Called “one of the fundamental filmmakers in the history of Spanish cinema,” he began making movies under Franco, often hiding his messages in allegory.
Category: Deaths (Obituaries)
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Ted Lerner, Developer Who Bought and Built the Washington Nationals, Dies at 97
A billionaire and Washington native, he gave the city its first baseball championship in 95 years, along with 20 million square feet of shopping malls and housing.
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De La Soul’s Dave Jolicoeur, a.k.a. Trugoy the Dove, Dies at 54
The trio expanded the stylistic vocabulary of hip-hop in the 1980s and ’90s, but its early experiments with sampling led to legal troubles, and the group’s longtime exclusion from streaming.
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Sandra Seacat, Much Admired Acting Coach, Dies at 86
She helped Laura Dern, Marlo Thomas, Mickey Rourke and many others overcome fears, find their characters and discover “the joy of acting.”
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Jürgen Flimm, Director of Festivals and Opera Houses, Dies at 81
He left his mark in Hamburg, Berlin, Strasburg and elsewhere. He also directed a memorable “Ring” cycle in Bayreuth.
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Solomon Perel, Jew Who Posed as a Hitler Youth to Survive, Dies at 97
His masquerade — a tale recounted in a memoir and in the film “Europa Europa” — saved his life. But “to this day,” he said, “I have a tangle of two souls in one body.”
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AKA, Influential South African Rapper, Is Fatally Shot
The rapper, whose legal name was Kiernan Forbes, was one of the most formidable songwriters in South African hip-hop. He and another man were killed outside a restaurant on Friday.
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Ron Labinski, Who Designed a Cozier Future for Stadiums, Dies at 85
An architect, he followed his hunch that teams would abandon ugly concrete multipurpose arenas for fan-friendly single-sport facilities, like Oriole Park at Camden Yards.
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Albert Okura, ‘Chicken Man’ Who Saved a Ghost Town, Dies at 71
He built a California fast-food chain, opened a McDonald’s museum and restored a historic town on Route 66, a road for which he harbored a special interest.
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Burt Bacharach, Whose Buoyant Pop Confections Lifted the ’60s, Dies
His collaborations with the lyricist Hal David and others evoked a sleek and gaudy era of airy romance.
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Charlie Thomas, a Singing Drifter Nearly All His Life, Dies at 85
He was heard on hits like “There Goes My Baby,” “Under the Boardwalk” and “Up on the Roof.” He kept singing them for decades.
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Melinda Dillon, 2-Time Oscar Nominee, Is Dead at 83
She was a Broadway star at 23 and then quit acting, but later re-emerged in films like “Close Encounters of the Third Kind” and “A Christmas Story.”