Wink Martindale, a radio personality who became a television star as a dapper and affable host of game shows like “Gambit” and “Tic-Tac-Dough” in the […]
Tag: Deaths (Obituaries)
Richard L. Armitage, 79, Dies; State Department Official in a Turbulent Era
[] Richard L. Armitage, who served as the No. 2 official at the State Department from 2001 to 2005, during the turbulent era of the […]
Mario Vargas Llosa, Nobel-Winning Peruvian Novelist, Dies at 89
Mario Vargas Llosa, the Peruvian novelist who combined gritty realism with playful erotica and depictions of the struggle for individual liberty in Latin America, while […]
Mario Vargas Llosa, Nobel-Winning Peruvian Novelist, Dies at 89
Mario Vargas Llosa, the Peruvian novelist who combined gritty realism with playful erotica and depictions of the struggle for individual liberty in Latin America, while […]
Nicky Katt, Actor Known For ‘Dazed And Confused,’ Dies at 54
Nicky Katt, an actor known for playing wild cards and tough guys on TV shows like “Boston Public” and in films like “Boiler Room” and […]
Jean Marsh, Actress Who Co-Created ‘Upstairs, Downstairs,’ Dies at 90
Jean Marsh, the striking British-born actress who was both the co-creator and a beloved Emmy-winning star of “Upstairs, Downstairs,” the seminal 1970s British drama series […]
Irmgard Furchner, Secretary at a Hub of Nazi Atrocities, Dies at 99
[] Irmgard Furchner, whose role as a teenage secretary in the administration of a Nazi concentration camp in German-occupied Poland led to her conviction in […]
Jean Marsh, Actress Who Co-Created ‘Upstairs, Downstairs,’ Dies at 90
[] Jean Marsh, the striking British-born actress who was both the co-creator and a beloved Emmy-winning star of “Upstairs, Downstairs,” the seminal 1970s British drama […]
Brad Holland, Subversive Artist Who Reinvented American Illustration, Dies at 81
Brad Holland, an idiosyncratic artist who upended American illustration in the 1970s with his startling imagery for Playboy magazine and The New York Times’s opinion […]
Joseph Boskin, Scholar of Humor and April Fool’s Prankster, Dies at 95
[] In March of 1983, a public relations official at Boston University asked Joseph Boskin, a scholar of humor in the history department, whether he […]