Category: Deaths (Obituaries)

Ryuichi Sakamoto, Oscar-Winning Japanese Composer, Dies at 71

The New York Times – Music:
Mr. Sakamoto, whose work with Yellow Magic Orchestra influenced electronic music, composed scores for “The Last Emperor” and “The Revenant.”
Keith Reid, Who Brought Poetry to Procol Harum, Dies at 76

The New York Times – Music:
He did not perform with the group, but his impressionistic words made it one of the leading acts of the progressive-rock era.
Suzanne Rheinstein, Designer of Classic American Interiors, Dies at 77

The New York Times – Fashion & Style:
Her clients were not celebrities but developers, Hollywood executives and philanthropists like herself, working behind the scenes in Los Angeles and elsewhere.
Michael Blackwood, Who Captured 20th-Century Artists on Film, Dies at 88

The New York Times – Movies:
He made cinéma vérité documentaries — more than 160 — about musicians (Thelonious Monk), architects (Frank Gehry), composers (Philip Glass) and sculptors (Isamu Noguchi).
Michael Blackwood, Who Captured 20th-Century Artists on Film, Dies at 88

The New York Times – Movies:
He made cinéma vérité movies — 160 in all — about musicians (Thelonious Monk), architects (Frank Gehry), composers (Philip Glass) and sculptors (Isamu Noguchi).
Walter Cole, Who Dazzled as Darcelle, the World’s Oldest Drag Performer, Dies at 92

The New York Times – Fashion & Style:
He turned a run-down tavern into a drag cabaret that became a hub and a fund-raising powerhouse for the L.G.B.T.Q. community as well as a beloved Portland, Ore., institution.
Yang Bing-yi, Who Brought Soup Dumplings to the World, Dies at 96

The New York Times – Business:
Starting with a modest shop in Taiwan in 1958, he built Din Tai Fung into a global dumpling and noodle empire, earning a Michelin star along the way.
Emily Fisher Landau, Patron of Contemporary Art, Dies at 102

The New York Times – Business:
A jewelry heist in her Manhattan home spurred her to start one of America’s premier collections, shown in a private Queens museum and much of it donated to the Whitney.
Gladys Kessler, Judge Who Curbed Deceptive Tobacco Ads, Dies at 85

The New York Times – Business:
In a landmark case, she ruled that cigarette companies had been deceiving the public about the health hazards of smoking, violating racketeering laws.
Bobbi Ercoline, Whose Hug Became a Symbol of Woodstock, Dies at 73

The New York Times – Music:
Embracing her boyfriend, a blanket around them, she appeared on the cover of the ubiquitous soundtrack album of “Woodstock,” the 1970 documentary film about the music festival.
Scott Johnson, Playfully Inventive Composer, Is Dead at 70

The New York Times – Music:
In works like “John Somebody,” he mixed the structural rigor of classical composition with the ebullient sound and attitude of rock.
Gordon E. Moore, Intel Co-Founder Behind Moore’s Law, Dies at 94

The New York Times – Business:
His prediction in the 1960s about rapid advances in computer chip technology charted a course for the age of high tech.