Margalit Fox's Blog, page 62
August 9, 2012
David Rakoff, Award-Winning Humorist, Dies at 47
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Mr. Rakoff, a humorist and essayist, was known for his incisive wit and keen eye for the preposterous.
August 2, 2012
Mihaela Ursuleasa, Romanian-Born Pianist, Dies at 33
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Ms. Ursuleasa, a Romanian-born pianist renowned for her prodigious technique and often idiosyncratic interpretations, was performing internationally by the time she was a teenager.
August 1, 2012
John Keegan, Historian Who Put a Face on War, Dies at 78
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Mr. Keegan was an Englishman widely considered to be the pre-eminent military historian of his era and the author of more than 20 books, including the masterwork “The Face of Battle.”
July 30, 2012
Maeve Binchy, Writer Who Evoked Ireland, Dies at 72
Ms. Binchy’s sprawling novels of Ireland portrayed women confronting all manner of adversity.
July 21, 2012
Nelson Lyon, Counterculture Comedy Writer Dies at 73
Mr. Lyon, a screenwriter and photographer, was a participant in the drug binge that killed the actor and comedian John Belushi in 1982.
July 20, 2012
Stephen Dwoskin, Experimental Filmmaker, Dies at 73
Mr. Dwoskin made dozens of movies that often blurred the boundaries among fiction, documentary and autobiography.
July 18, 2012
Sylvia Woods, Soul-Food Restaurateur, Is Dead at 86
Ms. Woods’s namesake Harlem soul-food restaurant was frequented by local and national politicians, international celebrities, tourists, epicures and ordinary neighborhood residents.
July 13, 2012
Else Holmelund Minarik, Children’s Writer, Dies at 91
Ms. Minarik began working on her series of Little Bear books after teaching grade school.
Else Holmelund Minarik, 91, Author of Little Bear Books
Else Holmelund Minarik, a writer for children whose Little Bear picture-book series -- which simply, gently and evocatively tells the story of an anthropomorphized cub's forays into the wider world -- has been a mainstay of childhood for more than half a century, died on Thursday at her home in Sunset Beach, N.C. She was 91. The death was announced HarperCollins Publishers, her longtime publishing house.
July 10, 2012
Calvin Marsh, Baritone and Met Stalwart, Dies at 91
Mr. Marsh sang more than 900 performances with the Metropolitan Opera before forsaking the stage for a life in religious music.
