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Paid Notice: Deaths COBB, ELIZABETH BLISS PARKINSON

2001-08-31T05:00:00+0000

COBB-Elizabeth Bliss Parkinson. The Trustees and staff of The Museum of Modern Art and Members of its International Council are deeply saddened by the death of their treasured friend and colleague, Eliza Parkinson Cobb. In her almost 70-year close association with the Museum, she gave generously of her time and resources, following in the tradition of her aunt, Lillie P. Bliss, one of the three founders of the Museum in 1929. From her first formal involvement with the Museum, at the invitation o ...


Paid Notice: Deaths COBB, ELIZABETH BLISS PARKINSON

2001-08-30T05:00:00+0000

COBB-Elizabeth Bliss Parkinson. The Trustees and staff of The Museum of Modern Art and Members of its International Council are deeply saddened by the death of their treasured friend and colleague, Eliza Parkinson Cobb. In her almost 70-year close association with the Museum, she gave generously of her time and resources, following in the tradition of her aunt, Lillie P. Bliss, one of the three founders of the Museum in 1929. From her first formal involvement with the Museum, at the invitation o ...


Jimmy Cobb, Drummer on Miles Davis’s ‘Kind of Blue,’ Dies at 91

2020-05-26T22:29:21+0000

The last surviving member of that landmark album’s sextet, he was a master of understatement, propelling his bandmates with a quiet persistence.


Geraldyn M. Cobb, 88, Who Found a Glass Ceiling in Space, Dies

2019-04-19T23:41:36+0000

She was as qualified as any man to be an astronaut and passed all the tests, but NASA wasn’t interested in sending women into space in 1961.


Henry Cobb, Courtly Architect of Boston’s Hancock Tower, Dies at 93

2020-03-04T18:06:34+0000

He was I.M. Pei’s unsung partner for nearly four decades but was responsible for a celebrated body of work in his own right, including New England’s tallest building.


Jimmy Cobb, Drummer on Miles Davis’s ‘Kind of Blue,’ Dies at 91

2020-05-26T22:29:21+0000

The last surviving member of that landmark album’s sextet, he was a master of understatement, propelling his bandmates with a quiet persistence.


Jimmy Cobb, Drummer on Miles Davis’s ‘Kind of Blue,’ Dies at 91

2020-05-26T22:29:21+0000

The last surviving member of that landmark album’s sextet, he was a master of understatement, propelling his bandmates with a quiet persistence.


Geraldyn M. Cobb, 88, Who Found a Glass Ceiling in Space, Dies

2019-04-19T23:41:36+0000

She was as qualified as any man to be an astronaut and passed all the tests, but NASA wasn’t interested in sending women into space in 1961.


Geraldyn M. Cobb, 88, Who Found a Glass Ceiling in Space, Dies

2019-04-19T23:41:36+0000

She was as qualified as any man to be an astronaut and passed all the tests, but NASA wasn’t interested in sending women into space in 1961.


Ron Cobb, a Pioneer in Science Fiction Design, Dies at 83

2020-09-23T15:08:09+0000

An artist and movie production designer, he helped shape the aesthetics of science fiction with his work on movies including “Star Wars,” “Alien” and “Back to the Future.”



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Frank Dunlop, 98, Dies; Director Who Gave Theater a Free-Spirited Spin

Thu, 15 Jan 2026 06:44:21 +0000

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

Wed, 14 Jan 2026 20:02:56 +0000

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

Wed, 14 Jan 2026 21:35:10 +0000

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

Wed, 14 Jan 2026 01:22:26 +0000

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

Wed, 14 Jan 2026 17:12:17 +0000

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

Wed, 14 Jan 2026 17:10:42 +0000

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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