Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston, 90, Dies; Her Internment Inspired a Memoir
Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston, whose memoir about living as a child in an internment camp during World War II put a personal stamp on the hysteria that led the United States…
Zilia Sánchez, Painter Who Found Fame Late in Life, Dies at 98
Sometime in the 1950s, Zilia Sánchez, a Cuban-born painter, was crying on a Havana rooftop, mourning the recent death of her father, when she caught a sight that would shape…
Howard Buten, Autism Therapist, Novelist and Clown, Is Dead at 74
Howard Buten, a college dropout from Detroit, juggled three extraordinary lives. In one, he was a tender, clumsy and wordless red-nosed clown named Buffo. He sold out theaters around the…
Shirah Neiman, Pathbreaking New York City Prosecutor, Dies at 81
Shirah Neiman, a bookish Brooklynite who in 1970 cracked open the boys’ club that was the U.S. attorney’s office for the Southern District of New York, becoming the first woman…
Readers Share Their Near-Death Experiences
In early 1988, the British neuropsychiatrist Dr. Peter Fenwick, an expert on near-death experiences, appeared in the BBC documentary “Glimpses of Death” to comment on the near-death visions of people…
Joan Plowright, Award-Winning Actress and Olivier’s Widow, Dies at 95
Joan Plowright, a British actress who brought an innate dignity to her characters, whether she was playing an elegant, name-dropping dowager or a working-class teenager, died on Thursday in Northwood,…
David Lynch Dead: ‘Twin Peaks’ and ‘Mulholland Drive’ Director Was 78
Defining His Style The first child of Donald Lynch, a research scientist for the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Forest Service, and Edwina (Sundholm) Lynch, David Keith Lynch was born on…
Bob Uecker, Clubhouse Wit-Turned-Popular Sportscaster, Dies at 90
Bob Uecker, the clubhouse wit who turned his tales of inferiority as a major league catcher into a comic narrative that animated his second career as a sportscaster and commercial…
Bill McCartney, Coach Who Led a Movement for ‘Godly’ Men, Dies at 84
Bill McCartney, a football coach who in the 1980s took the University of Colorado from perennial losers to national champions, but who later left behind his $350,000 annual salary to…
Rick Kuhn, 69, Dies; Convicted in a College Gambling Scandal
Rick Kuhn, a Boston College basketball player who was convicted for taking part in a headline-making point-shaving scandal that was largely organized by Henry Hill, the mobster played by Ray…