Margalit Fox's Blog, page 37
May 2, 2014
Anthony Drexel Duke, 95, Dies; Scion of Wealth Aided Underprivileged
Determined to open a camp for disadvantaged youth, Mr. Duke established Boys & Girls Harbor, which has served more than 50,000 children over the years.
Anthony Drexel Duke, 95, Boys Harbor Founder, Dies
Determined to open a camp for disadvantaged youth, Mr. Duke established an educational and social service agency that has served more than 50,000 children over the years.
May 1, 2014
Nan Rosenthal, Curator Who Championed Modern Art, Dies at 76
Ms. Rosenthal helped bring the 20th century to the National Gallery of Art in Washington and the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.
April 26, 2014
Hans Hollein, Inventive Architect Who Designed With Wit, Dies at 80
Mr. Hollein, a Pritzker Prize winner, used not just line but unusual surfaces to make his artistic points.
Hans Hollein, Architect of Witty Designs, Dies at 80
Mr. Hollein, a Pritzker Prize winner, used not just line but unusual surfaces to make his artistic points.
April 23, 2014
Alistair MacLeod, a Novelist in No Hurry, Dies at 77
Mr. MacLeod, a Canadian author, won the International Impac Dublin Literary Award in 2001 for his novel “No Great Mischief.”
April 20, 2014
John Shirley-Quirk, a Bass-Baritone and Specialist in Britten, Is Dead at 82
Mr. Shirley-Quirk was a British chemistry teacher who almost by accident became a world-renowned bass-baritone and made 30 appearances at the Met between 1974 and 1991.
April 19, 2014
Nina Cassian, Romanian Poet Exiled for Skewering Regime, Dies at 89
Ms. Cassian sought refuge in the United States after her poems satirizing the regime of President Nicolae Ceausescu fell into the hands of the secret police.
April 17, 2014
Nina Cassian, Exiled Romanian Poet, Dies at 89
Ms. Cassian sought refuge in the United States after her poems satirizing the regime of President Nicolae Ceausescu fell into the hands of the secret police.
April 15, 2014
Otto Petersen, the Voice of Vulgarity, Dies at 53
Mr. Petersen was the flesh-and-blood half of Otto and George, a comedy team whose act was so scurrilous that it once proved too much for a historically thick-skinned crowd.
