Obituaries Related to "Tapia" from New York Times Archive
Johnny Tapia, Champion Boxer Amid Chaos, Dies at 45
Tapia won titles in three weight divisions but struggled with mental illness and addiction, having been declared clinically dead five times as a result of drug overdoses.
Bill Tapia, Virtuoso Ukulele Player, Dies at 103
Mr. Tapia was a premier musician from Honolulu who switched to guitar to play jazz and was then “discovered” as the ukulele had a recent resurgence.
OBITUARY.; Death of Lion. Cave Johnson. The Death of Gen. Tapia.
Johnson, Hon. Cave
THE RIO GRANDE.; Assault on Matamoras--Death of Gen. Tapia.
A special dispatch from Brownsville to the Courier, dated the 11th, reports that a spirited attack on Matamoras took place on the 9th instant. The skirmish lasted several hours, the assaulting party, under TAPIA, gaining the advantage, but distrusting CORTINAS, he did not follow up his success.
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Willie Colón, a Luminary of Salsa Music, Dies at 75
A trombonist, singer, bandleader, composer and arranger, he collaborated with Rubén Blades on “Siembra,” a 1978 release that became one of the top-selling salsa albums of all time.
Tom Noonan, Actor Renowned for Onscreen Menace, Dies at 74
He played memorable screen villains, notably a psychopath in “Manhunter,” but also wrote, directed and starred in well-received plays at a theater he founded in Manhattan.
Bill Mazeroski, 89, Whose 9th-Inning Blast Made Pirates Champs, Is Dead
It was Game 7 of the 1960 World Series, when an infielder known for his glove, not his bat, crushed the powerful Yankees with one swing, bringing joy to Pittsburgh.
John Shirreffs, 80, Dies; Trainer of a Nearly Perfect Horse
He guided Zenyatta, a spectacular mare, to 19 consecutive wins. Earlier, he won the Kentucky Derby with Giacomo, a 50-1 long shot.
Michael Silverblatt, NPR’s ‘Bookworm’ Who Interviewed Authors, Dies at 73
His public radio show, “Bookworm,” was a literary salon of the air for 33 years, drawing guests like Joan Didion, Susan Sontag and David Foster Wallace.
Christopher S. Wren, Times Bureau Chief in Hostile Lands, Dies at 89
Over three decades, he reported from Moscow, Beijing, Tehran and elsewhere and wrote well-received books based on his reporting, including one about his globe-trotting cat.
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