| Obituary (1/29/2007) |
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| Hans Wegner Dies at 92; Danish Furniture Designer |
| Mr Wegner?s furniture ? most famously his chairs ? helped change the course of design history in the 1950s and ?60s (more) |
| Donald Rothchild -- political science professor at UC Davis |
| Donald Rothchild, a UC Davis political science professor who worked to help resolve ethnic and civil conflicts around the world, died last Tuesday at Sutter Davis Hospital of complications from lymphoma He was 78 Inspired to work toward world peace (more) |
| Richard O. Volpe, 57, executive with shoe companies helped build ties with |
| When he was done wearing athletic shoes on the playing field, Richard O Volpe helped sell them Mr Volpe , a former shoe corporation executive, died Friday at his home in Braintree He was 57 Mr Volpe and his sister, Dorothy M , were the first se (more) |
| Modeling Coach Had Poise Beyond Posture |
| Estelle Frankel Druskin never learned to drive a car, but that did not stop her from getting where she was going in life For years, she took streetcars and buses from Chevy Chase to her modeling agency at 14th and F streets NW in the District (more) |
| Barbara McNair: 1934 - 2007 |
| February 6, 2007 LOS ANGELES Barbara McNair, the pioneering black singer actress who hosted her own TV variety show and starred in Hollywood with Sidney Poitier in the early 1970s, has died, her sister said Monday She was 72 Ms McNair died Su (more) |
| Royal Oak homemaker had zest for living |
| Essentials Homepage 1 week archive: Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun Today Photo Galleries Photo Store Multimedia Weather Horoscope Lottery Crossword Sudoku Contact Us Opinions Editorials Blogs Columnists CyberSurveys Forums Autos Autos Insider Auto Sho (more) |
| Kathleen Crow, 75; deputy to L.A. County supervisor |
| OBITUARIES Kathleen Crow, 75; deputy to L A County supervisor By Valerie J Nelson Times Staff Writer February 6, 2007 Kathleen Crow, a Republican campaign strategist and former chief deputy of Los Angeles County Supervisor Mike Antonovich, died (more) |
| Council adjourned after obituary references |
| BANGALORE: The acting Chairman of the Legislative Council, N Thippanna, adjourned the House for the day on Tuesday after makingreferences to U T Fareed, Ullal MLA, who died in the early hours of Tuesday, and 15 others, including the Bahujan Samaj P (more) |
| George Becker; President Of Steelworkers Union |
| George Becker, 78, president of the Pittsburgh based United Steelworkers of America for seven years before retiring in 2001, died Feb 3 at his home in Gibsonia, Pa He had prostate cancer (more) |
| National Science Foundation Historian J. Merton England, 91 |
| J Merton England, a history professor, author, editor, Fulbright lecturer and National Science Foundation historian, died of colon failure Jan 25 at Montgomery General Hospital He was 91 (more) |
| Obituary: Fiona Jones |
| Fiona Jones, who has died of alcoholic liver disease aged 49, was MP for Newark from 1997 to 2001, and one of the 129 women pictured in the famous 'Blair's babes' photograph which followed Labour's first landslide victory But she was the last of the (more) |
| Obituary: Hans Wegner, groundbreaking designer of Danish Modern furniture |
| Obituary: Hans Wegner, groundbreaking designer of Danish Modern furniture Published: February 6, 2007 Hans Wegner, whose Danish Modern furniture, most famously his chairs, helped change the course of design history in the 1950s and '60s by (more) |
| Lee Bergere | Television actor, 88 |
| Lee Bergere, 88, a character actor who appeared in more than 200 television shows, including an original Star Trek episode in which he played Abraham Lincoln, died Wednesday at the Colonial Poplin Nursing & Rehabilitation Facility in Fremont, N H , h (more) |
| Obituaries |
| Joe Hunter, 79, Motown's first bandleader and a three time Grammy winner with the Funk Brothers, died Feb 2 in Detroit He had diabetes, but the exact cause of death was not immediately known (more) |
| Dr. J. Dennis Freund: 1908 - 2007 |
| February 6, 2007 In the rarefied world of symphonies directed by Sir Georg Solti and ballet premieres featuring Mikhail Baryshnikov, in which his wife, Geraldine, was the great impresario, Dr J Dennis Freund was the quiet, elegant gentleman, jus (more) |
| Obituaries |
| Herman Edward Sneiderman, 91, a retired X ray technician and business owner, died after a stroke Jan 14 at Autumn Oaks Caring Center in Mountain Grove, Mo (more) |
| Singer-Actress Barbara McNair; Hosted TV Variety Program |
| Barbara McNair, the pioneering black singer actress who hosted her own TV variety show and starred with Sidney Poitier in the early 1970s, died Feb 4 of throat cancer in Los Angeles She was 72 (more) |
| George Becker: 1928 - 2007 |
| February 6, 2007 Long before dawn he would be sweating furiously, lifting iron or riding an exercise bike, his legs pumping like pistons George Becker was a firm believer in certain traditions, including staying in shape years after serving as a (more) |
| Roy Kuhlman Dies at 83; Designer for Grove Press |
