A Pulitzer Prize-winning composer who liked to redefine himself, he was originally known as an experimentalist but was later identified with a lush style that came to be called the New Romanticism.
Category: Deaths (Obituaries)
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George Brown of Kool & the Gang Dies at 74
Mr. Brown kept time for a group that combined funk, disco, R&B and jazz to create some of the most memorable pop songs of the 1970s.
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George Tscherny, Whose Graphic Designs Defined an Era, Is Dead at 99
With a bevy of corporate and institutional clients, he helped shape the visual language of the postwar American economy.
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John Morris, Who Brought Rock Legends to the Stage, Dies at 84
As a coordinator of the Woodstock festival and the hallowed New York venue Fillmore East, he helped showcase the likes of Jimi Hendrix and Janis Joplin.
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Joe Sharkey, Travel Writer Who Survived Midair Collision, Dies at 77
He offered advice to business travelers in hundreds of columns in The Times. His eyewitness account of a disaster was front-page news.
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Peter Seidler, Big-Spending San Diego Padres Owner, Dies at 63
Under Seidler’s leadership, the team’s payroll grew to one of the largest in Major League Baseball.
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John Bailey, Oscars President at a Time of Strife, Dies at 81
A respected cinematographer, he guided the motion picture academy at the height of the #MeToo movement and dealt with infighting around the Oscar ceremony.
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Lara Parker, a Memorable Witch on ‘Dark Shadows,’ Dies at 84
Her three-dimensional portrayal of a character who was also a vampire helped the Gothic soap opera develop a cult following.
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Marina Cicogna, Italy’s First Major Female Film Producer, Dies at 89
A countess from an influential Italian family, she charted her own course and produced films by the likes of Pasolini and Zeffirelli.
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Davide Renne, Moschino Creative Director, Dead at 46
The Italian fashion designer died in Milan this week, just nine days after joining the famed Italian fashion house.
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Overlooked No More: Ángela Ruiz Robles, Inventor of an Early E-Reader
Long before Kindles and iPads became popular, Ruiz Robles, a teacher, created her Mechanical Encyclopedia to help lighten her students’ textbook load.
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Byron Wien, Wall Street Seer of the Unexpected, Dies at 90
A widely read financial analyst, he was known for his annual forecast “Ten Surprises.” But he was fallible, as when he predicted a President Hillary Clinton.