Obituaries Related to "Booth" from New York Times Archive
Richard Booth, Self-Crowned King of Used Books, Dies at 80
He transformed a fading Welsh town into a tourist magnet by buying books in bulk from colleges, libraries, defunct wholesalers and collectors’ estates.
Hugh Southern, a Creator of the TKTS Booth, Dies at 87
He held high-profile positions at the Metropolitan Opera and the National Endowment for the Arts, battling critics who wanted to abolish the agency.
Paul Booth, Antiwar Organizer and Union Stalwart, Dies at 74
A chief architect of the 1965 march on Washington against the Vietnam War, he later became a key adviser to the nation’s largest public employee union.
Frank Gifford, Star for Giants and in the Broadcast Booth, Dies at 84
Gifford was a Hall of Fame running back and receiver who personified the Giants’ glory years of the late 1950s and early ’60s and then became a mainstay on television.
Booth Gardner Dies at 76; Ex-Washington Governor
Mr. Gardner served two terms and then led a campaign to allow physician-assisted suicide after becoming a Parkinson’s disease patient.
Shirley Booth, Star of TV, Radio, Stage and Screen, Is Dead at 94
American stage, screen, radio and television actress
Sunday's News of Hockey, 10/25/09: Booth Out of Hospital; Chadwick, 'Big Whistle,' Dead at 94
The N.H.L. loses a New York-born and -bred icon.
Sunday’s News of Hockey, 10/25/09: Booth Out of Hospital; Chadwick, ‘Big Whistle,’ Dead at 94
The N.H.L. loses a New York-born and -bred icon.
John Booth, 89, Author of Theater Books, Is Dead
Mr. Booth wrote books about the performing arts and was the first chairman of the Theater Development Fund, which for more than 40 years has offered discount tickets at its TKTS booths in Manhattan.
Booth Gardner Dies at 76; Ex-Washington Governor
Mr. Gardner served two terms and then led a campaign to allow physician-assisted suicide after becoming a Parkinson’s disease patient.
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John Cunningham, Character Actor and Broadway Stalwart, Dies at 93
He was a familiar face from Broadway productions of “Company,” “Titanic” and “Six Degrees of Separation” and from many movie and TV appearances.
Jim Hartung, Gymnast Who Helped Deliver U.S. Gold, Dies at 65
In an upset victory over China at the 1984 Olympics, he and five others became the only American men ever to win the gold medal in the gymnastics team competition.
Frank Dunlop, 98, Dies; Director Who Gave Theater a Free-Spirited Spin
In 1970, he founded London’s Young Vic, an adventurous “people’s theater” (the Who took the stage at one point) before shaking up the Brooklyn Academy of Music.
Renfrew Christie Dies at 76; Sabotaged Racist Regime’s Nuclear Program
He played a key role in ending apartheid South Africa’s secret weapons program in the 1980s by helping the African National Congress bomb critical facilities.
Rebecca Kilgore, 76, Dies; Acclaimed Interpreter of American Songbook
An elegant jazz singer with adventurous taste, she counted among her fans the performer Michael Feinstein and the songwriter Dave Frishberg, who called her technique “flawless.”
Claudette Colvin, Who Refused to Give Her Bus Seat to a White Woman, Dies at 86
Her defiance of Jim Crow laws in 1955 made her a star witness in a landmark segregation suit, but her act was overshadowed months later when Rosa Parks made history with a similar stand.
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