Morris (Mo) Siegel; Veteran Sportswriter Dies at 78 - June 2, 1994

Morris Siegel, 78, a sports writer and columnist for four Washington newspapers whose sense of humor and quick wit also made him a popular speaker and master of ceremonies, died of cancer yesterday at George Washington University Hospital. Most recently a sports columnist for the Washington Times, he also worked at several Washington television and radio stations during a career in the nation's capital dating from 1946. Known as Morrie or Mo, Mr. Siegel was a raconteur who could keep friends and acquaintances entertained long into the night.

Jeremiah O'Leary - An American newspaper reporter and columnist - December 19, 1993

After the war, he was a reporter for the Washington Star-News (later called the Washington Star), focusing on defense and foreign policy issues. When the Star folded in 1981, O'Leary joined the Reagan Administration as press secretary for National Security Advisor William P. Clark, Jr. Soon after the founding of the Washington Times in 1982, he joined that paper as a White House correspondent, became president of the White House Correspondents Association, and ended his career writing a weekly column focused on nostalgic reminiscences of the past.

Harriet Griffiths, October 17, 1992 Washington Star Editor

Harriet Eleanor Griffiths, 71, a retired reporter and editor who had worked for the Washington Star newspaper from the early 1940s until the paper closed its doors for the last time in 1981, died Oct. 17 at Alexandria Hospital. She had undergone surgery for a brain tumor earlier in the week.

She joined what then was the Washington Evening Star during World War II when the paper, like most others across the country, was losing much of its newsroom staff to war work and military service. Women, who had been restricted to work in newspaper libraries and women's sections, suddenly seemed to be covering the world.

Attribution: Washington Post www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-1030659.html

Eleni Sakes Epstein - Fashion and beauty editor, at the age of 65 - 28 January 1991

Eleni Epstein, fashion and beauty editor of the Washington Star for more than three decades, was born Helen Sakes to Greek immigrant parents in Washington, D.C., in 1926. She spent her formative years in Washington, D.C., and later attended George Washington University and Columbia University.

Thomas Ewing Noyes, October 28, 1989 Actor And Journalist, Dies at 67

Thomas Ewing Noyes, a Broadway producer who later became a reporter and an editorial writer and a radio commentator, died of heart disease on Saturday at Georgetown University Hospital in Washington. He was 67 years old.

Mr. Noyes was a co-producer of several plays in New York in the 1950's, wrote for The Washington Star from 1964 to 1972 and was a commentator on National Public Radio, appearing regularly on its weekend evening program ''All Things Considered.''

He began his Broadway career as a supporting actor and then co-produced ''Take a Giant Step,'' a 1953 play that introduced the actor Louis Gossett, then 17 years old. His other productions included ''Portrait of a Lady,'' starring Jennifer Jones, ''Joyce Grenfell Requests the Pleasure'' and ''Copper and Brass,'' a musical starring Nancy Walker.

Mr. Noyes, a native of Washington, was a graduate of Yale University and a Navy flight instructor in World War II. In later years, he wrote for several publications and was a board member of the National Music Theater Network.

After college, World War II naval service and his years on Broadway, Mr. Noyes returned to his native Washington in 1964. For the next three years, he was a general assignment reporter for what was then the Washington Evening Star.

Attribution: NYTimes www.nytimes.com/1989/10/31/obituaries/thomas-noyes-67-broadway-producer-and-newspaperman.html

John R. Bowden Jr.; November 24, 1988, News and Fashion Photographer

John R. Bowden Jr., 44, a former news and fashion photographer for The Washington Star who later operated his own commercial photography studio, died of an aneurysm Nov. 24 at a nursing home in Elizabeth City, N.C. After The Star closed, Mr. Bowden began to do editorial and commercial photography. He renovated an old warehouse on Capitol Hill and opened "The John Bowden Studio."

Mr. Bowden, who lived in Washington, was stricken on Oct. 23 while traveling in Culpeper, Va. He was taken to Elizabeth City last week for long-term care.

