Margalit Fox's Blog, page 58

Midge Turk Richardson, Ex-Nun and Editor, Dies at 82

Ms. Richardson, who appeared as an extra in more than 100 Hollywood films as a child, spent years as Sister Agnes Marie before coming to New York and eventually becoming editor of Seventeen magazine.

Mary Griggs Burke, Japanese Art Connoisseur, Dies at 96

Mrs. Burke amassed the most comprehensive collection of Japanese art in the West and has left her collection to museums.

N. Joseph Woodland, Inventor of the Bar Code, Dies at 91

Mr. Woodland helped conceive of a technology that helped revolutionize the retail industry and today graces nearly every surface of contemporary life.

Charles Rosen, Scholar-Musician Who Untangled Classical Works, Dies at 85

Mr. Rosen’s National Book Award-winning volume “The Classical Style” illuminated the enduring language of Haydn, Mozart and Beethoven.

Gloria Davy, First African-American to Sing Aida at the Met, Dies at 81

Ms. Davy, a Brooklyn-born soprano, was known as an interpreter of 20th-century music, including the work of Richard Strauss, Benjamin Britten and Paul Hindemith.

Jon Kest, Advocate for Low-Wage Workers in New York, Dies at 57

Mr. Kest, who organized a strike last month by New York City’s fast-food employees, was a founder of the Working Families Party.

Gray Foy, Artist and Avatar of a Gilded Age, Dies at 90

Mr. Foy, an artist of considerable early reputation, was later known as a collector, host, tastemaker and perennial fixture of New York cultural life.

Earl (Speedo) Carroll, Lead Singer of the Cadillacs, Dies at 75

Mr. Carroll performed with the 1950s doo-wop group the Cadillacs, and later found contentment, plus a measure of abiding renown, as a New York City school custodian.

Sir Rex Hunt, Symbol of British Defiance in the Windswept Falklands, Dies at 86

In 1982, Sir Rex found himself, literally overnight, directing a tiny band of British military men against an amphibious Argentine invasion.

Wendell D. Garrett, Expert on Americana, Dies at 83

Mr. Garrett was an authority on decorative arts and known to the public as an appraiser on the PBS series “Antiques Roadshow.”