A top editor and executive at two publishing houses, she was an advocate for other women in publishing, and for equal pay in an industry that had long been male-dominated.
Category: Deaths (Obituaries)
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Jay Kanter, Agent for Marlon Brando and Marilyn Monroe, Dies at 97
Later a studio executive, he was among the last of the power brokers who dominated Hollywood in the latter half of the 20th century.
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‘Scarface’ Actor Ángel Salazar Dies at 68
He first made his mark doing stand-up in New York, but he was best known for his role as Chi Chi opposite Al Pacino in the hit 1983 movie.
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Peggy Moffitt, 86, Dies; Defined ’60s Fashion With a Bathing Suit and a Bob
She became famous for posing in the fashion designer Rudi Gernreich’s topless swimsuit. But she saw herself more as a performer than as a model.
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Howie Cohen, Whose Alka-Seltzer Ads Spawned Catchphrases, Dies at 81
A copywriter, he and a partner in 1972 came up with “Try it, you’ll like it” and “I can’t believe I ate that whole thing.” Soon, sales were, well, fizzing.
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Mísia, Who Brought a Modern Flair to Fado Music, Dies at 69
With her smoky voice and her high-fashion look, the self-proclaimed “punk of fado” found stardom by shaking up a venerable Portuguese genre.
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Lorenza de’ Medici, Who Elevated Italian Cooking, Is Dead at 97
A descendant of a storied family, she was an author, TV host and cooking school director who showed that Italian cuisine was about more than tomatoes, pizza and pasta.
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Walter Arlen, Holocaust Refugee and Belated Composer, Is Dead at 103
After fleeing Vienna, he was a music critic and teacher before returning to composing in the 1980s. His memories of Nazi barbarism inspired his music.
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Ina Jaffe, Dogged and Award-Winning NPR Reporter, Dies at 75
Ms. Jaffe spent decades covering politics and aging in America, and she was the first editor of the NPR program “Weekend Edition Saturday.”
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Yvonne Furneaux, Cosmopolitan Actress in ‘La Dolce Vita,’ Dies at 98
An Oxford graduate who spoke five languages, she had an early career as a siren before finding critical acclaim in masterworks by Federico Fellini and Roman Polanski.
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Benjamin Luxon, British Baritone Thwarted by Hearing Loss, Dies at 87
A favorite of Benjamin Britten, he won acclaim in roles like Don Giovanni, Eugene Onegin and Falstaff until his affliction forced him to largely give up singing.