Margalit Fox's Blog, page 20
November 12, 2015
Richard Horowitz, Timpanist and Craftsman of Conductors’ Batons, Dies at 91
Mr. Horowitz, who spent 66 years and some 10,000 performances with the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, had stumbled into a second career making the directors’ sticks.
October 30, 2015
Al Molinaro, Diner Owner on ‘Happy Days,’ Dies at 96
On “Happy Days,” Mr. Molinaro played Al Delvecchio, the owner of a diner where the show’s teenagers congregated.
David Cesarani, Holocaust Historian and Eichmann Biographer, Dies at 58
Professor Cesarani challenged Hannah Arendt’s view of a Nazi war criminal as just a cog in a vast machine of murder.
October 22, 2015
Marty Ingels, Actor Funny Onscreen and Outrageous Off, Dies at 79
Mr. Ingels held jobs as a talking peanut, an agent and the voice of Pac-Man.
October 20, 2015
Vera B. Williams, 88, Dies; Brought Working Class to Children’s Books
Ms. Williams broke new ground by broadening the scope of children’s books to include working-class families and others with struggles.
October 15, 2015
Joan Leslie, a Hollywood Girl Next Door, Dies at 90
Ms. Leslie played fresh-faced ingénue roles in movies of the 1940s, including “High Sierra,” “Sergeant York” and “Yankee Doodle Dandy.”
October 13, 2015
Kenneth Koe, an Inventor Behind Zoloft, Dies at 90
The Pfizer chemist helped create the antidepressant that has been used to treat more than 100 million people and has generated sales of more than $3 billion.
Kenneth Koe, an Inventor Behind Zoloft, Dies at 90
The Pfizer chemist helped create the antidepressant that has been used to treat more than 100 million people and has generated sales of more than $3 billion.
October 12, 2015
John Berg, Art Director Who Made Album Covers Sing, Dies at 83
A four-time Grammy Award winner, Mr. Berg was midwife to some of the most emblematic album covers of the late 20th century, for artists including Bob Dylan, Bruce Springsteen and Barbra Streisand.
October 11, 2015
Larry Brezner, Hollywood Manager of Star Comics, Is Dead at 73
Mr. Brezner helped propel the careers of Robin Williams and Billy Crystal and produced more than a dozen feature films.
