney failure at his home in Drexel Hill.Mr. Coyne was executive vice president at Magee from 1978 to 1992, chief operating officer there from 1980 to 1992, and director of development from 1990 to 1992, his son Francis R. Jr. said in a Tuesday phone interview. "He was an advocate of patients’ rights and the Americans With Disabilities Act," his son said.
Calvin Zaun, 83, father of Persian Gulf War POW
Posted 05/29/2012
Calvin Zaun, 83, of Cherry Hill, the father of an American POW whose battered face became an iconic image during the Persian Gulf War, died Sunday, May 27, at the Lutheran Home nursing-care facility in Moorestown after a long illness.Mr. Zaun’s son, Jeffrey, was held captive for six weeks by Saddam Hussein’s forces in 1991. Calvin and Marjorie Zaun found their quiet lives on Whitman Avenue in Cherry Hill plunged into a media maelstrom after their son’s captors paraded Jeffrey Zaun and other prisoners of war on Iraqi TV and forced them to read propaganda statements on Jan. 20. On March 5, a story on the front page of the Washington Post began: "Before dawn, Calvin Zaun began rejoicing, running down the street, banging on neighbors’ doors and shouting ‘He’s free! He’s coming home!’?"
DAILY NEWS OBITUARIES
Joe Brown, an all-time Eagles fan
Posted 05/29/2012
Starting in 1975, it just wasn’t an Eagles practice without him on the sidelines. More obituaries.
Kerr
Arnold Kerr, engineering professor and Holocaust survivor, 84
Posted 05/29/2012
TO EMERGE from inconceivable horror and go on to lead a normal and constructive life is a testament to the ability of human beings to survive and thrive against crippling odds. The life of Arnold D. Kerr of Wilmington is that story.
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