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Jeanne-Claude , 74 (1935 - 2009)
The Associated Press NEW YORK — Artist Jeanne-Claude, who created the 2005 Central Park installation "The Gates" and other large scale "wrapping" projects around the globe with her husband Christo, has died. She was 74. Jeanne-Claude died Wednesday night at a New York hospital from complications of a brain aneurysm, her family said in an e-mail statement. Mayor Michael Bloomberg...
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Sy Syms (2009)
Associated Press NEW YORK -- Sy Syms, founder and chairman of the SYMS Corp. discount clothing chain, died of heart failure Tuesday in New York, according to a statement issued by the company. He was 83. Syms founded his apparel business in 1959 in New York's financial district as a discount retailer of off-price men's clothes. By 1983, he had expanded the business to 11 stores and taken...
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Earl Cooley, 98 (1911 - 2009)
The following story courtesy of The Wall Street Journal By STEPHEN MILLER On the afternoon of July 12, 1940, Earl Cooley jumped out of an airplane and into history by parachuting to fight an Idaho forest fire, as part of the first team of smokejumpers. Mr. Cooley, who died Nov. 9 at age 98, went on to become the superintendent of the U.S. Forest Service's first squad of smokejumpers,...
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Elisabeth Soderstrom, 82 (1927 - 2009)
STOCKHOLM (AP) -Swedish soprano Elisabeth Soderstrom, an international opera star, has died, her husband Sverker Olow says. Olow says Soderstrom died in Stockholm early Friday morning of complications from a stroke. Soderstrom, who was 82, made her debut in 1947 at the Drottningholm Palace Theatre, singing in one of Mozart's lesser-known works. From 1949 to 1980 she performed at the...
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Nao Takasugi (2009)
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - Former state Assemblyman Nao Takasugi (NAH'-oh tah-kah-SOO'-gee), who was sent to a Japanese internment camp during World War II, has died. He was 87. Takasugi, a Republican from Oxnard, spent six years in the Legislature before he was termed out of office in 1998. He had been the mayor of Oxnard for 10 years before winning the Assembly seat. His son, Ronald...
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Patriarch Pavle, 95 (1914 - 2009)
By DUSAN STOJANOVIC - Associated Press Writer BELGRADE, Serbia Serbian Orthodox Church Patriarch Pavle, who called for peace and conciliation during the Balkan ethnic wars of the 1990s but...
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Bruce King, 85 (1924 - 2009)
By DEBORAH BAKER, Associated Press Writer SANTA FE, N.M. -- Former New Mexico Gov. Bruce King, a folksy cattle rancher who served more time as governor than anyone else and became an...
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John J. O'Connor III (2009)
The Associated Press WASHINGTON — John J. O'Connor III, the husband of retired Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, has died. The court said that O'Connor, 79, died Wednesday in...
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Vitaly Ginzburg, 93 (1916 - 2009)
By MANSUR MIROVALEV, Associated Press Writer MOSCOW Vitaly Ginzburg, a Nobel prize-winning Russian physicist and one of the fathers of the Soviet hydrogen bomb, has died in Moscow. He was 93...
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Fort Hood Victims (2009)
By CARYN ROUSSEAU and ROBERT IMRIE, Associated Press Writers Caryn Rousseau And Robert Imrie, Associated Press Writers The 13 people killed when an Army psychiatrist allegedly opened fire on...
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Claude Levi-Strauss, 100 (1908 - 2009)
The Associated Press By ANGELA DOLAND PARIS—Claude Levi-Strauss, widely considered the father of modern anthropology for work that included theories about commonalities between tribal and...
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Francisco Ayala, 103 (1906 - 2009)
By CIARAN GILES Associated Press Writer MADRID—Francisco Ayala, a novelist, sociologist and one of Spain's leading scholars, died Tuesday at age 103 after outliving the dictatorship that...
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Stefanie Spielman (1968 - 2009)
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - Stefanie Spielman, the wife of NFL and Ohio State star Chris Spielman who led a public fight against breast cancer, died Thursday after a lengthy battle with the disease. She...
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James Armstrong (2009)
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (Associated Press) - Birmingham barber and civil rights foot soldier James Armstrong has died. He was 86. Armstrong died Wednesday. The Birmingham News first reported Armstrong...
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Jose Cisneros (2009)
EL PASO, Texas (Associated Press) - Artist Jose Cisneros, known for his vivid depictions of the people and culture of the Southwest, has died in El Paso. A funeral mass was scheduled Wednesday...
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Thomas Benton Hollyman, 89 (1919 - 2009)
NEW YORK (Associated Press) - Thomas Benton Hollyman, a leading magazine photographer who worked on the classic movie "Lord of the Flies," has died at 89. Hollyman died Saturday in Austin...
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Irving Kriesberg (2009)
NEW YORK (Associated Press) - American painter Irving Kriesberg has died in New York City. He combined intense abstract colors with human and animal elements. His son, Matthias, tells The...
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David A. Olsen (2009)
NEW YORK (Associated Press) - A Marsh & McLennan Cos. board member, David A. Olsen, died Saturday, the company said in a statement Wednesday. He was 71. Olsen had served on the board of the...
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Huang Tingxin (2009)
The Associated Press BEIJING — The last Chinese veteran of the 1944 liberation of France has died, state media reported Wednesday. Huang Tingxin had been an officer aboard the British...
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Ed Czekaj (2009)
STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (Associated Press) - Former Penn State University athletic director Ed Czekaj, who was credited with helping coach Joe Paterno build the football team for its success in the...
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Ken Kirk (2009)
Associated Press TUPELO, Miss. -- Ken Kirk, a co-captain on the 1959 Ole Miss national championship football team, has died at a Tupelo hospital. He was 71. Kirk died Monday at the North...
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Ken Ober, 52 (1957 - 2009)
Ken Ober, who hosted the 1980s MTV game show "Remote Control" and helped produce the shows "Mind of Mencia" and "The New Adventures of Old Christine," has died. He was 52. His agent, Lee Kernis...
