An Egyptian businessman, he built an empire of trophy properties in London, Paris and elsewhere, but it was overshadowed by a fatal car crash that stunned the world.
Category: Deaths (Obituaries)
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Bill Pinkney, Globe-Circling Sailor Who Set a Racial Mark, Dies at 87
He was the first Black person to sail alone by way of the arduous southern route, rounding the perilous Cape Horn and withstanding storms and loneliness.
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Gil Brandt, 91, Dies; Helped Make the Cowboys ‘America’s Team’
As talent evaluator for nearly 30 years, he built Dallas into an N.F.L. powerhouse through the use of computer technology and other innovations.
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Overlooked No More: Chick Strand, Pioneering Experimental Filmmaker
Often turning her lens on women, she emerged as one of independent cinema’s fiercest proponents on the West Coast.
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Ray Hildebrand, the ‘Paul’ of Hitmakers Paul and Paula, Dies at 82
He wrote a romantic song for his friend’s girlfriend, Paula, and recorded it as a duet with Jill Jackson. It became a No. 1 hit.
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Richard Ekstract, Magazine Publisher With Link to Warhol, Dies at 92
He was promoting a new trade journal, Tape Recording, when he lent a video recorder to Andy Warhol, who used it to make a classic work with Edie Sedgwick.
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Laszlo Birinyi, Leading Stock Picker and Market Forecaster, Dies at 79
His investment strategy, which tracked the flow of money, won him a reputation for prescience in the 1990s.
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Pat Corrales, Manager of Three Major League Teams, Dies at 82
The first big league manager of Mexican descent and a former catcher, he led teams in Texas, Cleveland and Philadelphia.
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Nicholas Hitchon, Who Aged 7 Years at a Time in ‘Up’ Films, Dies at 65
He was one of the original children profiled in “Seven Up!,” a 1964 British documentary, and reappeared in subsequent installments for more than a half-century.
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David LaFlamme, Whose ‘White Bird’ Captured a 1960s Dream, Dies at 82
As a founder of the San Francisco band It’s a Beautiful Day, he was at the center, if not in the forefront, of the Haight-Ashbury acid-rock explosion.
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Léa Garcia, Who Raised Black Actors’ Profile in Brazil, Dies at 90
Best known internationally for her breakout performance in the 1959 film “Black Orpheus,” she challenged racial stereotypes over a seven-decade career.
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John Warnock, Inventor of the PDF, Dies at 82
As a founder of Adobe Systems, he oversaw the development of software and systems that made modern personal computing possible.