Obituaries

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SHARON L. WOLF, 71,
of Farmington Hills,
died Aug. 5, 2010.
She is survived by
her beloved husband,
Irving B. Wolf; sons
and daughters-in-law,
Richard and Jennifer
Wolf
Wolf of Canton, Arthur
and Gail Wolf of West Bloomfield, Paul
and Lori Wolf of Malibu, Calif.; daughter,
Madeline Wolf; sisters and brothers-
in-law, Sondra and Buddy Schubiner of
Farmington Hills, Ruthie and George
Simmons of Bloomfield Hills; grandchil-
dren, Andrew, Ethan, Elisabeth, Emily,
Elyse, Elliot and Jillian; many loving
nieces, nephews, other family members
and friends.
Interment at Adat Shalom Memorial
Park Cemetery in Livonia. Contributions
may be made to the Multiple Sclerosis
Society, to Juvenile Diabetes Research
Foundation or to Hospice of Michigan.
Arrangements by Dorfman Chapel.

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• The obituary for Arthur Flack (Aug. 5)
should have indicated that he was the son
of the late Jerome Flack.

Bandleader Mitch Miller
JTA — Mitch Miller, a bandleader who won
fame as the host of the Sing Along With
Mitch television show, has died.
Miller, also an executive at Columbia
Records who guided the careers of such
stars as Rosemary Gooney, Tony Bennett,
Jerry Vale, Marty Robbins, Johnny Mathis
and Mahalia Jackson, died July 31, 2010, in

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New York. He was 99.
Miller's band, Mitch Miller and the Gang,
hit No. 1 in 1955 with "The Yellow Rose of
Texas" and had hit albums that included a
series of sing-along records. This led to the
Sing Along With Mitch series in 1961, which
enjoyed high ratings until it ended in 1966.
Miller also was a highly regarded oboist.
In 2000, he won a special Grammy Award
for lifetime achievement.
Miller was born on July 4, 1911, in
Rochester, N.Y.
The son of Russian Jewish immigrants,
Miller also recorded a choral-orchestral ver-
sion of the Israeli folk song "Tzena, Tzena,
Tzena."
Miller disliked rock-and-roll and left his
executive position at Columbia in 1965.
During his tenure with the record company,
he turned down Elvis Presley and Buddy
Holly for contracts.

Hero Pilot Of Hijacked Flight
Jerusalem/JTA — The hero pilot of a
plane hijacked in 1972 by Palestinian ter-
rorists has died.
Reginald Levy died Aug. 1, 2010, of

a heart attack near his home in Dover,
England. He was 88.
His actions and calm under fire
enabled Israeli troops to rescue the
more than 100 passengers — includ-
ing his wife, Dora — and crew aboard
Sabena flight 571 after members of the
Black September group stormed the
plane heading from Brussels to Tel Aviv.
The hijackers threatened to blow up
the aircraft unless Israel released 317
Palestinians from prison.
On the ground in Israel, Levy gave
information to Israeli officials after the
hijackers sent him to show the Israelis
what kind of explosives they had on
board.
The flight took place on Levy's 50th
birthday. He and his wife had been plan-
ning to celebrate with dinner in Tel Aviv.
At a dinner honoring the rescuers,
which included current Israeli Defense
Minister Ehud Barak and Israeli Prime
Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, sev-
eral days after the incident, then-Prime
Minister Golda Meir reportedly kissed
Levy and said, "We love you."