Obituaries Related to "Hooper" from New York Times Archive
Nakotah LaRance, Acclaimed Native American Hoop Dancer, Dies at 30
A nine-time winner at the World Championship of Hoop Dance, he also performed with Cirque du Soleil.
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How to talk to your children about the new coronavirus and its wide-ranging effects.
Gene Pingatore, ‘Hoop Dreams’ Documentary Coach, Dies at 82
He won 1,035 basketball games at St. Joseph High School, near Chicago. But he was best known for his role in an acclaimed documentary.
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Tobe Hooper, Director of ‘The Texas Chain Saw Massacre,’ Dies at 74
Finding little to scare him in most horror films, Mr. Hooper was inspired to create a low-budget movie that became an influential classic of the genre.
John Andariese, Knicks Broadcaster Known as ‘Johnny Hoops,’ Dies at 78
Andariese, who appeared in the N.I.T. twice with Fordham but never played or coached in the N.B.A., said he was driven to spread his love of the game.
Hula Hoop's father, Richard Knerr, dies at 82
Richard Knerr, who gave the company he and a friend started in a garage the altogether appropriate name Wham-O, then marketed products that for two decades virtually defined frivolity in postwar America, from the Hula Hoop to the Frisbee to the SuperBall, died Monday at his home in Arcadia, California. He was 82.
Paid Notice: Deaths KRUSEN, ELIZABETH HOOPES
KRUSEN--Elizabeth Hoopes, a resident of Vicar's Landing, Ponte Vedra Beach, FL and Manchester Center, VT died November 22, 2006 at the age of 98. She had also resided in Summit, NJ, and Shelter Island, NY and was a long time resident of Lost Tree Village in North Palm Beach, FL. Her husband, H. Stanley Krusen predeceased her in 1995. Mrs. Krusen was born October 20, 1908 in Sewickly, PA to Edward Hoopes and Elizabeth Miller Geary. She studied at the New York School of Fine and Applied Arts (Pars ...
Donelson Hoopes, 73, Curator and Historian of American Painting, Dies
Donelson Hoopes, curator and authority on 19th- and 20th-century American paintings, dies at age 73 (M)
Townsend Hoopes, 82, Author Who Wrote About Vietnam, Dies
Townsend Hoopes, author and onetime Washington insider who wrote of how Pres Lyndon Johnson tried to de-escalate Vietnam War in 1968, dies at age 82; photo (M)
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Edward Hoagland, Lyrical Chronicler of the Natural World, Dies at 93
In essays and books, he explored physical landscapes and the terrain of his own life, up to the blindness that overtook him in his later years.
Susan Sheehan, Pulitzer-Winning Chronicler of Lives on the Margins, Dies at 88
As a journalist and author, she wrote meticulous portraits of people for The New Yorker. Her book “Is There No Place on Earth for Me?” won the Pulitzer Prize.
Norman Francis, 94, Who Led Xavier U. in New Orleans Into New Era, Dies
He was among America’s longest-serving college presidents, with a 47-year tenure, and played an important civil-rights role in New Orleans.
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.
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