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Contact Info
Home Town Waukegan, IL
Last Address Jamaica Bay, NY
Date of Passing Mar 01, 1962
Location of Interment Arlington National Cemetery (VLM) - Arlington, Virginia
Was killed in the crash of American Airlines Flight 1 on March 1, 1962 at Idlewild Airport, Queens, New York
Other Comments:
Obituary in TIME magazine
Date
Mar 9, 1962
Last Updated: Feb 10, 2009
Comments
Died. Admiral Richard Lansing Conolly, 69, U.S.N. (ret.), daring amphibious assault commander who earned the nickname "Close-in Conolly," and more medals than any other U.S. flag officer in World War II for his muzzle-to-muzzle duels with enemy coast artillery, after the war served twice as Deputy Chief of Naval Operations and headed the Naval War College before moving on to the presidency of Long Island University, whose enrollment increased fivefold during his administration; in the jetliner crash into Jamaica Bay, N.Y. that took 94 other lives, including that of his wife, Helen Jacobs Conolly, 62