Harold Reid, whose bass voice, songwriting, and gift for humor distinguished his long career as a member of the Country Music Hall of Fame vocal…
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Nick Gordon, Bobbi Kristina Brown's Ex-Boyfriend, Dead at 30
Nick Gordon, the ex-boyfriend of Whitney Houston and Bobby Brown’s daughter Bobbi Kristina who was found liable in her 2015 death, died on Wednesday at…
Sue Lyon, Star of ‘Lolita,’ Is Dead at 73
Sue Lyon, who at 14 was cast in the title role of Stanley Kubrick’s “Lolita,” a film version of Vladimir Nabokov’s eyebrow-raising novel about a…
Claudine Auger, James Bond’s First French Co-Star, Dies at 78
Claudine Auger, Sean Connery’s co-star in “Thunderball” and the first French actress to play James Bond’s love interest, died on Wednesday in Paris. She was…
Larry Heinemann, Novelist of the Vietnam War, Dies at 75
Larry Heinemann, a Vietnam veteran who drew on his war experiences in two well-received novels — one of which, “Paco’s Story,” startled the literary world…
Caroll Spinney, Big Bird Puppeteer on 'Sesame Street,' Dead at 85
Caroll Spinney, the longtime Sesame Street puppeteer who voiced the characters of Big Bird and Oscar the Grouch for nearly 50 years, died Sunday at…
Dorothy Seymour Mills, Uncredited Baseball Historian, Dies at 91
Dorothy Seymour Mills, who collaborated for more than 30 years on a landmark three-volume history of baseball with her first husband, Harold Seymour — although…
William Loren Katz, Historian of African-Americans, Dies at 92
The fountainhead of the historian Bill Katz’s immersion in African-American culture was his father’s passion for jazz. Ben Katz had derived more pleasure from the…
Annette Kolodny, Feminist Critic and Scholar, Dies at 78
Annette Kolodny, a literary and cultural critic who was a pioneer in the field of ecofeminism, drawing parallels between the subjugation of the environment and…
Mardik Martin, Collaborator With Scorsese, Is Dead at 84
Mardik Martin, a screenwriter who collaborated with Martin Scorsese on films like “Raging Bull,” “New York, New York” and particularly Mr. Scorsese’s breakthrough in gritty…