• Obituaries of Notable People in the Art/Architecture Category



  • Jan Krugier (2008)

    Jan  Krugier

    GENEVA - Art dealer Jan Krugier, an Auschwitz survivor who collected the works of Picasso and other renowned artists to help himself move past the horrors of the Nazi era, has died. He was 80. Krugier died as the result of an infection Saturday surrounded by his family and close friends at his Geneva home, said Evelyne Ferlay, the director of his Geneva gallery. Krugier was born into a...

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  • Cecil Stoughton, 88 (1920 - 2008)

    Cecil  Stoughton

    NEW YORK - Cecil Stoughton, the White House photographer who shot the iconic image of Lyndon Johnson taking the oath of office after John F. Kennedy was assassinated, has died. He was 88. Stoughton died Monday evening at his home on Merritt Island, Fla., his son Jamie Stoughton said. The photo he took of the swearing-in ceremony aboard Air Force One, Johnson with his hand raised and a...

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  • Alex Rivera (2008)

    Alex  Rivera

    DURHAM, N.C.- Photojournalist Alex Rivera, who spent his career covering the civil rights movement and working at North Carolina Central University, died Thursday. He was 95. A cause of death was not immediately known. The death was confirmed by the university. Rivera was born in Greensboro and grew up immersed in civil rights activism with his father, an active member of the NAACP. He...

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  • William Claxton, 80 (1927 - 2008)

    William  Claxton

    Los Angeles - William Claxton, a celebrated photographer who worked with such entertainers as Bob Dylan and Frank Sinatra and who helped establish the organization that runs the Grammy Awards, has died. He was 80. Claxton died Saturday at Cedars Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles of complications stemming from congestive heart failure, his son Christopher said. He was best known...

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  • Georgi Kitov, 65 (1943 - 2008)

    Georgi  Kitov

    SOFIA, Bulgaria -- Archaeologist Georgi Kitov--an expert on the treasure-rich Thracian culture of antiquity--died of a heart attack while excavating a temple in central Bulgaria considered to be one of his greatest discoveries, his family said Thursday. He was 65. Kitov died Sunday during the excavation of a large Thracian temple surrounded by lavishly furnished graves near the village of...

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