Among the notable figures who died in a sometimes polarizing 2024, many championed justice, equal rights and political freedom.
Category: Deaths (Obituaries)
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Osamu Suzuki, Who Led Japanese Carmaker for Over 4 Decades, Dies at 94
He built Suzuki Motor from a small company into a global powerhouse, entering the Indian market in the 1980s in one of his early successes.
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Sugar Pie DeSanto, Gritty Soul Singer, Is Dead at 89
A powerful performer who paved the way for later soul and hip-hop artists, she recorded with Etta James and toured with Johnny Otis and James Brown.
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Shyam Benegal, Indian Filmmaker Who Explored Social Issues, Dies at 90
He won acclaim from critics and audiences even as the gritty stories he put on the big screen grappled with some of India’s thorniest problems.
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Richard Parsons, Serial Fixer of Media and Finance Giants, Dies at 76
Mr. Parsons’s lengthy résumé is a catalog of corporate emergencies at Time Warner, Citigroup and the Los Angeles Clippers.
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Alfa Anderson, ‘Chic’ Singer, Dies at 78
She sang the famous refrain “Le freak, c’est chic,” on one of disco’s biggest hits and was a sought-after vocalist for many prominent artists.
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Troy Masters, Pioneering L.G.B.T.Q. Journalist, Dies at 63
He was at the helm of several influential publications, notably Gay City News in New York City and, since 2017, The Los Angeles Blade.
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Michael Brewer, Whose ‘One Toke’ Was a Big Hit, Is Dead at 80
The duo he formed with Tom Shipley reached the Top 10 in 1970 with “One Toke Over the Line,” a ditty about marijuana that ran afoul of censors.
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Marisa Paredes, Acclaimed Diva of Spanish Cinema, Is Dead at 78
A prolific actress, she was best known globally for her work with the filmmaker Pedro Almodóvar, with whom she had a stormy relationship.
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Rick Kaufmann, Impresario of Art Furniture, Dies at 77
Was it art or was it furniture? No one was quite sure what to make of the New York movement that an idiosyncratic gallerist led in the 1970s and ’80s.
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William J. Hennessy Jr., Sketch Artist of Courtroom Drama, Dies at 67
His lively drawings of historic Supreme Court arguments, impeachment trials and murder cases gave the public a peek into venues where cameras were banned.