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Tomaczek Bednarek And Birthday Girl Rita Cosby Tomaczek Bednarek And Rita Cosby New York Times Best selling author and Emmy winner Rita Cosby, celebrated her birthday with Tomaczek Bednarek at a private Manhattan restaurant yesterday. Photo By: James Edstrom

**** THE DEATH OF THE QUIET HERO ****  Rita Cosby With Dad Richard Cosby 86 year old Richard Cosby, the father of TV news star Rita Cosby, and the focus of her highly acclaimed bestselling book, passed away June 25th, after losing his final battle to cancer. Richard Cosby was an incredible and humble man, a true role model and real survivor. As featured in “Quiet Hero: Secrets From My Father's Past,” Cosby became a teenage Polish Resistance fighter against the Nazis. After being seriously injured, he was thrown at the butt of a rifle into a boxcar and hauled into a German POW camp, where he escaped and was saved by US troops. In recent years, he was recognized by the prestigious Medal of Honor Society, and then received the Americanism Award by the Daughters of The American Revolution, for which he gave a riveting speech in Constitution Hall about the vital role of women in of the Warsaw Uprising, who uniquely served as critical messengers and exceptional shar...

Dr Judy Kuriansky With Rita Cosby, Jean Shafiroff And Cindy Guyer Russell Daisey With Dr. Judy Kuriansky And Rita Cosby NY1 Shelley Goldberg With Brian Anderson Rita Cosby With Tomazcek Bednarek Dr Gilda Carle With Brian Anderson Barry Klarberg With Rita Cosby And Sara Herbert Galloway W With Ian Miller Best-selling author Rita Cosby signed books and shared harrowing and inspiring stories of her father's past at the historic Kosciuszko Foundation headquarters in Manhattan this week. Cosby's book was just released and called Quiet Hero: Secrets From My Father's Past . The elegant affair brought out models, TV talkers, and Polish-Americans from the tri-state area. Cosby's father was a teenager when he joined the Polish Resistance and fought against the Nazis in his homeland. Some of the proceeds from the fascinating book are going toward two museums in Warsaw, including one where the Jewish Ghetto once stood. Photos By: James Edstrom

**** RITA COSBY'S MOVING QUIET HERO **** Rita Cosby With T-Boone Pickens And Wife Madeleine Rita Cosby shares one the first copies of her new book Quiet Hero with the legendary T.Boone Pickens and his wife Madeleine. Cosby’s book goes on sale tomorrow in all major bookstores and on-line. It’s a riveting story about what it means to be an American, and for anyone who believes in freedom. Rita convinced her father to break his silence and share his heroic experiences as a Resistance fighter and POW, saved by US forces. It’s an inspiring account from our Greatest Generation and a beautiful tribute to all our men and women in uniform. Be sure to get the book at Quiet Hero's website . Photo By: Neshan H. Naltchayan