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Jake Burton Carpenter, Who Ushered in Snowboarding as a Sport, Dies at 65

2019-11-22T16:39:08+0000

After his fascination with the Snurfer, a crude version of a snowboard created in the 1960s, he built the first successful snowboard company.


Al Burton, 91, Dies; Sitcom Producer With an Eye for Youth Culture

2019-11-04T22:04:45+0000

He began his career with a show about teenagers, then helped get “Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman” and “The Facts of Life” onto the air.


Blanche Burton-Lyles, Pianist and Flame Keeper, Dies at 85

2018-11-20T20:04:27+0000

After her own performing career, which began when she was a child, she promoted the legacy of the woman who had encouraged her, Marian Anderson.


Burton Richter, a Nobel Winner for Plumbing Matter, Dies at 87

2018-07-23T21:10:53+0000

He shared the 1976 physics prize for the discovery of an unexpected particle, a building block of the universe, in a high-speed accelerator he had designed.


Wendell Burton, Actor and Megachurch Minister, Dies at 69

2017-06-04T23:37:01+0000

Mr. Burton was cast opposite Liza Minnelli in the 1969 film “The Sterile Cuckoo.”


Burton Watson, 91, Influential Translator of Classical Asian Literature, Dies

2017-05-03T23:57:21+0000

Mr. Watson opened up the world of Japanese and Chinese texts to generations of English-speaking readers, with dozens of his works still in print.


Dr. Burton J. Lee, 86, Reagan AIDS Panelist and Bush’s White House Physician, Dies

2016-12-02T01:16:51+0000

Dr. Lee diagnosed the elder Mr. Bush’s thyroid condition, treated him after he vomited at a state dinner and earlier recommended government support for AIDS patients.


Tony Burton, Apollo Creed’s Trainer in ‘Rocky’ Movies, Dies at 78

2016-02-26T18:34:35+0000

Mr. Burton, who played Duke in six Rocky films, was a former boxing champion himself.


Gabrielle Burton, Feminist Novelist and Screenwriter, Dies at 76

2015-09-10T02:15:39+0000

Ms. Burton considered conventional marriage lopsided but identified with the pioneering Donner Party wife who perished protecting her husband.


Burton R. Lifland, Bankruptcy Judge in Big Cases, Dies at 84

2014-01-15T04:39:20+0000

One of Judge Lifland’s biggest challenges was sifting through the wreckage of Bernard L. Madoff’s multibillion-dollar Ponzi scheme.



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David Gergen, Adviser to Presidents and Political Commentator, Dies at 83

Sat, 12 Jul 2025 04:08:15 +0000

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

Sat, 12 Jul 2025 04:34:32 +0000

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

Fri, 11 Jul 2025 22:34:55 +0000

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

Sat, 12 Jul 2025 04:52:44 +0000

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.

Henry Mount Charles, Whose Castle Was a Mecca for Rock, Dies at 74

Thu, 10 Jul 2025 04:27:38 +0000

To preserve his Irish manor, he staged concerts on its grounds, drawing the likes of U2, Bruce Springsteen, Bob Dylan, Madonna, 50 Cent and the Rolling Stones as well as tens of thousands of fans.

Richard Greenberg, Playwright Whose ‘Take Me Out’ Won a Tony, Dies at 67

Tue, 08 Jul 2025 20:01:52 +0000

More than 30 of his plays were produced on Broadway and off. Many of them dealt with the manners and mores of New York’s upper middle class.



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