Obit

Murray Feingold, 84

Boston medical journalist Dr. Murray Feingold died Friday, July 17, due to a rare lung disease, according to his family. He was 84.

Feingold began his career in broadcasting in 1972 on WBZ television and radio (“Murray Feingold, pioneering medical journalist, dies,” WCVB 5, July 17, 2015). He was featured on radio and TV broadcasts, hosting shows such as “Feeling Fine” and “Medical Minute” segments in WBZ-AM. He also wrote a health column titled “Second Opinion,” which appeared in the MetroWest Daily News. In addition to that, he also wrote for the Boston Globe, the Lawrence Eagle, and the Beverly Times. He was also a medical consultant to WBZ Radio and a producer and host for WXKS Radio, as well as medical editor on a Weekly Medical News Conference on WBZ TV. (“Dr. Murray Feingold, pioneer in treating children with genetic disorders,” MetroWest Daily News, July 21, 2015)

Feingold was also “the first physician in New England to utilize the television medium to help educate the public regarding health and medicine.” (“Dr. Murray Feingold,” CBS Boston )

Besides his career in broadcasting, he also practiced medicine, and was a pioneer in pediatrics and genetics. He is also the founder of the Genesis Foundation for Children, a non-profit organization which raises funds for the enrichment of the lives of children with physical and intellectual disabilities, and genetic disorders. Feingold also authored articles for medical journals. He was inducted into the Massachusetts Broadcasters Hall of Fame in 2014.

“It’s remarkable that one person could have been such a pioneer in two very different fields, media and genetics,” said senior medical contributor for ABC News Dr. Timothy Johnson.  “And he truly was a pioneer in both areas simultaneously.” (“Dr. Murray Feingold, 84; TV reporter, pioneer in children’s care,” The Boston Globe, July 19, 2015)

Feingold is survived by his wife Lorinda, his three children, Rachael, Justin, and Matthew; siblings Edgar, Eugene, and Ruth; and six grandchildren.

Christy Arboscello, 34

Crime and court reporter Christy Arboscello died Monday, July 20, after a nine-year battle with cancer. She was 34.

Arboscello began her journalistic career at the Macomb Daily (“Former Macomb Daily intern, metro Detroit reporter dies,” Macomb Daily, July 22, 2015), and the Detroit Free Press as an intern in 2003. Within six months, however, she was promoted to the staff (“Ex-Free Press reporter Christy Arboscello dies,” Detroit Free Press, July 21, 2015). She stayed with the Detroit Free Press for six years, and then worked as Patch.com’s local editor for three years. Her last job before her passing was as web editor of the Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan.

Colleagues remember Arboscello as “very soft-spoken and compassionate,” and a “fantastic reporter.”

“She was a fantastic reporter,” said Detroit Free Press assistant metro editor Sally Tato Snell about Arboscello. “She was dogged. She could always get the story. There was never a concern that news was going to break and Christy wasn’t going to be able to come back with it.”

Arboscello is survived by her husband Angelo, her children Dorian and Alina, as well as her parents Larry and Kathy.