His swirls of poetic imagery helped define progressive rock in the 1970s. He later turned his focus to pop acts like Celine Dion.
Category: Deaths (Obituaries)
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Vic Flick, Guitarist Who Plucked the James Bond Theme, Dies at 87
He also recorded music for the Beatles’ film “A Hard Day’s Night” and contributed to several hit songs as a session musician.
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Reg Murphy, Newspaper Editor Whose Kidnapping Riveted the U.S., Dies at 90
He made his mark on newspapers in Atlanta, San Francisco and Baltimore, but may be best known for having been abducted in Atlanta in 1974.
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Arthur Frommer, 95, Dies; His Guidebooks Opened Travel to the Masses
After publishing “Europe on 5 Dollars a Day” in 1957, he went on to build an empire of guidebooks, package tours, hotels and other services.
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Clifton R. Wharton Jr., Who Broke Racial Barriers, Is Dead at 98
He was the first African American to become president of a large white university, C.E.O. of a major corporation and deputy secretary of state.
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Shel Talmy, Who Produced the Who and the Kinks, Dies at 87
Though he was American, he helped define the sound of the British Invasion after settling in London in the early 1960s.
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Vardis Vardinoyannis, Greek Tycoon With Ties to the Kennedys, Dies at 90
He built his family’s oil-refining operation into one of the largest companies in the country, and then used his wealth to benefit charitable causes.
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Timothy West, Who Portrayed Kings and Prime Ministers, Dies at 90
A staple of British television, he played Churchill three times over a long career. Onstage, he was King Lear, Macbeth and Willy Loman.
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Roy Haynes, a Giant of Jazz Drumming, Is Dead at 99
An irrepressible force who remained relevant over the course of a seven-decade career, he had a hand in every major development in modern jazz.
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Lou Donaldson, Soulful Master of the Alto Saxophone, Dies at 98
A player of impeccable technique and a mainstay of the Blue Note label, he recorded constantly as both a leader and a sideman beginning in 1952.
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Ella Jenkins, Musician Who Found an Audience in Children, Dies at 100
Performing and recording, she transformed what was seen as a marginal genre in the music industry into a celebration of shared humanity.
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Baltazar Ushca, Who Kept Andean Ice Harvesting Alive, Dies at 80
He trekked up Ecuador’s tallest mountain twice a week for six decades to hack ice off a glacier with a pickax. He is believed to have been the last of his breed.