Obituaries Related to "Church" from New York Times Archive
Church of England Unfair to Dead Bishop, Abuse Inquiry Finds
A report said church investigators had “rushed to justice” in the case of Bishop George Bell, accused decades after his death of abusing a young girl.
1,000 AT CARRILLO RITES; Acting Colleagues at Funeral in Santa Monica Church
The Patriarch of the Serbian Orthodox Church dies after presiding over a packed funeral.
The leader of the Serbian Orthodox Church, Patriarch Irinej, died of the coronavirus on Friday, according to the church, three weeks after he attended a packed funeral for a senior bishop who had died after contracting the virus.
Church That Hosted Emmett Till’s Funeral Is Designated ‘Endangered’
Roberts Temple Church of God in Christ in Chicago, where thousands paid their respects to the murdered teenager in 1955, was placed on a new list of endangered historic places in the United States.
Deborah Henson, Church Member With Generous Spirit, Dies at 56
In Ocala, Fla., she counseled couples, donated clothing and aided women who suffered from domestic violence. She died of the coronavirus.
Rev. Vickey Gibbs, Activist in a Progressive Church, Dies at 57
Ms. Gibbs used her pulpit in Houston to treat broken parishioners in a broken social world. She died of the coronavirus.
Thomas Blanton, Who Bombed a Birmingham Church, Dies at 82
He was the last survivor of three Klansmen who were convicted, years later, in the killing four black girls in 1963, a case that was a turning point in the civil rights struggle.
Julio Guzman, Salvadoran Refugee Who Started a Church, Dies at 64
Mr. Guzman proclaimed his faith in God even as he lay dying of Covid-19 in the hospital. He started his church in New Jersey 30 years ago.
Pastor Who Defied Social Distancing Dies After Contracting Covid-19, Church Says
The death of Gerald O. Glenn, the bishop of the New Deliverance Evangelistic Church in Chesterfield, Va., was announced during Easter services.
Armed Man Dies After Shooting at Catholic Church in California, Authorities Say
The man entered Immaculate Heart of Mary Church in Santa Ana on Sunday afternoon before Mass, the police said. The authorities do not know if the man was killed by the police, or if he fatally shot himself.
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Tom Verlaine, Influential Guitarist and Songwriter, Dies at 73
He first attracted attention with the band Television, a fixture of the New York punk rock scene. But his music wasn’t so easily categorized.

Billy Packer, Straight-Talking College Basketball Analyst, Dies at 82
With partners on NBC and then CBS, and with a rapid, opinionated style, he was heard during every N.C.A.A. men’s basketball tournament from 1975 to 2008.

Alfred Leslie, Artist Who Turned Away From Abstraction, Dies at 95
“The virtual banishment of figuration and narrative from the vocabulary of so many thoughtful artists was one of the legacies of the modernists,” he said. “I never accepted this.”

George Zimbel, Photographer of Marilyn Monroe and J.F.K., Dies at 93
He preferred to take pictures of ordinary people. But in events separated by six years, he took indelible pictures of two people who transcended celebrity.

Yoshimitsu Yamada, Who Brought Aikido to the U.S., Dies at 84
He emphasized the basics of the Japanese martial art, and he encouraged his students to develop their own interpretations of it.

Jerry Blavat, D.J. Who Channeled the Soul of Philadelphia, Dies at 82
A live-wire personality and an epic self-promoter, he got a generation of youth in the City of Brotherly Love on its feet with little-known R&B gems.
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