2017 New Rochelle Walk Of Fame Inductees Announced

NEW ROCHELLE, NY — The latest inductees into the New Rochelle “Walk of Fame” at Library Green have been announced. They include actors, an artist, a doctor and professional football players. The induction ceremony will be held at 3:30 p.m. Friday, May 12 in Ruby Dee Park at Library Green.

The year’s honorees are actresses Lillian and Dorothy Gish, actress Claire Trevor, artist Reginald Marsh, Dr. Henry J. Heimlich and National Football League players Fritz Pollard, Kyle Rote, Fran Tarkenton, Matt Snell, George Starke, Ray Rice and Courtney Greene.

Rice, a New Rochelle native, was suspended as Baltimore Ravens running back after a videotape of an attack on his fiancee surfaced in 2014. He was later reinstated to the NFL, making him eligible to sign with any league team.

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Heimlich is credited with inventing the lifesaving Heimlich maneuver, which can stop choking by using abdominal thrusts. He graduated from New Rochelle High School in 1937.

The Walk of Fame was created in 2011. Each inductee is memorialized with a 20-inch by 14-inch full color interpretive sign explaining his or her story in words and graphics.

Former inductees include actors and activists Ossie Davis and Ruby Dee, vaudevillian Eddie Foy, Woody Woodpecker cartoonist Walter Lantz, opera singer Jan Peerce, illustrator/artist Norman Rockwell, novelist E.L. Doctorow, television personality/comedian Jay Leno, television writer and director Carl Reiner, actress Francis Sternhagen and game show host Monty Hall.

In case of inclement weather, the induction ceremony will take place in the New Rochelle Public Library’s Ossie Davis Theater.

CORRECTION: A previous version of this article incorrectly said that Ray Rice is the brother of New Rochelle Councilman Jared Rice. He is not. Patch regrets the error.

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