Robert
Taylor
 Robert
Taylor, 84, of Marblehead, Mass., died Oct. 25 in Brigham and Women’s
Hospital in Boston from injuries sustained in a fall earlier in October.
Taylor, considered to be
a fixture in Boston cultural journalism for half a century, reviewed
film, classical music, and drama for the Boston Herald, where he worked
from 1948 to 1967. He also was an editorial writer, music editor, art
editor, and columnist there.
He also worked at The Boston
Globe, where he began as a staff writer for the Sunday magazine, later
wrote a column for the paper’s Living section, and eventually
became the Globe’s chief art and book critic, where he remained
for many years. After his retirement from the Globe in 1990, Taylor
continued to contribute reviews regularly and his weekly Bookmaking
Column.
In 1989, the New England
chapter of the writers organization, PEN, presented Taylor with its
Friend to Writers Award in recognition of his column and other contributions
to publishing and literature.
He was the author of four
books: “In Red Weather,” a novel (1961); “Saranac:
America’s Magic Mountain” (1986), about a tuberculosis sanatorium
in upstate New York; “Fred Allen: His Like and Wit” (1989),
a biography of the radio comedian; and “New England: The Home
Front, World War II” (1991).
Taylor was a professor of
English at Wheaton College in Norton, Mass., from 1961 until 1996.
Taylor leaves his
wife, Brenda, and a daughter, Gillian.
William
G. ‘Bill’ Smith
 William
G. “Bill” Smith, 80, of Yarmouthport, Mass., died Oct. 28 at Harbor Point
at Centerville in Centerville, Mass., after a long illness. His wife and daughter were with him when
he died.
Smith's first career job was
in Montreal as a writer and photographer for the Canadian National Railway
magazine.
He later worked
at the St. Albans (Vt.) Daily Messenger and what is now The Sun Chronicle
of Attleboro, Mass., before coming to the Cape Cod Times of Hyannis,
Mass. He worked there for 29 years, retiring in 1997 after 25 years
as editorial page editor. He also was a reporter, copy editor and Sunday
editor for the Times.
He leaves his wife,
Ann; a daughter, Patience; a grandson.
Nona Mary (Rohan) Mahoney
Nona Mary (Rohan) Mahoney,
86, of Bristol, R.I., died Oct. 15.
She began her career at the
former Boston Post newspaper, where she became women’s editor.
She leaves three
sons, James, Stephen and John; four daughters, Sheila, Elizabeth, Ellen
and Rosemary; seven grandchildren; two great-grandchildren.
 Elizabeth
‘Betty’ Lentini
Elizabeth “Betty”
Lentini, 82, of Cheshire, Conn., died Oct. 30 at the MidState Medical
Center in Meriden, Conn., after battling cancer.
She was a journalist at the
former Bangor (Maine) Daily Commercial and then at the Republican-American
of Waterbury, Conn.
Lentini leaves her
husband, Pomp; three sons, Vincent, Barth and Pomp; two daughters, Nina
and Marianne; six grandchildren; a great-granddaughter; three sisters;
a brother.
Robert
W. Mannion
Robert W. Mannion, 86, of
Danbury, Conn., died Oct. 24 in Danbury Hospital.
He was a photographer at
The News-Times of Danbury for many years. Mannion was also the official
photographer for the Danbury Fair and the Southern New York Racing Association
at the Danbury Race-arena.
Mannion leaves his
wife of 48 years, Jeannette; a daughter, Colleen; a brother.
Margaret
Arline Damon
Margaret Arline Damon, 95,
of Lowell, Mass., died Oct. 6 at Courville Retirement Home in Manchester,
N.H.
She was a proofreader for
The Sun of Lowell, where she was employed until her retirement.
Margaret leaves
seven nieces and nephews.
Robert
Gamble Sr.
 Robert
Gamble Sr., 74, of Springfield, Mass., died Oct. 8 at his home.
He worked in the packaging department and later in the transportation department
at the Springfield Newspapers, which are now combined into The Republican
of Springfield and its sister Sunday newspaper.
Gamble leaves four sons,
Samuel, Anthony, Christopher and Randolph; four daughters, Sharon, Cheryl,
Hope and Clyda Sue; 17 grandchildren; nine great-grandchildren.
The obituaries were written, at least in part, from published reports by Jillian Saftel and Zachary Boutin, undergraduate students at Northeastern University and Bulletin correspondents.
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