Jason Collins, First Active N.B.A. Player to Come Out as Gay, Dies at 47
Jason Collins, a 7-foot center and N.B.A. journeyman who in 2013 became the first openly gay player in…
Rex Reed, Film Critic Known for Acerbic Reviews, Dies at 87
In self-defense, Mr. Reed insisted to The Times in 2018 that “I like just as many films as…
Bobby Cox, One of Baseball’s Top Managers, Dies at 84
Bobby Cox, the Baseball Hall of Fame manager who led the Atlanta Braves to five National League pennants…
Ted Turner, Creator of CNN and the 24-Hour News Cycle, Dies at 87
Ted Turner, the media mogul who cut a brash and vivid figure on the American scene of the…
David Allan Coe, Singer Who Personified Outlaw Country, Dies at 86
David Allan Coe, the country singer whose outlandish exploits, prison tales and obscenity-laden performances earned him notoriety as…
J. Craig Venter, Scientist Who Decoded the Human Genome, Dies at 79
J. Craig Venter, a scientist and entrepreneur who raced to decode the human genome, died on Wednesday in…
Michael Tilson Thomas, Celebrated American Conductor, Dies at 81
His official debut with the orchestra, in the fall of 1969, leading a challenging program of works by…
Dave Mason, Songwriter Who Co-Founded Traffic, Dies at 79
Dave Mason, the English singer, songwriter and guitarist who wrote mainstays of the classic-rock canon like “Feelin’ Alright?”…
Patrick Muldoon, Actor on ‘Days of Our Lives’ and ‘Melrose Place,’ Dies at 57
Patrick Muldoon, the actor best known for starring as a hunky boxer on the soap opera “Days of…
Jim Whittaker, First American to Reach Everest’s Summit, Dies at 97
Jim Whittaker, the first American to summit Mount Everest, whose myriad climbing achievements and longtime leadership at REI,…
Tatiana Schlossberg, Kennedy Daughter Who Wrote of Her Cancer, Dies at 35
She went into remission, had more chemo, relapsed and joined a clinical trial. There were blood transfusions, another…
Norman Podhoretz, Literary Lion of Neoconservatism, Dies at 95
Norman Podhoretz, the longtime editor of Commentary magazine and a lion of neoconservatism, whose intellectual odyssey took him…