Edward D. Casey
ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) -- Edward D. Casey, who was the executive editor of Capital-Gazette Newspapers in Maryland for 30 years, died Sunday. He was 77.
Casey, who was editor from 1971 to 2001, had been suffering from health problems, including lung cancer. He died while in Columbus, Ohio, for his grandson's wedding, The (Annapolis) Capital reported.
Casey was a native of Binghamton, N.Y., and he came to Annapolis from New Jersey, where he was editor of the Dover Advance. His newspaper career started in 1956 as a sportswriter with the Binghamton Press, and, in 1958, Mr. Casey became sports editor of the Endicott (N.Y.) Bulletin before taking over as news editor.
Casey was a past president of the Maryland-Delaware-D.C. Press Association and a Pulitzer Prize juror.
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John W.F. Dulles
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) -- John W.F. Dulles, professor of Latin American studies at the University of Texas and the eldest son of the former secretary of state, died June 23. He was 95.
Dulles was preparing for the fall semester when he died, school officials said. His wife of 68 years, Eleanor Ritter Dulles, died four days before he did.
A noted scholar of Brazilian history, Dulles taught at Texas for 45 years. His father, John Foster Dulles, served as Secretary of State from 1953-1959 under President Eisenhower.
Dulles wrote 12 books on the political history of Brazil during the 20th century and studied Mexico.
Born in Auburn, N.Y. in 1913, Dulles earned a bachelor's degree from Princeton, a master's degree from Harvard and a bachelor of science in metallurgical engineering from the University of Arizona.
His most recent publication, "Resisting Brazil's Military Regime: An Account of the Battles of Sobral Pinto," was published in 2007.
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Chanda Taylor
ATLANTA (AP) -- Chanda Taylor, a television producer who worked at CNN and WSB-TV in Atlanta, died Thursday after a battle with brain cancer. She was 35.
Taylor died at her home in Newnan, according to the Roscoe Jenkins Funeral Home.
In 1998, Taylor became a news producer at WSB, where former colleagues remember her as levelheaded and steady in the tumultuous environment of television news.
Taylor was a graduate of Northwestern University's journalism school in Evanston, Ill. At WSB, she produced newscasts in every time slot before leaving the station in 2005 to become an executive producer at WFTV in Orlando, Fla.
Taylor returned to Atlanta in 2007 to become a producer at CNN.
Taylor also was president of the Atlanta Association of Black Journalists and is credited with being a strong leader in a time of transition and financial uncertainty for the organization.
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Edgar Vincent
NEW YORK (AP) -- Edgar Vincent, who represented Placido Domingo, Beverly Sills, Mikhail Baryshnikov and a bevy of classical music stars during a six-decade career, died Thursday following an operation in New York. He was 90.
Vincent died at Lenox Hill Hospital, Patrick Farrell, his business partner, said Monday. He had fallen following surgery to replace a stent in his bile duct, and died during rehabilitation from a blood clot, Farrell said.
Vincent was the primary spokesman for Domingo for the past 20 years.
Vincent managed the careers of Sills and Baryshnikov, and in recent years also represented bass Samuel Ramey, violinist Gil Shaham and composer William Bolcom.
In a career that landed his clients on newspaper front pages and magazine covers, Vincent was the publicist for sopranos Birgit Nilsson and Mirella Freni, mezzo-soprano Cecilia Bartoli, basses Ezio Pinza and Cesare Siepi, and violinist Yehudi Menuhin. He managed conductor Erich Leinsdorf and soprano Teresa Stratas.
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Jerome Joseph "Jay" Votel
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Jerome Joseph "Jay" Votel, an editor for The Washington Times, died June 25 at his home in Sterling, Va., the newspaper said. He was 52 and had battled cancer.
Votel spent nearly four decades in the news business, getting his first byline for a high school basketball game when he was 14.
He worked at the Capital-Gazette newspaper in Annapolis, Md. and the Kent County News in Chestertown, Md. before joining The Times more than seven years ago.
