The New York Times – Film:
He helped create Buckwheat, Mister Robinson and other characters Mr. Murphy played on “Saturday Night Live,” and was a writer of films like “Coming to America.”
Author: Richard Sandomir
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Dean Tavoularis, Oscar-Winning Production Designer for Coppola, Dies at 93
The New York Times – Film:
He worked on 13 Francis Ford Coppola films, including “The Godfather” trilogy and “Apocalypse Now,” and recreated the Las Vegas Strip for “One From the Heart.”
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Luis Puenzo, Director of Oscar-Winning Argentine Film, Dies at 80
The New York Times – Film:
“The Official Story,” set during Argentina’s brutal military dictatorship, won the country its first Academy Award for best foreign language film, in 1986.
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Alan Osmond, Who Led His Brothers in a Boy Band, Dies at 76
The New York Times – Music:
He was the eldest original member of the Osmonds, a family singing group that hit it big in the 1970s with songs like “One Bad Apple.”
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Roger Adams Dies at 71; Invented the Rolling Sneakers Known as Heelys
The New York Times – Fashion & Style:
You could walk in them like gym shoes, but if you rocked back on your heels the wheels emerged, turning them into roller skates. In the early 2000s, the company sold millions.
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Wayne Perkins, Guitarist to the Stars, Dies at 74
The New York Times – Music:
Mr. Perkins worked with Bob Marley, Joni Mitchell and many others, almost joined the Rolling Stones and turned down an offer from Lynyrd Skynyrd.
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Nathan Farb, 85, Dies; Photographed Hippies, Siberians and Mountains
The New York Times – Fashion & Style:
His camera captured subjects as diverse as New York City during the Summer of Love in 1967, Siberia under Soviet rule and the Adirondacks in upstate New York.
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Jeremy Larner, Who Wrote ‘The Candidate,’ a Political Film Classic, Dies at 88
The New York Times – Film:
His Oscar-winning 1972 screenplay starred Robert Redford as an idealistic public interest lawyer making a run for the Senate.
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Tom Noonan, Actor Renowned for Onscreen Menace, Dies at 74
The New York Times – Film:
He played memorable screen villains, notably a psychopath in “Manhunter,” but also wrote, directed and starred in well-received plays at a theater he founded in Manhattan.