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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.
Author: Richard Sandomir
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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
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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.
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Billy Steinberg, Hitmaking Lyricist of Madonna’s ‘Like a Virgin,’ Dies at 75
The New York Times – Music:
He co-wrote five pop-rock songs that soared to No. 1 in the 1980s and shared in a Grammy for producing Celine Dion’s 1996 album “Falling Into You.”
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Roger Allers Dies at 76; Helped Put ‘Lion King’ on Screens and Onstage
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A Disney fan who once “flew” off his couch as a 4-year-old Peter Pan, he was a co-director of the animated film and a co-writer of the Broadway musical, both of them megahits.
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Phyllis Lee Levin, Times Fashion Reporter and Biographer, Dies at 104
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Her 1960 essay about the frustrations of educated women prefigured Betty Friedan’s “The Feminine Mystique.” She later wrote books on John Quincy Adams and others.
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Bill Ivey, Who Soothed Critics of Federal Arts Agency, Dies at 81
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By reducing the National Endowment for the Arts’s focus on avant-garde work, he eased conservative anger and won increased funding.
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Elizabeth Franz, Versatile Tony-Winning Actress, Is Dead at 84
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She won the award for her performance as Linda Loman in a 1999 Broadway revival of “Death of a Salesman” and played the matriarch Kate Jerome in two Neil Simon comedies.
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Bjorn Andresen, Reluctant ‘Most Beautiful Boy,’ Dies at 70
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At 15, he played the muse to an ailing composer in Luchino Visconti’s film “Death in Venice.” He later said he’d felt sexualized by the director.