Margalit Fox's Blog, page 2
April 7, 2023
Harry Lorayne, Dazzling Master of Total Recall, Is Dead at 96
A memory expert and magician who was a favorite guest of Johnny Carson���s, he astonished audiences by reeling off the names of hundreds of people he had only just met.
March 9, 2023
Topol, Star of ���Fiddler on the Roof��� Onscreen and Onstage, Dies at 87
Wide acclaim for his portrayal of Tevye helped make him, according to one newspaper, ���Israel���s most famous export since the Jaffa orange.���
March 8, 2023
Topol, Star of ���Fiddler on the Roof��� on the Screen and the Stage, Dies at 87
Wide acclaim for the role of Tevye helped make him, according to one newspaper, ���Israel���s most famous export since the Jaffa orange.���
January 9, 2023
Naomi Replansky, Poet of Hopeful Struggle, Dies at 104
Her verse examined social history through individual lives, including her own, in which she later found love. Yet for all the admiration she inspired, she was unheralded.
November 28, 2022
Eleanor Jackson Piel, Lawyer Who Fought Capital Convictions, Dies at 102
A renowned defender of the marginalized, she had many celebrated victories, including a Florida appeal known as the case of the Death Row Brothers.
October 11, 2022
Leonard Kriegel, 89, Dies; Wrote Unflinchingly About His Disability
He was known for his scholarly and popular writings about historical phenomena. But he was best known for writing about losing the use of his legs.
June 4, 2022
Ann Turner Cook, the Face of Gerber Baby Food Products, Dies at 95
Her likeness as an infant has graced the labels on Gerber products for more than 90 years, though for decades her identity was not disclosed.
Ann Turner Cook Dies at 95; Her Face Sold Baby Food by the Billions
Her likeness as an infant has graced the labels on Gerber products for more than 90 years, though for decades her identity was not disclosed.
February 15, 2022
Look It Up? Only if You���re Dishonest and Ignorant
In ���Index, A History of the,��� Dennis Duncan explores the life and times of a practice that���s been dividing readers since Gutenberg.
Look It Up? Only if You���re Dishonest and Ignorant.
In ���Index, A History of the,��� Dennis Duncan explores the life and times of a practice that���s been dividing readers since Gutenberg.
