The New York Times – Sports:
He led the N.H.L. in goals twice as his team won four consecutive Stanley Cups in the early ’80s, but he felt it never got the recognition it deserved.
Category: Deaths (Obituaries)
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Franz Mohr, Piano Tuner to the Stars, Is Dead at 94
The New York Times – Music:
“I play more in Carnegie Hall than anybody else,” he said of his career adjusting instruments for Horowitz, Gould and others, “but I have no audience.”
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Michel Bouquet, Award-Winning French Actor, Dies at 96
The New York Times – Film:
One of his country’s great theater actors, he went on to appear in over 100 films during a decades-long career.
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Jordan Mooney, an Avatar of Punk Style, Dies at 66
The New York Times – Fashion & Style:
Swathed in rubber and glowering from spiked heels, she was a fearsome figurehead for a generation of disaffected English teenagers.
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Rayfield Wright, Cowboys’ Hall of Fame Lineman, Dies at 76
The New York Times – Sports:
He was an All-Pro right tackle in the 1970s. But in retirement he was diagnosed with dementia, which he linked to repeated hits to the head.
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Herb Turetzky, Nets’ Official Scorer for 54 Years, Dies at 76
The New York Times – Sports:
He recorded the statistics of more than 2,200 home games for the team in both New York and New Jersey, and in both the American and National Basketball Associations.
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Joseph Kalichstein, Pianist of Subtlety and Refinement, Dies at 76
The New York Times – Music:
An acclaimed exponent of Schumann, Brahms and Mendelssohn, he was best known for his work as a member of the Kalichstein-Laredo-Robinson Trio.
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Mira Calix, Iconoclastic Composer and Artist, Dies at 52
The New York Times – Music:
Her work spanned albums, public art installations, music for Shakespeare plays and touring with Radiohead.
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Nehemiah Persoff, Actor With a Familiar Face (and Voice), Dies at 102
The New York Times – Film:
His most prominent roles included three tenderly caring parents, but he was most associated with the dapper gangsters he portrayed in the movies and on television.