NAZARIAN, VETERAN DN COPY EDITOR, DIES.Byline: Dana Bartholomew Staff Writer VAN NUYS - A memorial service is scheduled Friday for Charlie Nazarian, longtime Daily News copy editor and a pillar in the Armenian-American community. Nazarian died Sunday surrounded by his family in their Van Nuys home after a lengthy bout with cancer. He was 87. ``Charlie was a Daily News legend,'' Executive News Editor Rick Quist said of his former colleague. ``A nice guy, very sociable, very competent ... a wordsmith word·smith n. 1. A fluent and prolific writer, especially one who writes professionally. 2. An expert on words. Noun 1. , always had a kind word. ``He was a bridge between the Green Sheet and the Daily News.'' Nazarian, whose 65-year career began with a fedora hat and ``press'' badge at the Knickerbocker News in Troy, N.Y., later worked at the Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. Herald Examiner before retiring in the mid-1980s after 14 years at the Valley News and Green Sheet, which became the Daily News. He also founded and edited Armenian International Magazine, a Glendale-based publication read worldwide. He was a leader in St. Peter Apostolic Armenian Church Armenian Church, autonomous Christian church, sometimes also called the Gregorian Church. Its head, a primate of honor only, is the catholicos of Yejmiadzin, Armenia; Karekin II became catholicos in 1999. since its founding in 1962. He knew former California Governor George Deukmejian Courken George Deukmejian, Jr. (born July 6, 1928) is an American Republican politician from California, the thirty-fifth Governor of California (1983-1991), and a former California Attorney General (1979-1983). and Superior Court Judge Armand Arabian on a first-name basis. And through a social service agency he founded to aid Armenians, he is credited with helping more than 100 immigrants win their U.S. citizenship, for which he never missed a ceremony. ``He was a champion,'' said his daughter, Lucy Haroutunian of Van Nuys. ``His body failed him, but his mind was sharp as a tack - once a journalist, always a journalist.'' Nazarian was born Sept. 25, 1914, in New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. . He served in the U.S. Army as an intelligence officer in World War II. He married his wife, Ephronia, in Aleppo, Syria, in 1939, but was barred because of an immigration immigration, entrance of a person (an alien) into a new country for the purpose of establishing permanent residence. Motives for immigration, like those for migration generally, are often economic, although religious or political factors may be very important. technicality from taking home his bride for five years. Once asked by Las Vegas Las Vegas (läs vā`gəs), city (1990 pop. 258,295), seat of Clark co., S Nev.; inc. 1911. It is the largest city in Nevada and the center of one of the fastest-growing urban areas in the United States. comedian Don Rickles Donald Jay Rickles (born May 8, 1926 in New York City, New York)[1] is an American comedian and actor. Early life and career Rickles was born in the New York City borough of Queens to Jewish parents Etta and Max Rickles. how his marriage lasted so long, he replied: ``Two words - 'Yes, dear.''' At home, he wrote biographies of his friends, tinkered in his garage and tuned in the latest soap opera soap opera Broadcast serial drama, characterized by a permanent cast of actors, a continuing story, tangled interpersonal situations, and a melodramatic or sentimental style. episode of ``The Young and the Restless.'' At the Daily News, he is remembered for his utmost professionalism, for pioneering the business section and for his inexhaustible kindness. ``He was always a gentleman, always had a smile, always had a kind word and always asked you how you were doing,'' said Greg Wilcox, business reporter. Nazarian is survived by his wife, Ephronia of Van Nuys; a son, Richard Nazarian of Agoura; three daughters, Lucille Haroutunian of Van Nuys, Alice Kahveciyan of Northridge and Anna Schramm of Sagle, Idaho; seven grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. A memorial service will be held at 7 p.m. Friday at St. Peter Apostolic Armenian Church in Van Nuys. A burial ceremony will take place at noon Saturday with interment to follow at Forest Lawn, Hollywood Hills. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to the church. CAPTION(S): photo Photo: NAZARIAN |
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