Today’s obits: Diallo ‘Doc’ Elliott, 47, known to many Syracuse students as one of ‘coolest’
Updated Mar 10, 2021;
Diallo K. “Doc” Elliott, 47, died Friday.
A native of Syracuse, he had been a student athlete and graduated from Henninger High School in Syracuse and Onondaga Community College, according to his obituary.
He worked for the Syracuse City School District for 26 years and was known to many students as the one of the coolest teachers/teaching assistants, according to his obituary.
Former Syracuse Resident to Compete on Wheel of Fortune
Syracuse native Delvon Worthy will be a contestant on “Wheel of Fortune” this Friday, February 5th and the experience had him reminiscing on his childhood.
According to Syracuse.com, Worthy said he’s been a longtime fan of the game show and his father, Rev. William Howard Worthy, Jr., watched “Wheel of Fortune” every night until he passed away. He couldn t stop thinking about his father while he was playing the game.
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“My dad would have been excited to know about me being on the show, so this will be a special moment,” Worthy said.
New book tells story of Syracuse native’s 1986 murder at Clarkson University
Updated Jan 17, 2021;
Posted Jan 17, 2021 A Stranger Killed Katy, which tells the story of Syracuse native Katy Hawelka s 1986 murder at Clarkson University in Potsdam, will be released on Jan. 18, 2021.William LaRue
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Syracuse, N.Y. Syracuse native Katy Hawelka was brutally raped and murdered on the Clarkson University campus in 1986 in a crime that shook the North Country and Central New York alike and raised questions about safety on college campuses and the parole hearing process.
In “A Stranger Killed Katy,” author William LaRue tells the story of Hawelka’s death as a college sophomore on the Potsdam, New York campus and how her death has turned into a decades-long campaign by her family to keep her killer behind bars.