David S. Doty, Judge Who Helped Shape the Modern N.F.L., Dies at 96
David S. Doty, a federal judge who presided over a series of cases involving National Football League players…
George Gresham, Health Care Union Powerhouse, Dies at 71
George Gresham, a hospital custodian who became a significant political force as the longtime president of the largest…
Jill Smokler, Who Blogged as Scary Mommy, Dies at 48
Jill Smokler, a mother of three who started the blog Scary Mommy as a diversion from bedtime battles…
François Englert, Nobelist Who Helped Predict the ‘God Particle,’ Dies at 93
On July 4, 2012, scientists packed a large hall at the European Organization for Nuclear Research, also known…
Duane Michals, Photographer With Stories to Tell, Dies at 94
Duane Michals, an impish, provocative artist who used his camera to tell stories with quirky, cosmic, enigmatic or…
Julio Le Park, Kinetic Sculpture and Op-Art Master, Dies at 97
Julio Le Parc, an Argentine artist who over a 70-year career pioneered a form of socially conscious, audience-friendly…
Rex Reed, Film Critic Known for Acerbic Reviews, Dies at 87
A couple of times he ran into trouble with the law. In 1988, he pleaded guilty to and…
Georg Baselitz, German Neo-Expressionist Painter, Dies at 88
He wanted, he told The Guardian in 2014, “to examine what it was to be a German now.”…
Before George Foreman Was a Lovable Pitchman, He Was Just Plain Mean
The United States government called her one of the world’s most-wanted terrorists. Assata Shakur called herself a 20th-century…