The New York Times – Film:
After she and her husband, a fellow writer, saw work in Hollywood dry up during the Red Scare, they continued their careers in self-exile overseas.
Author: Clay Risen
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Carlos Lyra, Composer Who Brought Finesse to Bossa Nova, Dies at 90
The New York Times – Music:
When Brazilian musicians fused samba with jazz and classical influences in the 1950s and ’60s, he was among the first, and the best.
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Colette Maze, Pianist Whose Recording Career Started Late, Dies at 109
The New York Times – Music:
Born before the outbreak of World War I, she began making albums in her 80s. She released her latest, “109 Ans de Piano,” this year.
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Denny Laine, Founding Member of the Moody Blues and Wings, Dies at 79
The New York Times – Music:
He wrote “Mull of Kintyre” with Paul McCartney and was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame with the Moody Blues.
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Joss Ackland, Busy, Versatile Actor on Stage and Screen, Dies at 95
The New York Times – Film:
He was a villain in “Lethal Weapon 2,” C.S. Lewis on TV in “Shadowlands” and Falstaff onstage in “Henry IV” — and had a cameo in a Pet Shop Boys video.
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Rock Brynner, Son of Hollywood Royalty Who Cut His Own Path, Dies at 76
The New York Times – Music:
The only male child of the actor Yul Brynner, he built a peripatetic career as a writer, historian, novelist, playwright — and roadie for the Band.
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Myron Goldfinger, 90, Architect of Monumental Modernist Homes, Dies
The New York Times – Film:
His houses, which dot the Hamptons and other parts of the New York region, include a residence featured in “The Wolf of Wall Street.”