Obituaries today: Vincent D'Addario was award-winning photographer for Springfield newspapers

Obituaries from The Republican.

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Vincent S. D'Addario, 81, of Holyoke, passed away Friday. D'Addario graduated with the Holyoke High School Class of 1950. He enlisted in the Army, was stationed in Biloxi, Miss., and attended photography school. He started his career as a freelance photographer and later joined the Springfield Republican Newspapers as a staff photographer. Vinny was recognized around the world with numerous awards for his photographic excellence by the United Press International and Associated Press, National Press Photographers Association, Boston Press Photographers Association and Look Magazine. He was recently given a lifetime achievement award from the Valley Press Club. During his long and successful career he photographed numerous spot news photos of famous people, including John F. and Jackie Kennedy, Bob Hope, Muhammad Ali, Richard Nixon, Norman Rockwell and Martin Luther King Jr., and events, including one of his most famous, capturing the first scenes of Ted Kennedy's plane crash in Southampton in 1964.

Obituaries from The Republican:

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  Balding, Donald L.




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  Boucher, Doris M. (Bilodeau)
  



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  Carey, Rosalie E. (Gannon)
  




• D'Addario, Vincent S.
  




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  DeFelice, Robert E. "Bobby"
  



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  Fenton Jr., Edward Lawrence "Ed"




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  Grenier, Lucille "Lou" (Nadeau)
  



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  Kane, Francis Martin
  




• Lyden, Raymond
  




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  McDonald Jr., Lewis E. "Lew"
  



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  Moore, James Patrick "Jim"




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  Nasman, Eric E. "Gus"
  



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  Pilon, Philip Raoul
  




• Potter, Theresa R. (Sauter)
  




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  Socha, Stephanie A. (Jasiak)
  



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  Whitsett, Michelle Elaine