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Obituaries of note

BARRY COWSILL, 51, a member of a famous 1960s pop singing family who had been missing since Hurricane Katrina struck New Orleans, was found dead on a wharf. His body was discovered Dec. 28 but was not identified until Tuesday. Inspired by the Beatles, he and three of his brothers - Bill, Bob and John - formed the Cowsills band in 1965. The four brothers were joined by their mother and siblings Susan and Paul.

DOUGLAS BIGELOW, 49, chief of security for AOL, died Dec. 24 in Vienna, Va., of pancreatic cancer. For the past decade he fought e-mail spam, computer viruses, identity theft and online pornography for the world's largest Internet service provider.

NEIL EDWARD STRAWSER, 78, a former CBS News correspondent who became a spokesman for Capitol Hill committees, died Dec. 31 in Washington, D.C. Starting in 1952, he spent 34 years at CBS in Washington. He anchored four straight days of radio coverage of the John F. Kennedy assassination and its aftermath in 1963.

MARJORIE KELLOGG, 83, who wrote the novel and screenplay for Tell Me That You Love Me, Junie Moon, about three disabled people who become family to one another, died Dec. 19 in Santa Barbara, Calif., according to her companion, Sylvia Short.

ENRICO DI GIUSEPPE, 73, an American tenor who sang for many years with the New York City and Metropolitan operas, died Dec. 31 in Voorhees, N.J. At City Opera, he partnered Beverly Sills in some of her most famous bel canto roles.

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