A native of Dayton, Ohio, Mr. Bowden grew up in the Washington area and attended American University. He began working part-time for an Arlington photographer as a youngster and continued through his college years.

Attribution: WashingtonPost.com

Crosby Noyes, 67, Dies; Ex-Reporter in Europe

AP - Published: April 10, 1988

LEAD: Crosby S. Noyes, a longtime reporter and editor for The Washington Star, died Thursday after a heart attack. He was 67 years old and lived in Bethesda, Md.

Crosby S. Noyes, a longtime reporter and editor for The Washington Star, died Thursday after a heart attack. He was 67 years old and lived in Bethesda, Md.

Irving Lowens; Washington Star music critic (19 August 1916-14 November 1983)

Irving Lowens was a polymath who possessed an extraordinary intellect and boundless energy. A musicologist of first rank, he made seminal contributions to the study of music in America.

James T. Berryman - Pulitzer Prize Winner 1950 - August 1971

Died. James T. Berryman, 69, longtime political cartoonist of the Washington Evening Star; in Venice, Fla. Berryman was working as the paper's sports cartoonist when his father Clifford Berryman, the Star's political cartoonist, fell ill in 1935. James filled in, stayed on to become half of the foremost father-son team in cartoon history.

John Harry Shannon (aka "The Rambler") 1870-1928

Fort Lincoln Cemetery, Brentwood, MD, 11/04. As "The Rambler", Shannon wrote about local history for the Washington Star in the teens and early 1920s. From 1912 - 1927 J. Harry Shannon, known as "The Rambler," published articles on Washington and vicinity in The Sunday Star, Washington, D.C. The following files are transcriptions of articles that refer to individuals or families interred in Congressional Cemetery.

Joseph A. Fox - Star's White House correspondent from April 1943 to February '54

Newspaper reporter from 1913 to 1956. Worked for the Washington Evening Star, March 1924-August 1956. He was the Star's White House correspondent from April 1943 to February '54 and its national correspondent, 1954-56. Served in the Information Service of the Department of Commerce, 1957-67.

Oral History Interview with Joseph A. Fox

Photo: TrumanLibrary.org
Attribution: The Harry S. Truman Library and Museum

Samuel H. Kauffmann Dead; Washington Evening Star Proprietor a Well-Known Art Connoisseur (October 26, 1893 - May 5, 1960

The New York Times, Published: March 16, 1906
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Monday, Dec. 29, 1952 The Press: The Old Lady of Washington

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Howard S. Fisk - Star Automotive Editor - December 20, 1961

Howard S. Fisk was employed by the Evening Star newspaper in the District of Columbia for 66 years. He was hired as a copy boy at about age 15 on August 21, 1893, and retired on August 21, 1959 as a respected reporter after one of the longest journalism careers in United States history. His death came at home after a brief illness on December 20, 1961, at age 83.

Clifford K. Berryman - April 2, 1869 - December 11, 1949 - Pulitzer Prize winning cartoonist with the Washington Star from 1907-1949.

Photo: Shorpy Historic Photos

Circa 1915. "Harris & Ewing. Posing Cliff Berryman." Political cartoonist Clifford Berryman at the Washington, D.C., photo studio founded in 1905 by George Harris and Martha Ewing. Harris & Ewing glass negative.

Gladys Brannigan, 1882-1944

Gladys Ames Brannigan was born June 14, 1882 in Hingham, MA. When she was seven years old, her family moved to New Hampshire. By 1900 Brannigan was living in Washington D.C., where she attended Georgetown University, earning her B.A. in 1903 and M.A. in 1904, and later studied at the Corcoran College of Art and Design. In 1910 she exhibited at the WCC, and in 1911 with the Society of Washington Artists, of which she was a member. She also worked as an artist on the staff of the Washington Evening Star. By 1921 Gladys had married Robert A. Brannigan, a patent lawyer, and was residing in New York City, where she studied at the Art Students’ League and the National Academy of Design with H.B. Snell.