Obituaries Related to "Gordon" from New York Times Archive
Faith Stewart-Gordon, Doyenne of the Russian Tea Room, Dies at 88
After her husband died in 1967, she was the sole owner of the festive Manhattan gathering and gossiping spot until she sold it in 1995.
Gordon Bower, Inventive Memory Researcher, Is Dead at 87
In a long career at Stanford, he was known for elegant experiments that explored how we learn and how we remember.
Stuart Gordon, Whose Films Reanimated Horror, Dies at 72
His low-budget movies, notably the cult favorite “Re-Animator,” combined grisly body horror with a mordant sense of humor.
Joyce Gordon, Who Broke the Glasses Ceiling on TV, Dies at 90
As a bespectacled pitchwoman, she defied a stereotype. She was also a screen actors’ labor leader and a familiar voice (“The number you have reached is no longer in service”).
Lorraine Gordon, Keeper of the Village Vanguard Flame, Dies at 95
A lifelong jazz fan, Ms. Gordon took over New York’s most venerated jazz nightclub when her husband died in 1989 and had run it ever since.
Gordon M. Ambach, New York Education Chief in ’80s, Dies at 83
He persuaded the New York State Regents to pass more rigorous academic standards for high school graduation.
Notable Deaths 2017: Richard Gordon
Notable Deaths 2016: Gordon Davidson
Mel Gordon, Drama Scholar of the Fringe, Is Dead at 71
An insatiable curiosity led him to contemplate Jewish superheroes, bad acting, the sexualized worlds of Weimer Berlin and Risqué Paris, and more.
Richard Gordon, Astronaut Who Reached for Moon and Very Nearly Made It, Dies at 88
Mr. Gordon undertook a harrowing spacewalk in 1966 and orbited the moon in 1969, but he never achieved his dream of walking on the lunar surface.
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Dick Zimmer, N.J. Congressman Who Sponsored Megan’s Law, Dies at 81
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Jacqueline de Ribes, Tastemaker and Fashion Avatar, Dies at 96
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Richard Smallwood, 77, Choral Leader and Composer of Gospel Hits, Dies
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