The Way It Was for May 11, 2023
One hundred years ago, celebrating the 100th anniversary of the village’s most famous “lowly thatched cottage” — John Howard Payne’s Home, Sweet Home.
Eleanor B. Newirth
Eleanor B. Newirth of East Hampton and Manhattan, an attorney and ardent feminist, died at home in Manhattan on April 5. She was 80 and had been ill with leukemia for seven years.
Roy J. Pollock
Roy J. Pollock of Bridgehampton, a real estate broker, died on May 3. He was 92 and had been ill with multiple sclerosis.
Carlo Grossman, 90
Carlo Grossman, a resident of East Hampton since the 1960s, died at home on Friday. He was 90 and had been in declining health. No funeral services are scheduled.