Obituaries in the news

Harry Aleo

ALBANY, Calif. (AP) — Harry Aleo, a horse owner whose colt Lost in the Fog was the 2005 Eclipse Award sprint winner, died Saturday of cancer. He was 88.

Aleo died at his home in San Francisco with companion Deannie Bartlett at his side, Tom Ferrall, spokesman for Golden Gate Fields racetrack, said Sunday.

Aleo became involved in horse racing in 1979 when he met Greg Gilchrist, the only trainer he ever hired.

Lost in the Fog won 11 of 14 career starts and earned $978,099 before being euthanized in 2006 after cancer was found in his spleen and abdomen. The colt's first loss after winning 10 in a row was the 2005 Breeders' Cup Sprint, where he finished seventh.

Aleo also owned stakes winners Minutes Away, Beyond Brilliant, Smokey Stover, Victorino, and Wild Promises, who won the Yerba Buena Stakes at Golden Gate on June 8.

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Revius Ortique Jr.

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Revius Ortique Jr., a former civil rights attorney who became the first black justice on the Louisiana Supreme Court, died Sunday. He was 84.

Ortique died in Baton Rouge of complications from a stroke suffered June 14, Justice Kitty Kimbal told The Associated Press.

Ortique had to step down from the court in June 1994 when he turned 70, the state's mandatory judicial retirement age.

As a civil rights attorney in the 1950s and '60s, he led efforts in the state to integrate labor unions and represented black workers in lawsuits seeking pay equal to their white counterparts.

In 1958, Ortique was elected to the first of five terms as president of the Urban League of Greater New Orleans. A year later, he was elected president of the National Bar Association, an association of black lawyers and judges. He served three terms as president of the Community Relations Council, a biracial group in New Orleans.

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Frank Powers

NEW YORK (AP) — Frank Powers, the millionaire endorsed by Republican leaders as their candidate for the New York congressional seat being vacated by Rep. Vito Fossella, died Sunday. He was 67.

He died in his sleep Sunday at home of natural causes, relatives said.

Republicans have held Fossella's seat for almost 30 years, and Democratic leaders have targeted it.

Fossella was arrested in May on drunken-driving charges and later admitted to fathering a child out of wedlock. He decided not to run for re-election.

Powers helped run New York's bus and subway systems. The retired Wall Street executive contributed often to GOP candidates but hadn't run before for public office.

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