Obituaries Related to "Brooks" from New York Times Archive
What We Know About the Death of Rayshard Brooks
Killed by an Atlanta police officer just weeks after George Floyd’s death touched off nationwide protests, Mr. Brooks became a potent symbol.
Atlanta Mourns the Death of Rayshard Brooks
The family of Rayshard Brooks, who was fatally shot by an Atlanta police officer, held his funeral at the church where the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was a pastor.
Brooks Kerr, Piano Prodigy and Ellington Expert, Dies at 66
He started playing the piano when he was 2. As a teenager, he toured with the Ellington band and helped celebrate Ellington’s birthday at the White House.
Claudia Rankine on the Legacy of Gwendolyn Brooks
Two new anthologies, “The Golden Shovel Anthology” and “Revise the Psalm,” gather poems and other writings inspired by Gwendolyn Brooks’ work.
David H. Brooks, 61, Dies Serving Time for Insider Trading
The founder of the military armor maker DHB Industries was serving 17 years for insider trading and fraudulently enriching himself.
C.D. Brooks Is Dead at 85; Preached Seventh-Day Adventist Message
For six decades, Mr. Brooks used the “Breath of Life” to help convert tens of thousands and establish 15 congregations in cities across the country.
Charlotte Brooks, a Photographer for Look Magazine, Dies at 95
Ms. Brooks gave complexity to the “women’s features” she was assigned to in the postwar years.
Stan Brooks, a Familiar Voice on 1010 WINS, Dies at 86
Mr. Brooks’s tenure and prolific output on New York’s first all-news radio station made him one of the most recognized voices on the radio for more than 40 years.
Paid Notice: Deaths ARMOUR, CYNTHIA BROOKS HOWE
ARMOUR--Cynthia Brooks Howe, beloved wife of the late Norman Armour, Jr. devoted mother of Abby Deering Paine Taylor, of New York, NY, Alix Ellis Paine, of Stamford, CT, and Courtney Koudacheff Armour Regan, of Charleston, SC. Loving grandmother of Nathanial Augustus Taylor, Peter Lane Taylor, Chloe Brooks Seymore, Elizabeth Ellis Taylor, Chauncey Brooks Regan, and Winston Deering Regan, & loving great-grandmother of Whitney Deering Taylor. Funeral service on Wednesday, July 7 at 2PM at St. Jame ...
Brooks Kerr, Piano Prodigy and Ellington Expert, Dies at 66
He started playing the piano when he was 2. As a teenager, he toured with the Ellington band and helped celebrate Ellington’s birthday at the White House.
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Andrew Kassoy, 55, Dies; Saw Capitalism as a Force for Social Good
He was a founder of B Lab, a nonprofit network whose lofty mission is “transforming the global economy to benefit all people, communities and the planet.”
David Gergen, Adviser to Presidents and Political Commentator, Dies at 83
He served under Nixon, Ford, Reagan and Clinton before becoming a top editor and a familiar TV pundit. “Centrism doesn’t mean splitting the difference,” he said.
Mark Snow, Who Conjured the ‘X-Files’ Theme, Is Dead at 78
It took a misplaced elbow, a quirk of Los Angeles geography and some whistling from his wife to produce one of television’s most memorable melodies.
Brian Clarke, Stained-Glass Innovator, Is Dead at 71
Believing that the art form had to move from religious to secular settings, he designed installations in airports, corporate buildings, a country club and a marketplace.
Dave ‘Baby’ Cortez, Hitmaker Who Seemed to Vanish, Is Dead at 83
His “The Happy Organ” reached No. 1 in 1959, but his pop stardom was short-lived, and his death in 2022, with an anonymous burial, remains a source of mystery.
Bill Dilworth, Caretaker of ‘The New York Earth Room,’ Is Dead at 70
For decades, he tended a SoHo loft filled with dirt, made by the conceptual artist Walter De Maria. People made pilgrimages to see it — and Mr. Dilworth, its magnetic steward.
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