Emerging from the French New Wave, driven by artistic purity, he and his wife and directing partner, Danièle Huillet, didn’t care if audiences walked out on their films.
Category: Deaths (Obituaries)
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Jean-Marie Straub, Uncompromising Filmmaker, Is Dead at 89
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Frederick P. Brooks Jr., Computer Design Innovator, Dies at 91
The New York Times – Business:He was a lead designer of the computers that cemented IBM’s dominance for decades. He later wrote a book on software engineering that became a quirky classic.
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Pablo Eisenberg, Fierce Critic of Aloof Philanthropies, Dies at 90
The New York Times – Business:He fought for transparency, accountability, equity and support directed to grass-roots organizations.
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Edward C. Prescott, 81, Dies; Won Nobel for Studying Business Cycles
The New York Times – Business:He was among the leading thinkers to explain the economic shocks of the 1970s, and his work was critical to the supply-side economics of the ’80s.
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Robert D. Kern, Developer of Emergency Generators, Dies at 96
The New York Times – Business:Born in a garage, his company, Generac, thrived on the threat of power failures to corner the market on portable and backup sources of electricity.
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Dagny Corcoran, Bookseller and Fixture of the L.A. Art Scene, Dies at 77
The New York Times – Business:Her store, Art Catalogues, specialized in books for and about museum and gallery exhibitions and became a gathering place for artists and bibliophiles.
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Danny Kalb, Guitarist Who Gave Blues-Rock an Edge, Dies at 80
The New York Times – Music:His 1960s band, the Blues Project, won a following with a driving, experimental approach to traditional material that was anything but purist.
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George Lois, 91, Who Brought the Counterculture to Advertising, Dies
The New York Times – Business:He became well known for the covers he designed for Esquire magazine, many of them wordless critiques of American society.
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Ed Rudy, Chronicler of the Beatles’ First Trip to America, Dies at 93
The New York Times – Music:He sent reports about the Fab Four’s travels to radio stations in February 1964. Then he turned the material into an album that rose to No. 20 on the Billboard chart.
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Keith Levene, Public Image Ltd.’s Buzz-Saw Guitarist, Dies at 65
The New York Times – Music:Considered a post-punk pioneer, he was also a founding member of the Clash but left before it became one of the biggest bands of its era.
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Ned Rorem, Composer Known for Both His Music and His Diaries, Dies at 99
The New York Times – Music:A Pulitzer Prize winner, he wrote many orchestral works but was most celebrated for his vocal pieces. He was also well known for writing candidly about his life.
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Alice Davis, Costume Designer for Disney Rides, Dies at 93
The New York Times – Business:She created the costumes for more than 150 singing, dancing robotic children in It’s a Small World, and for the buccaneers of Pirates of the Caribbean.