Beginning with a doeskin bikini in “One Million Years B.C.,” she built a celebrated show business career around sex appeal and, sometimes, a comic touch.
Category: Deaths (Obituaries)
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Raquel Welch, Actress and ’60s Sex Symbol, Is Dead at 82
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Julian Wasser, the ‘Photographer Laureate’ of L.A., Dies at 89
The New York Times – Fashion & Style:In the 1960s and ’70s, he created indelible images of the city’s combustible mix of art, rock ’n’ roll, new Hollywood and social ferment.
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Hugh Hudson, Director of ‘Chariots of Fire,’ Dies at 86
The New York Times – Movies:His first film — about two runners, one Christian, one Jewish, who compete at the 1924 Summer Olympics — won four Oscars, including for best picture.
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Carlos Saura, a Leading and Enduring Spanish Director, Dies at 91
The New York Times – Movies:Called “one of the fundamental filmmakers in the history of Spanish cinema,” he began making movies under Franco, often hiding his messages in allegory.
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Ted Lerner, Developer Who Bought and Built the Washington Nationals, Dies at 97
The New York Times – Sports: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 New York Times – Music: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
The New York Times – Movies: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
The New York Times – Music: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
The New York Times – Movies: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 New York Times – Music: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
The New York Times – Sports: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
The New York Times – Travel: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.