Category: Obituaries

She collapsed a day after the police raided her home and the offices of The Marion County Record, a weekly paper in Kansas. NYT > Obituaries

As president of a foundation established by her father, she focused her grant making on issues related to the city’s architecture, design and quality of life. NYT > Obituaries

He made his name with two of the biggest box-office hits of the 1970s. But despite some later successes, he never regained his early acclaim. NYT > Obituaries

In a widely read book, he detailed gruesome biological experiments on people at a secret Imperial Army site in occupied China before and during World War II. NYT >...

The go-to guru for those seeking their dream yurt, spiritual retreat or treehouse, he brought forth his handmade structures like a wizard with a chain saw. NYT > Obituaries

She broke out with the single “Nothing Compares 2 U,” then caused an uproar a few years later by ripping up a photo of Pope John Paul II on...

He played a role in the celebrated Allied operation to preserve European artworks and cultural treasures stolen by the Nazis. NYT > Obituaries

He built Countrywide Financial into the country’s largest mortgage lender, but its increasingly risky loans helped precipitate the 2008 financial crisis. NYT > Obituaries

One of the first Black superstars in classical music, he awed audiences with his charisma and his technical powers. NYT > Obituaries

A noted constitutional law scholar, he also led Columbia University Law School and two networks of for-profit private schools. NYT > Obituaries