Nineteen Hundred Sixties – Page 19

The Last Boeing 747 Leaves the Factory

The plane known as “Queen of the Skies” helped make air travel more affordable, but it has been supplanted by smaller, more efficient aircraft.

By Niraj Chokshi Meron Tekie Menghistab Jovelle Tamayo and Lind

Byrds, The Crosby, David CROSBY, STILLS, NASH & YOUNG Deaths (Obituaries) Drug Abuse and Traffic Music Nineteen Hundred Sixties Pop and Rock Music

David Crosby, Mainstay of Two Classic Rock Bands, Dies at 81

He was an original member of the Byrds and a founder of Crosby, Stills & Nash. But he was almost as well known for his troubled personal life as for his music.

By Jim Farber

Art Fontana, Lucio Hauser & Wirth Italy Manhattan (NYC) Metropolitan Museum of Art Nineteen Hundred Sixties Sculpture

Lucio Fontana, a Sculptor but So Perverse

In terra cotta, clay, metal and concrete, the Argentine Italian artist overhauled the history of European sculpture.

By Martha Schwendener

Deaths (Obituaries) Deutsch, Herbert (1932-2022) Electronics Inventions and Patents Moog Music Moog, Robert Music Musical Instruments Nineteen Hundred Sixties

Herbert Deutsch, Co-Creator of the Moog Synthesizer, Dies at 90

An experimental composer, Mr. Deutsch collaborated with Robert Moog to create the first synthesizer to make a significant impact on popular music, launching a revolution in electronic music.

By Alex Williams