Margalit Fox's Blog, page 45

Saul Leiter, Photographer Who Captured New York’s Palette, Dies at 89

Where other eminent photographers in midcentury captured the city most often in sharp-edged black and white, Mr. Leiter was one of the first professionals to photograph it regularly in color.

Conrad Susa, Composer for Opera and Theater, Dies at 78

Mr. Susa, the writer of five operas, showed wide range even while hewing to the classical.

Adrienne Asch, Bioethicist and Pioneer in Disability Studies, Dies at 67

Professor Asch was a vocal opponent of prenatal testing and abortion to select children free of disabilities.

Jane Pratt Fitzpatrick, 89, Savior of Pre-Revolutionary Inn, Dies

Mrs. Fitzpatrick kept the Red Lion Inn from being torn down to make way for a gas station in Stockbridge, Mass.

Charlotte Zolotow, Author of Books on Children’s Real Issues, Dies at 98

The more than 70 books written by Ms. Zolotow, an editor as well as an author, were highlighted by pictures from some of the 20th century’s finest illustrators.

J. P. Fitzpatrick, 89, Savior of Pre-Revolutionary Inn, Dies

Jane Pratt Fitzpatrick kept a Rockwell painting subject, the Red Lion Inn, from being torn down to make way for a gas station in Stockbridge, Mass.

Barbara Park, Author of Junie B. Jones Series, Dies at 66

Ms. Park’s best-selling books starred a sassy grade schooler with an imperfect grasp of English grammar who always found herself in some sort of predicament.

Kermit Moore, Cellist, Conductor and Composer, Is Dead at 84

Mr. Moore was concerned with music rooted in the black experience and renowned for championing the work of 20th-century composers.

Kermit Moore, Musician Interested in the Black Experience, Is Dead at 84

Mr. Moore, a cellist, conductor and composer, was renowned for championing the work of 20th-century composers.

Rev. Eugene Callender, Who Saw Potential of School Dropouts, Dies at 87

Dr. Callender ministered in Harlem, served in the Lindsay and Mario Cuomo administrations and started a chain of “street academies” that became a model for programs nationwide.