Known for his iron resolve and his attention to detail, he transformed Grey Advertising from a midsize agency into a multinational powerhouse.
Category: Deaths (Obituaries)
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Hedda Kleinfeld Schachter Dies at 99; Built an Empire of Tulle and Satin
With her husband, Jack, she expanded I. Kleinfeld & Son into a bridal superstore that became a New York City institution.
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Mary Quant, British Fashion Revolutionary, Dies at 93
As a designer, clad in her signature play clothes and boots, with huge painted eyes, fake freckles and a distinctive bob, she epitomized the style of London’s Swinging Sixties.
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Alicia C. Shepard, Ombudsman Who Defended NPR in Torture Debate, Dies at 69
In one of many jobs she held in a diverse journalism career, she dealt with charges that the network was “serving as right-wing apologists for waterboarding.”
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Hobie Landrith, the First New York Met, Dies at 93
A major league catcher for 14 seasons, he was the first player picked by the newly formed Mets in the expansion draft in 1961.
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Bill Butler, Cinematographer Best Known for ‘Jaws,’ Dies at 101
He came up with a mechanism that allowed Steven Spielberg to film underwater. His work on “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest” earned him an Oscar nomination.
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Nora Forster, 80, Who Married (and Stayed Married to) a Sex Pistol, Dies
A German publishing heiress and music promoter, she settled in London in time for the 1970s punk-rock explosion and became the muse to its baddest boy.
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James Bowman, Who Helped Resurrect the Countertenor, Dies at 81
He took up the repertory for the highest male voice at a time when few were performing it. He was particularly known for two roles in Britten operas.
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Jane LaTour, Fighter for Women in Labor Unions, Dies at 76
No stranger to blue-collar work herself, she pushed for equality in male-dominated unions and as a writer chronicled the struggles of “sisters in the brotherhoods.”
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Neal Boenzi, Top New York Times Photographer for Four Decades, Dies at 97
He built a reputation for finding compelling subjects on the street. “Anyone can take a picture,” he liked to say, “but are you a journalist?”
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Klaus Teuber, Creator of the Board Game Catan, Dies at 70
He created the strategy game about settling a new land in 1995. Millions of copies have been sold since then, and it’s played all over the world.
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Bing Newcomb, Whose E*Trade Transformed Stock Trading, Dies at 79
The legally blind son of a janitor, he wrote a program that allowed people to buy and sell stocks on their home computers and co-founded a company that reaped its benefits.