Margalit Fox's Blog, page 63
July 8, 2012
Frances Alenikoff Dies at 91; Founder of 2 Dance Companies
Ms. Alenikoff, a dancer who was doing multimedia performances before the term was coined, used slides and chanting in her work.
July 7, 2012
Daphne Zepos, 52, Cheese Expert
Ms. Zepos was an international authority on the buying, selling, making and above all the almost transcendental experience of eating cheese.
July 4, 2012
Evelyn Lear, Versatile Soprano, Dies at 86
Miss Lear became a star in Europe and won acclaim in the United States for singing some of the most difficult roles in contemporary opera.
June 29, 2012
Brigitte Engerer, French Pianist, Dies at 59
Ms. Engerer, ranked among the world’s foremost pianists, played with both fiery Russian emotionalism and cool French rationalism.
June 12, 2012
Henry Hill, Mobster of ‘Goodfellas,’ Dies at 69
Mr. Hill, a soldier in the Luchese crime family until he turned government witness, was portrayed in Martin Scorsese’s acclaimed film “Goodfellas.”
June 11, 2012
Ghassan Tueni, Top Lebanese Journalist, Dies at 86
Mr. Tueni was considered the foremost journalist in Lebanon, if not the Arab world, and in the vanguard of a generation of postwar Arab intellectuals.
June 6, 2012
Rosa Guy, 89, Author of Forthright Novels for Young People
Ms. Guy, a Caribbean-born novelist, was widely considered one of the 20th century’s most distinguished writers for young adults.
June 4, 2012
William Lee Miller, Lincoln Scholar, Dies at 86
Professor Miller, who taught at the University of Virginia, wove the national debate over slavery into his books about Abraham Lincoln and John Quincy Adams.
June 1, 2012
Kaneto Shindo, Wide-Ranging Filmmaker, Dies at 100
Mr. Shindo, who directed nearly 50 movies, was perhaps best known for films with themes relating to the wartime atomic devastation in his native Japan.
Carbon Paper? What’s That?
The passing of carbon paper captures in miniature the sea change sweeping today’s work force.
