Obituaries
Sidney Zacharias, 101, WWII Veteran, Danced Among the Stars, National Champion Rower
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Sidney D. Zacharias of Stamford, and more recently Darien, died Jan.19 at the age of 101. His final illness was short and followed a full and active life. As recently as October 2016, Sidney was declared national champion in his age class in the Veterans’ Rowing and Kayaking Competition and was featured on Channel 12 as he rowed a kilometer in less than eight-and-one-half minutes (see the video below this article). Sidney was born in Chattanooga, Tenn. before the United States entered World War I, was raised in New York City during the Roaring ’20s and entered his father’s advertising and marketing business in the ’30s.