| Roy Kuhlman?s jazzlike improvisational paintings and graphics for Grove Press books in the 1950s and ?60s introduced an Abstract Expressionist style to graphic design (more) |
| Eric von Schmidt, at 75; musician, artist |
| Harvard Square was a center of the rebirth of folk music in America in the late 1950s and 1960s And Eric von Schmidt was its raffish, raspy, bearded midwife Mr von Schmidt was an illustrator, painter, guitar player, blues songwriter, and outsize (more) |
| Sister Alice Price | Teacher, administrator, 85 |
| Sister Alice Price, 85, a Sister of Mercy, teacher, and religion coordinator for the Archdiocese of Philadelphia, died of a heart attack Saturday at McCauley Convent in Merion Born in the Tioga section of Philadelphia, she entered the Sisters of Mer (more) |
| Publishing Icon Charles Scripps |
| Charles E Scripps, 87, longtime board chairman of Cincinnati based media company E W Scripps Co , died Feb 3 near his home in Naples, Fla No cause of death was reported (more) |
| CORRECTION |
| The Associated Press obituary of guitarist and painter Eric von Schmidt that ran Feb 5 used an older version of the wire story The obituary gave an incorrect name for bluesman Blind Boy Fuller (more) |
| Sandra S. Greisiger | Caregiver, activist, 62 |
| Sandra Saitz Greisiger, 62, of Southampton, a caregiver and community activist, died of cancer Jan 24 at home For 15 years, Mrs Greisiger was a companion and health aide to elderly clients in their homes, and had begun writing a book about her (more) |
| S. Barry Cadigan; covered sports for Globe readers; at 80 |
| Before the New Hampshire International Speedway put New England on the map in the world of auto racing in 1990, NASCAR supporters looked to sportswriter S Barry Cadigan for the twists and turns of their emerging sport 'We in the motorsport communit (more) |
| Barbara McNair, 72; versatile actress, nightclub singer |
| Barbara McNair, 72; versatile actress, nightclub singer By Jocelyn Y Stewart Times Staff Writer February 6, 2007 The backdrop for Barbara McNair's career as a Broadway actress, nightclub singer and host of a television musical variety show was her (more) |
| Ralph de Toledano, 90, Writer Known as a Nixon Friend, Dies |
| Ralph de Toledano was a news magazine editor, syndicated columnist and author of 25 books who was best known for his friendship with Richard M Nixon and his passionate embrace of the conservative cause (more) |
| Fred W. Newsome | Engineer, 84 |
| Fred W Newsome, 84, formerly of Hatboro, a retired engineer and an actor and director of local theater productions, died of lymphoma Jan 10 at his home in Doylestown, where he had lived for five years Mr Newsome graduated from Germantown High Sch (more) |
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| M Kathleen Bell, 84, a native Washingtonian who held administrative positions with the State Department from 1944 to 1973, died Feb 3 at Sibley Memorial Hospital of cardiac arrest (more) |
| Robert Francis Bernard: 1961 - 2007 |
| February 6, 2007 Robert Francis Bernard, a Chicago tech luminary, was the architect of an enormous, yet unsuccessful merger during the days when the air was still filling the Internet balloon Mr Bernard, 45, the father of two children, died at (more) |
| Friends Recall Columnist?s Wit |
| Just like her writing, the memorial service for Molly Ivins featured issues of the day, left wing politics and lots of humor (more) |
| Margaret C. Martin | St. Joseph's employee, 81 |
| Margaret Cronin Martin, 81, of Drexel Hill, a retired administrative assistant and part time model, died of heart failure Friday in Newtown Square at the home of her daughter, Kathleen Devine Fox Mrs Martin graduated from Little Flower High School (more) |
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| Abraham Bloom, 93, a retired electrical engineer who became an advocate of universal health care as chairman of the Montgomery County Gray Panthers, died Jan 29 at the Friends Nursing Home in Sandy Spring He had prostate cancer (more) |
| Barbara McNair, 72, a Singer, Actress and Host of a TV Show, Dies |
| Ms McNair was a cabaret singer, actress and television personality of the 1960s who was noted as much for her stunning appearance as for her versatile voice (more) |
| Adrian St. John II, 85, a key adviser on European security |
| Adrian St John II, 85, a key adviser on European securityWASHINGTON Adrian St John II, a major general in the Army who was considered an architect of European security, died Jan 6 at a retirement community at suburban Fort Belvoir He was 85 H (more) |
| George Becker, Who Led Steelworkers Through Period of Growth, Dies at 78 |
| George Becker followed his father?s footsteps into a steel mill in his Illinois hometown and rose to become the sixth president of the United Steelworkers union (more) |
| Rock Climber Christopher W. Hunnicutt, 32 |
| Christopher William Hunnicutt, 32, a dedicated rock climber who sold recreational outdoor equipment for a living, died in an ice climbing accident Jan 30 in Provo Canyon, Utah For the past nine months, he lived in Salt Lake City (more) |
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