Deaths (Obituaries) – Page 309

Geoff Nuttall, First Among Equals in Acclaimed Quartet, Dies at 56

With the St. Lawrence Quartet, he played with such enthusiasm that often he swept himself from his seat. At the Spoleto Festival USA, he was a shaping force.

By David Allen

Deaths (Obituaries) Folk Music Grammy Awards Nineteen Hundred Sixties Pop and Rock Music Simon, Carly Simon, Joanna Simon, Lucy The Secret Garden (Play) Theater (Broadway) Tony Awards (Theater Awards)

Lucy Simon, Singer and Broadway Composer, Dies at 82

She and her sister Carly Simon were a folk duo in the 1960s. Years later, she wrote the Tony-nominated music for “The Secret Garden.”

By Neil Genzlinger

Deaths (Obituaries) Metropolitan Opera New York City Opera Opera Simon, Carly Simon, Joanna Simon, Lucy

Joanna Simon, Opera Singer from Famously Musical Family, Dies at 85

A renowned mezzo-soprano, she grew up alongside her younger sisters, Carly and Lucy, both of whom became singer-songwriters.

By Clay Risen

Deaths (Obituaries) Folk Music Inventions and Patents Lipton, Lenny Peter, Paul and Mary (Music Group)

Lenny Lipton, ‘Puff the Magic Dragon’ Lyricist and 3-D Film Pioneer, Dies at 82

He used the royalties earned from the hit folk song to fund decades of research into stereoscopic projection.

By Clay Risen