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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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.”
David Webb, Investor Who Took on Hong Kong Tycoons, Dies at 60
From his internet platform, he became a tenacious watchdog fighting financial regulators for minority shareholders and exposing shady business dealings.
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.
Scott Adams, Creator of the Satirical ‘Dilbert’ Comic Strip, Dies at 68
His chronicles of a corporate cubicle dweller was widely distributed until racist comments on his podcast led newspapers to cut their ties with him.
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