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Klee Benally, Navajo Activist and Artist, Dies at 48
He helped found a punk-rock band when he was 14. That led to a long career as an advocate for Native American and environmental causes.
Maria Emilia Martin, Creator of Public Radio’s ‘Latino USA,’ Dies at 72
As a radio journalist committed to the goal of representing all voices, she fought to tell the stories of Latino communities in the Americas.
Jane Wodening, Experimental Film Star and Intrepid Writer, Dies at 87
For 30 years she collaborated with the filmmaker Stan Brakhage, her husband, often appearing on camera. After they divorced, she lived off the grid and...
Helen Williams, a Top Model in a Segregated Era, Is Dead at 87
She was one of the most photographed Black models of the 1950s and ’60s, seen mainly in magazines, like Ebony and Jet, aimed at the...
Louis Oliver Gropp Dies at 88; Led Shelter Magazines Through Turmoil
He turned House & Garden into an upscale chronicle of the good life in the 1980s, and broadened the focus of House Beautiful in the...
Georgia Dullea, 90, Dies; Reporter Chronicled a Changing Society
Writing for The Times with a gimlet eye, she examined the impact of no-fault divorces on women, the excesses of the Reagan years, the AIDS...
Horace Ové, Pioneering Black Filmmaker in Britain, Dies at 86
His feature-length film, “Pressure,” mapped the struggles of Black Britons in an era of unyielding racism. He was knighted in 2022.
Michael Leva, Who Found Fashion Fame Early, Is Dead at 62
Known for sophisticated and wearable clothes, he was among a crop of young designers celebrated in the late 1980s. He went on to consult for...
Lisa Lyon, Bodybuilding Pioneer and Mapplethorpe Muse, Dies at 70
She won the first Women’s World Pro Bodybuilding Championship. But she saw herself as an artist and posed for Robert Mapplethorpe and other photographers.
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...