He offered advice to business travelers in hundreds of columns in The Times. His eyewitness account of a disaster was front-page news.
Category: Deaths (Obituaries)
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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.
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Yuri Temirkanov, Conductor Who Celebrated Russia’s Music, Dies at 84
Immersed in his native land’s repertoire — Tchaikovsky, Rachmaninoff, Prokofiev — he drew bold, rich sounds from the world’s major orchestras. In Russia, he was adored.
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Gary Winnick, Who Won and Lost With Global Crossing, Dies at 76
He masterminded the building of a transoceanic fiber-optics network to speed the internet and phone traffic. But in five years the company went bankrupt in a historic failure.
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Domenico Spano, Clothier of Stars Who Found Fame of His Own, Dies at 79
Born in Italy, he dressed billionaires and film stars while turning heads for his own outfits in his adopted city, New York.
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Philip Meyer, Reporter Who Pioneered Data-Driven Journalism, Dies at 93
First as a correspondent and later as a professor, he pushed his industry to adopt more rigorous, quantitative methods.