Obituaries Related to "Grant" from New York Times Archive
Grant Imahara, Engineer Who Co-Hosted ‘MythBusters,’ Dies at 49
Mr. Imahara also worked behind the scenes on the “Matrix” sequels, among other films, and operated the robot R2-D2 in the “Star Wars” prequels.
John Rankin, Grant Proposal Writer Who Loved Languages, Dies at 65
Mr. Rankin was a proposal writer working in the Washington area before a series of strokes beginning in 2013 left him disabled. He died of the coronavirus.
Texas Inmate Who Spent Nearly 40 Years on Death Row Is Granted Parole
Bobby Moore, 60, had been the center of a landmark case in which the U.S. Supreme Court overturned his death sentence because he is intellectually disabled.
YouTube Star Grant Thompson Dies in Paragliding Accident
Mr. Thompson rose to fame as the man behind the popular channel “The King of Random.”
Barbara Winslow Grant, Mother of Times Chairman, Dies at 90
Ms. Grant, who was the wife of one Times publisher, mother of another and grandmother of a third, devoted much of her life to volunteerism.
A New Law Made Him a ‘Free Man on Paper,’ but He Died Behind Bars
The case of Steve Cheatham shows why so many families were pinning their hopes on the bipartisan criminal justice overhaul. For Mr. Cheatham, the reprieve came too late.
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Grant Hart, Hüsker Dü Drummer and Singer, Dies at 56
Mr. Hart, along with Bob Mould and Greg Norton, started Hüsker Dü, an early member of the hardcore movement, in the late 1970s in Minnesota.
Lois Dickson Rice, Trailblazing Executive Behind Pell Grants, Dies at 83
Ms. Rice, who started life as a janitor’s daughter, helped persuade Congress to provide federal subsidies to tens of millions of needy college students.
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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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