In partnership with Herb Alpert, he turned a small independent label into a powerhouse with a roster full of superstars.
Category: Deaths (Obituaries)
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Paul Brodeur, Reporter Who Exposed the Hazards of Asbestos, Dies at 92
In his long career at The New Yorker, he specialized in writing about this and other threats to people’s health, including chlorofluorocarbons.
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Michael Parkinson, Famous for Interviewing the Famous, Dies at 88
A mainstay of British television, he was best known for a long-running BBC program that was called simply “Parkinson.”
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Robert H. Giles, Newspaper Editor and Nieman Curator, Dies at 90
He headed the journalism program at Harvard after overseeing Pulitzer Prize-winning coverage of the Kent State shootings and corruption in Michigan.
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Magoo, Rapper and Former Timbaland Collaborator, Dies at 50
Melvin Barcliff, who rapped under the name Magoo, was a teenager in Virginia when he joined a hip-hop scene that still influences music today.
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Clarence Avant, Quiet Force in Black Entertainment, Dies at 92
Behind the scenes, he furthered the careers of numerous entertainers, as well as some athletes and politicians.
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Nechama Tec, Polish Holocaust Survivor and Scholar, Dies at 92
She wrote about heroic Jewish resisters in her book “Defiance,” which was later made into a film starring Daniel Craig and Liev Schreiber.
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John Barrett, Hair Stylist for the Fashionable Elite, Dies at 66
His salon on the penthouse level of Bergdorf Goodman drew regulars like Martha Stewart, Princess Diana, Ethel Kennedy and Hillary Clinton.
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Joan Kaplan Davidson, Philanthropist Who Championed New York, Dies at 96
As president of a foundation established by her father, she focused her grant making on issues related to the city’s architecture, design and quality of life.
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Jamie Reid, 76, Dies; His Anarchic Graphics Helped Define the Sex Pistols
He created some of the most controversial — and celebrated — artwork of the punk era, which outraged polite British society almost as much as the band’s music did.
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Herbert J. Siegel, Investor in Major Media Deals, Dies at 95
As head of Chris-Craft Industries, he played a role in the Time-Warner merger and sold 10 television stations to Rupert Murdoch.
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Rodriguez, Singer Whose Career Was Resurrected, Dies at 81
Two albums in the early 1970s went largely unnoticed in the United States, but not overseas. Then came the 2012 documentary “Searching for Sugar Man.”