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Neil Genzlinger
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Don Sebesky, Arranger Who Helped Broaden Jazz’s Audience, Dies at 85
He won Tonys for his orchestrations and Grammys for his compositions and arrangements. But he was best known for his genre-straddling work at CTI Records.
Jane Davis Doggett, Who Helped People Find Their Way, Dies at 93
A graphic designer, she was a pioneer in making airports and other complex public spaces easier to navigate.
James Bowman, Who Helped Resurrect the Countertenor, Dies at 81
He took up the repertory for the highest male voice at a time when few were performing it. He was particularly known for two roles…
Klaus Teuber, Creator of the Board Game Catan, Dies at 70
He created the strategy game about settling a new land in 1995. Millions of copies have been sold since then, and it’s played all over…
Emahoy Tsegué-Maryam Guèbrou, Nun With a Musical Gift, Dies at 99
Born in Ethiopia, she seemed headed for a career as a concert pianist before she chose a monastic life. Her intricate piano recordings gained a…
Jacqueline Gold, Executive Who Tapped Into the Female Libido, Dies at 62
She made Britain’s Ann Summers shops a thriving source of lingerie and sex toys and became a role model for female entrepreneurs.
Fuzzy Haskins, Who Helped Turn Doo-Wop Into P-Funk, Dies at 81
As a teenager, he joined forces with George Clinton. Their vocal group, the Parliaments, morphed into Parliament-Funkadelic, one of the wildest acts of the 1970s.
Jerry Samuels, Creator of a Novelty Hit, Is Dead at 84
Under the name Napoleon XIV, he recorded “They’re Coming to Take Me Away, Ha-Haaa!” and, to almost everyone’s surprise, it stormed the charts in 1966.
Lewis Spratlan, Who Took Winding Route to Music Pulitzer, Dies at 82
His opera sat unproduced for decades. Then a piece of it garnered one of the field’s top prizes. Then it sat some more.
Gary Rossington, Lynyrd Skynyrd Guitarist, Dies at 71
The last surviving original member of the classic Southern rock group, he played the soaring slide guitar solo on “Free Bird” and co-wrote “Sweet Home…