His songwriting and rhythm guitar playing helped shape the San Francisco band’s sound as it emerged to become an American institution.
Category: Deaths (Obituaries)
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Bahram Beyzaie, Filmmaker Who Led Iran’s New Wave, Dies at 87
Despite a ceaseless battle against government censors, he was celebrated as one of his country’s greatest auteurs, winning praise from luminaries like Martin Scorsese.
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Amos Poe, New York’s No Wave Film Pioneer, Dies at 76
He documented the punk and post-punk music scene in the East Village, leading an independent film movement that was proudly unprofessional.
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Arthur Cohn, Film Producer With an Oscar-Winning Touch, Dies at 98
Six of his movies received Academy Awards, including the Italian drama “The Garden of the Finzi-Continis” and the trade-union strike documentary “American Dream.”
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Bruce Crawford, Arts-Loving Adman Who Led the Met Opera, Dies at 96
He helped build the ad agency BBDO International into a powerhouse before channeling his passion for opera into managing the Met and revitalizing Lincoln Center.
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Rosa von Praunheim, 83, Dies; Captured Gay Life in Germany on Film
His first feature-length movie, in 1971, was called his country’s “Stonewall moment,” for jump-starting a gay-rights movement. He became a leading voice of it.
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Bela Tarr, Titan of Slow-Moving Cinema, Is Dead at 70
Called his “masterpiece,” one film, “Satantango,” is seven hours long. A favorite of critics and art-house festivals, he focused on the “human dignity” of marginal characters.
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Bela Tarr, Titan of Slow-Moving Cinema, Dies at 70
The master Hungarian filmmaker’s movies included “Satantango” and “Werckmeister Harmonies.”
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Richard Pollak, 91, Dies; Edited Magazine That Criticized the Media
He was a founder of More, which skewered the foibles of the press in the 1970s, and later wrote a critical biography of the psychoanalyst Bruno Bettelheim.
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Mohammad Bakri, 72, Outspoken Palestinian Actor and Director, Dies
His work, including the 2002 documentary “Jenin, Jenin,” exposed the often harsh realities of life experienced by his fellow Arabs in Israel.
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Richard Smallwood, 77, Choral Leader and Composer of Gospel Hits, Dies
He sold millions of albums with the Richard Smallwood Singers, and his songs, many influenced by classical music, were recorded by stars like Whitney Houston.
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Tatiana Schlossberg, Kennedy Daughter Who Wrote of Her Cancer, Dies at 35
An environmental journalist and child of Caroline Kennedy, she recently wrote of her battle with leukemia in The New Yorker, drawing worldwide sympathy.