Robert D. McFadden
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Jack Jones, a Suave, Hit-Making and Enduring Crooner, Dies at 86
With his smooth voice, he drew crowds to cabarets and music halls for six decades. He also sang the themes for films and TV shows,...
Jack Jones, a Suave, Hit-Making and Enduring Crooner, Dies at 86
With his smooth voice, he drew crowds to cabarets and music halls for six decades. He also sang the themes for films and TV shows,...
Nicholas Daniloff, 89, Dies; Reporter’s Arrest in Moscow Ignited a Firestorm
A veteran foreign correspondent during the Cold War, he was held on trumped-up espionage charges. He credited President Ronald Reagan with fighting for his release.
James Earl Jones, Actor Whose Voice Could Menace or Melt, Dies at 93
He gave life to characters like Darth Vader in “Star Wars” and Mufasa in “The Lion King,” and went on to collect Tonys, Golden Globes,...
Walter Arlen, Holocaust Refugee and Belated Composer, Is Dead at 103
After fleeing Vienna, he was a music critic and teacher before returning to composing in the 1980s. His memories of Nazi barbarism inspired his music.
Lewis H. Lapham, Longtime Editor of Harper’s, Dies at 89
Born into a patrician family, he used Harper’s and later his own Lapham’s Quarterly to denounce what he saw as the hypocrisies and injustices of...
James Greenfield, Globe-Trotting Reporter and Times Editor, Dies at 99
He wrote about world affairs for Time magazine and worked at the State Department before becoming a senior editor at The New York Times in...
Mary Wells Lawrence, High-Profile Advertising Pioneer, Dies at 95
She was the first woman to own and run a major national advertising agency. Her company, Wells Rich Greene, was best known for the “I...
O.J. Simpson, Athlete Whose Trial Riveted the Nation, Dies at 76
He ran to football fame on the field and made fortunes in movies. Then a trial in which he was charged with killing his former...
Steve Lawrence, Who Sang His Listeners Down Memory Lane, Dies at 88
With his wife, Eydie Gorme, and sometimes on his own, he kept pop standards in vogue long past their prime. He also acted on television...