She threw two perfect games — something no major league pitcher has done — in the league that inspired the film “A League of Their Own.”
Category: Deaths (Obituaries)
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Eugene Kohn, Architect of Skyscraping Ambitions, Dies at 92
The New York Times – Business:His firm, Kohn Pedersen Fox, became an international force, merging the commercial with the creative in designing some of the world’s tallest buildings.
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Topol, Star of ‘Fiddler on the Roof’ on the Screen and the Stage, Dies at 87
The New York Times – Movies:Wide acclaim for the role of Tevye helped make him, according to one newspaper, “Israel’s most famous export since the Jaffa orange.”
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Bert I. Gordon, Auteur of Mutant Monster Movies, Dies at 100
The New York Times – Movies:Despite low budgets and years of mostly negative reviews, he gained a cult following for his giant villains, homemade effects and preposterous plotlines.
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David Lindley, ‘Musician’s Musician’ to the Rock Elite, Dies at 78
The New York Times – Music:He worked with a wide range of luminaries, most notably Jackson Browne, and there was seemingly no stringed instrument he couldn’t play.
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Gary Rossington, Lynyrd Skynyrd Guitarist, Dies at 71
The New York Times – Music:The last surviving original member of the classic Southern rock group, he played the soaring slide guitar solo on “Free Bird” and co-wrote “Sweet Home Alabama.”
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Jerry Richardson, Who Founded the Carolina Panthers, Dies at 86
The New York Times – Sports:He used the money he made playing for the Baltimore Colts to build a fast-food restaurant empire and then bought an N.F.L. expansion franchise.
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Ricou Browning, Who Made the Black Lagoon Scary, Dies at 93
The New York Times – Movies:He helped bring “Flipper” to the movies and TV but was best known for his plunge in a monster suit in “Creature From the Black Lagoon.”
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Tom Sizemore, Intense Actor With a Troubled Life, Dies at 61
The New York Times – Movies:He earned praise for his work in films like “Saving Private Ryan” and “Black Hawk Down.” He also served prison time for drug possession and domestic abuse.
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Steve Mackey, a Mainstay of the Britpop Band Pulp, Dies at 56
The New York Times – Music:Shortly after he joined that long-running group in 1987, it rose from obscurity to chart-topping success in what came to be called the Cool Britannia era.
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Greta Andersen, Champion Marathon Swimmer, Dies at 95
The New York Times – Sports:As a long-distance, open-water swimmer, she braved waves, sharks and darkness to break 18 world records and become the first American to swim across the English Channel.
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Wayne Shorter, Innovator During an Era of Change in Jazz, Dies at 89
The New York Times – Music:His career as an influential tenor saxophonist and composer reached across more than half a century, tracking jazz’s complex evolution during that span.