The New York Times – Film:
He created realistic imagery for the “Star Wars” franchise, the Indiana Jones films and the “Back to the Future” trilogy. He also put Alice Cooper in a tuxedo and tails for an album cover.
Author: Richard Sandomir
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Drew Struzan, Masterly Painter of Movie Posters, Dies at 78
The New York Times – Film:
He created realistic imagery for the “Star Wars” franchise, the Indiana Jones films and the “Back to the Future” trilogy. He also put Alice Cooper in a tuxedo and tails for an album cover.
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Samantha Eggar, Oscar-Nominated Star of ‘The Collector,’ Dies at 86
The New York Times – Film:
She also had leading roles in “Doctor Dolittle” with Rex Harrison, “Walk, Don’t Run” with Cary Grant and “The Molly Maguires” with Sean Connery.
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Alfa-Betty Olsen, Behind-the-Scenes ‘Comic Conspirator,’ Dies at 88
The New York Times – Film:
After quietly helping Mel Brooks set the irreverent tone on “Get Smart” and “The Producers,” she had a long collaboration as a writer with the actor and humorist Marshall Efron.
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Jim McNeely, Innovative Composer for Jazz Big Bands, Dies at 76
The New York Times – Music:
A Grammy-winning pianist, he was renowned for works that created “new ideas about line, harmony, rhythm, sound and musical architecture,” one admirer wrote.
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Frank Price, Hollywood Studio Chief Several Times Over, Dies at 95
The New York Times – Film:
He ran Universal’s television and movie businesses and had two stints at Columbia. Running a studio, he said, was “sort of like being the head of a small country.”
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Rick Kuhn, 69, Dies; Convicted in a College Gambling Scandal
The New York Times – Film:
While playing basketball at Boston College, he participated in a point-shaving scheme with Henry Hill, the mobster later portrayed in the movie “Goodfellas.”
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Mike Pinder, Founding Keyboardist of the Moody Blues, Dies at 82
The New York Times – Music:
His expertise on the electromechanical Mellotron helped define the band’s progressive sound in the 1960s and ’70s on albums like “Days of Future Passed.”