Obituaries Related to "Chambers" from New York Times Archive
Marilyn Chambers, Sex Star, Dies at 56
Ms. Chambers’s photograph as a mother on a laundry soap package and her performance as a fantasy-fulfilling wanton in a pornographic movie evoked contrasting portrayals of womanhood.
Anne Cox Chambers, Media Heiress and Ex-Ambassador, Dies at 100
Mrs. Chambers, whose stake in Cox Enterprises was once worth billions, campaigned for Jimmy Carter, who gave her a diplomatic post in Belgium.
Prominent Architects Group Prohibits Design of Death Chambers
The American Institute of Architects has changed its stance on members who design spaces for executions or prolonged solitary confinement.
Anne Cox Chambers, Media Heiress and Ex-Ambassador, Dies at 100
Mrs. Chambers, whose stake in Cox Enterprises was once worth billions, campaigned for Jimmy Carter, who gave her a diplomatic post in Belgium.
Christine Chambers, 39, Dies; Her Photos Empowered Actors of Color
As a photographer and a playwright, she helped document the rise of a generation of theater artists who wanted to tell their own stories their own way.
Marcia Chambers, 78, Who Exposed Discrimination in Golf, Dies
A longtime legal affairs reporter, Ms. Chambers turned her attention in the 1990s to exclusionary practices at private country clubs.
Edward Chambers, Early Leader in Community Organizing, Dies at 85
A lapsed seminarian, Mr. Chambers succeeded Saul Alinsky as leader of the social justice umbrella group Industrial Areas Foundation.
Julius Chambers, a Fighter for Civil Rights, Dies at 76
Mr. Chambers was a civil rights lawyer who endured firebombings of his house, office and car in winning case after case against racial segregation.
Findings in Death of Chambers
An autopsy of the pornographic-film star Marilyn Chambers revealed that she died from the effects of a cerebral hemorrhage and aneurysm related to heart disease, The Associated Press reported. Ms. Chambers, the actress and model who appeared on boxes of Ivory Snow laundry soap at the same time that she could be seen in the 1972 pornographic feature “Behind the Green Door,” was found dead in her home in Santa Clarita, Calif., in April. She was 56. At the time the Los Angeles County coroner’s offi ...
Marilyn Chambers Died of Heart Disease, Autopsy Finds
An autopsy of the adult film star Marilyn Chambers revealed that she died from the effects of a cerebral hemorrhage and aneurysm related to heart disease.
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Rebecca Kilgore, 76, Dies; Acclaimed Interpreter of American Songbook
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Claudette Colvin, Who Refused to Give Her Bus Seat to a White Woman, Dies at 86
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