Nineteen Hundred Sixties – Page 6

Monique Knowlton, ’60s-Era Model and Provocative Gallerist, Dies at 87

A Vogue cover girl in the early 1960s, she later pivoted to contemporary art, opening a gallery where being “outrageous counts as a plus,” one critic wrote.

By Penelope Green

Deaths (Obituaries) Nineteen Hundred Fifties Nineteen Hundred Sixties Pop and Rock Music Television The Dean Martin Show (TV Program) The Entertainers (TV Program) Valente, Caterina (1931-2024)

Caterina Valente, Singer Who Was a Star on Two Continents, Dies at 93

Born in Paris to Italian parents and raised in Germany, she had her own show on television in the 1950s and was later a small-screen mainstay in the U.S.

By Adam Nossiter

Bathing Suits and Swimwear Claxton, William Deaths (Obituaries) Fashion and Apparel Gernreich, Rudi Models (Professional) Moffitt, Peggy (1937-2024) Nineteen Hundred Sixties

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.

By Marisa Meltzer

Coffeehouses Deaths (Obituaries) Dylan, Bob Folk Music Greenwich Village (Manhattan, NY) Newport Folk Festival Nineteen Hundred Sixties Traum, Artie Traum, Happy (1936-2024) Washington Square Park (Manhattan, NY)

Happy Traum, Mainstay of the Folk Music World, Dies at 86

A noted guitarist and banjo player, he emerged from the same Greenwich Village folk-revival scene as his friend and sometime collaborator Bob Dylan.

By Alex Williams