LOS ANGELES (LALATE) – A Charles F. Feeney mystery donation to Cornell for a new Roosevelt Island campus has been unmasked by New York news. Charles F. Feeney through his Atlantic Philanthropies gave $350 million to Cornell to build a new technology-based satellite campus on Roosevelt Island, New York news uncovered last night. But who is Charles F. Feeney?

Charles F. Feeney, 80, is a Cornell album.  The donor behind the massive new campus on Roosevelt Island in New York City had remained a mystery. Today, that is no longer the case. The donation will also help New York City extensively. News reports claim that the campus will generate thirty thousand jobs for local residents when it opens, and produce $1.4 billion in tax revenue.

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LOS ANGELES (LALATE) – Jerome Isaac burned Deloris Gillespie alive in a New York elevator because of debts. Isaac confessed to setting his former employer Deloris Gillespie on fire after she terminated his employment recently. Isaac ambushed Deloris Saturday outside her Brooklyn, New York apartment.

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CORAL GABLES (LALATE) – Jerome Isaac set Deloris Gillespie on fire inside an elevator yesterday, police claim. Jerome Isaac has been arrested for Deloris Gillespie’s death today. Issac allegedly used a Molotov cocktail and flammable liquid to burn Gillespie alive in her building’s elevator in New York Saturday.

Deloris Gillespie was a 73 year old resident of Brooklyn. Deloris had been shopping at a local supermarket. She returned Saturday afternoon to her fifth-floor apartment in Prospect Height.

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LOS ANGELES (LALATE EXCLUSIVE) – Suzanne Hart of Young and Rubicam (photo above) died in the Y&R / WPP  elevator accident crash today. Suzanne Hart also had ties to Southern California, LALATE can exclusively report. Hart was reportedly a Palos Verdes High School graduate. Suzanne Hart was at work at 285 Madison Ave, at 40th Street, when a elevator accident killed the 41 year executive. Hart was Director of New Business Content and Experience at Young and Rubicam.

Suzanne Hart was a graduate of Knox College and had grown up in Southern California. The executive was a 1988 graduate of Palos Verdes High School. She had previously worked in New Business Manager at Merkley and Partners, as marketing director at Euro RSCG Worldwide, and as an account director at Hanft Raboy and Partners.

The 285 Madison Ave building features numerous WPP company offices. But NYFD officials, WPP executives, and Y&R have yet to determine what went wrong just days before Christmas. At roughly 10 am, Hart was halfway onto one elevator when, with its doors still open, the car shot upwards. Hart was immediate pinned to death.

Two other victims suffered minor injuries and trauma; they are being treated at New York University Hospital. Other tenants in the building include Blast Radius, Kang & Lee and BrandBuzz and Bravo. The 85 year old building has to up to date records on its thirteen elevators, serviced by Transel Elevator Inc.

Today’s elevator crash was far different from that of Annette Lujan at Cal State Long Beach earlier this month. Long Beach Fire told news that Lujan “apparently fell down the elevator shaft”. It remains unclear what prompted Lujan to allegedly fall out of the elevator. Toni Beron told news that at Lujan was trapped in the elevator. But for reasons still unknown, Lujan allegedly tried to climb out of the elevator car. Thereafter, the car moved, crushing Annette Lujan in the shaft near the third floor.

CSULB said of the news “The university has endured a terrible tragedy today. I know all of us extend our deepest condolences to the victim’s family, friends and co-workers.” It added “Initial information indicates that the elevator started to move as she was attempting to exit. University Police and the Long Beach Fire Department responded immediately to a call of a woman trapped in the elevator, but Lujan succumbed to her injuries at the scene.”

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LOS ANGELES (LALATE) – The 285 Madison Ave elevator accident today has left Suzanne Hart of Young and Rubicam dead at age 41. The 285 Madison Avenue elevator crash at 40th Street (in New York’s Midtown Manhattan) remains under investigation today December 14, 2011. But officials confirm that the fatality was New Yorker Suzanne Hart.

Suzanne Hart was reportedly director of new business content and experience at Young and Rubicam. Her apparent photo appears online on LinkedIn. Hart’s family has yet to comment about the news.

Suzanne Hart was reportedly entering the elevator at 10 am today. For reasons still unknown, the elevator car moved as she was about to enter. The car pinned Hart in the elevator shaft.

The 28 story building is located at 40th street. It houses WPP officers and is owned by Young and Rubicam. The 85 year old building has thirteen elevators with no reported inspection concerns. All records online for the elevator at issue are current. The service operator is Transel Elevator Inc.

New York’s Occupational Safety and Health officials have yet to comment about the matter. Just days ago, a Cal State Long Beach elevator crashed, killing a longtime employee of the university. “This a very sad tragedy for our campus community,” CSULB President F. King Alexander said in a news statement at the time. He added “Our thoughts and prayers are with her family members and friends.”

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