Obituaries Related to "Cox" from New York Times Archive
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.
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.
Fred Cox, Vikings Kicker and an Inventor of Nerf Football, Dies at 80
He was a mainstay of a Vikings team that lost four Super Bowls and, while playing, helped create a squeezable foam toy that brought him decades of royalties.
Tributes Held for Jo Cox
Tributes were held in London and New York on Wednesday for Jo Cox, the British member of Parliament who was killed last week.
Paul Cox, Independent Filmmaker Who Explored Postmodern Life, Dies at 76
The Dutch-born Australian director was considered a father of Australian art cinema. He said he chose filmmaking not out of ambition, but because it was “pure compulsion.”
Robert Cox, Man Behind the ‘Just Say No’ Antidrug Campaign, Dies at 78
He was also responsible for the Amtrak “All aboard” slogan, and Ford’s “Quality is Job 1.”
Spencer Cox, AIDS Activist, Dies at 44
A member of the Treatment Action Group, Mr. Cox helped push antiretroviral drugs forward, leading to the first effective medical protocols to combat AIDS.
D.L. Cox, a Leader of Radicals During 1960s, Dies at 74
Mr. Cox was at the center of black radical politics as a member of the Black Panther Party high command and earned a moment of celebrity in 1970.
Michael Cox, Editor and Author of ‘The Meaning of Night,’ Dies at 60
Mr. Cox was an authority on the Victorian ghost story who, five years ago, spurred by the threat of blindness, sat down and wrote the vast Gothic novel that had been haunting him for three decades.
James Robbins Dies at 65; Led Expansion of Cox Cable
Mr. Robbins made his mark not only by expanding Cox fourfold but also by giving customer service high priority in an industry where it had not always been valued.
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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.

Harold Brown, Tuskegee Airman Who Faced a Lynch Mob, Dies at 98
One of the last surviving Black pilots from that celebrated group, he was surrounded by an angry mob after parachuting from his P-51 over Austria during World War II.

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.
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