 | Jean Ziegler, Swiss Gadfly Who Provoked His Countrymen, Dies at 92 |
In a nation that sees itself as a tranquil oasis of prosperity and business virtue, he drew death threats for pointing out a dark underside. | |
| Jane Yolen, Whose Books for Children Drew on Everyday Life, Dies at 87 |
She wrote some 450 books, including novels, poetry and nonfiction in many genres. One critic called her ?a modern equivalent to Aesop.? | |
| Dito van Reigersberg, Avant-Garde and Drag Virtuoso, Dies at 53 |
A co-founder of Pig Iron Theater Company, known for its surreal productions, he also gave energetic performances as his alter ego, Martha Graham Cracker. | |
| David Plowden, Who Photographed a Disappearing America, Dies at 93 |
With his haunting images of steam locomotives, steel mills and Midwestern farms, the celebrated lensman revealed the poetry in the artifacts of manual labor. | |
| Gene Shalit, Film Critic Bristling With Hair and Puns, Dies at 100 |
One of the nation?s most recognizable characters, he delivered his wacky commentary for more than 40 years on the ?Today? show. | |
| Charles Dennis, a Founder of the Avant-Garde Space P.S. 122, Dies at 77 |
A performance artist, dancer, choreographer, videographer, filmmaker and curator, he was a central figure in the downtown Manhattan experimental arts scene. | |
| James Blood Ulmer, Guitarist Who Smashed Through Genres, Dies at 86 |
A protégé of the saxophonist Ornette Coleman, he borrowed from and greatly influenced styles like funk, punk, jazz and the blues. | |
| Charlie Dalin, Who Set a Sailing Record While Battling Cancer, Dies at 42 |
Last year, while suffering from an advanced stomach tumor, he won the grueling Vendée Globe race, sailing 24,000 miles in just 64 days. | |
| Joe Negri, Handyman and Music Maestro on ?Mister Rogers,? Dies at 99 |
An accomplished jazz guitarist, he appeared on more than 300 episodes of the public television show, playing alongside musicians like Wynton Marsalis and Yo-Yo Ma. | |
| Singer Oliver Tree Is Said to Have Died in Collision of Helicopters in Brazil |
The two helicopters crashed in Rio de Janeiro on Sunday, killing at least six people, the authorities said. | |
| David Hockney?s Sense of Style Never Wavered |
The painter David Hockney?s clothes roared with mirth and maximalism. | |
| David Hockney, Who Restored the Human Form to Art, Dies at 88 |
His colorful figurative paintings were both conservative and iconoclastic, defying the dominant abstract schools of the mid-20th century. | |
| Alan Hale, Sky Watcher Who Created a Comet Sensation, Dies at 68 |
In 1995, he and Thomas Bopp spotted, from different states, the same mysterious object in the sky. What turned out to be a comet was named after them: Hale-Bopp. | |
| Cleve Moler, Who Unlocked the Power of Computing for Millions, Dies at 86 |
He built interfaces that allowed engineers, scientists and everyday people to solve difficult problems without having to write the underlying code. | |
| William Coupon, Who Wanted to ?Photograph Everyone in the World,? Dies at 73 |
Self-taught, he became a go-to portraitist for politicians, rock stars and other celebrities. He also documented Indigenous people and inmates on death row. | |
| Duane Michals, Artist of Wit and Courage |
Our conversations over the years were, at times, philosophical, metaphysical, honest about the daily circumstances of our lives, and dishy, a photography critic says, as he looks back. | |
| Lee Raymond, Who Created Global Oil Behemoth Exxon Mobil, Dies at 87 |
He oversaw Exxon?s acquisition of a rival, cut costs relentlessly and denied the scientific consensus on climate change. | |
| Ernest Chambers, ?Smothers Brothers? TV Show Producer, Dies at 97 |
In the late 1960s, he and Saul Ilson oversaw a variety show known for its social and political satire, and together they helped fight network censors over its content. | |
| Duane Michals, Photographer With Stories to Tell, Dies at 94 |
A self-taught artist, he brought narrative to modern photography with sequences of staged black-and-white images, often accompanied by wry or lyrical captions. | |
| Souleymane Diallo Dies at 80; Daring, Mocking Journalist in Guinea |
He was harassed and briefly jailed for his work on Le Lynx, his satirical weekly newspaper, which investigated and caricatured a series of repressive leaders. | |
| John Basinger, Who Memorized All 12 Books of ?Paradise Lost,? Dies at 92 |
After nearly nine years of practice, he made John Milton?s epic poem vividly dramatic for audiences and inspired a study of his ?memory virtuosity.? | |
| Julio Le Park, Kinetic Sculpture and Op-Art Master, Dies at 97 |
His socially engaged works, created over a 70-year career, sought to engage viewers through shifting lights, motors and even Ping-Pong balls. | |
| Albert Wolsky, Costume Designer for ?All That Jazz? and ?Grease,? Dies at 95 |
A go-to designer for directors like Bob Fosse and Paul Mazursky, he won two Oscars and created Olivia Newton-John?s indelibly sultry ensemble in ?Grease.? | |
| Hoyle Schweitzer, Who Brought Windsurfing to the Masses, Dies at 93 |
With his friend Jim Drake, he built the Windsurfer, a sailboard that was cheaper and more portable than most sailboats. It became a global phenomenon. | |
| Gordon S. Wood, Pioneering Historian of Early America, Dies at 92 |
In a Pulitzer-winning book, ?The Radicalism of the American Revolution,? he wrote that the colonists rose up against an entire worldview, not just against taxation. | |
| Billie Tisch, Influential New York Philanthropist, Dies at 98 |
The billionaire widow of Laurence Tisch, she raised money for WNYC radio and other cultural organizations, along with Jewish, medical and educational institutions. | |
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