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Curtis Blake, a Founder of the Friendly’s Chain, Dies at 102

2019-05-30T21:37:25+0000

Mr. Blake and his brother, S. Prestley Blake, opened the first Friendly ice cream shop in 1935. With an expanded menu, it grew into an East Coast staple.


Curtis Blake, a Founder of the Friendly’s Chain, Dies at 102

2019-05-30T21:37:25+0000

Mr. Blake and his brother, S. Prestley Blake, opened the first Friendly ice cream shop in 1935. With an expanded menu, it grew into an East Coast staple.


Notable Deaths 2016: Curtis Hanson

2018-06-06T18:23:28+0000


Curtis Roosevelt, a White House Charmer as a Child, Dies at 86

2016-09-30T23:40:18+0000

He and his sister were well known to Americans when they lived with their mother and grandparents in the White House in the 1930s.


Curtis Hanson, Director of Wicked Noir ‘L.A. Confidential,’ Dies at 71

2016-09-21T04:59:41+0000

The director’s 1997 adaptation of a tough James Ellroy novel earned him an Academy Award, and introduced American moviegoers to Russell Crowe.


Curtis Gans, 77, Is Dead; Worked to Defeat President Johnson

2015-03-17T00:28:47+0000

Mr. Gans mobilized thousands of college students to join Senator Eugene J. McCarthy’s challenge against Lyndon B. Johnson, who eventually quit the race.


Curtis Bill Pepper, Author, Reporter and Traveler, Is Dead at 96

2014-04-05T00:55:27+0000

Mr. Pepper, a prolific journalist and author, excelled at finding anecdotes that revealed greater truths about his subjects.


Chet Curtis, Half of Married News Team Whose Divorce Made News, Dies at 74

2014-01-24T04:04:02+0000

Mr. Curtis and his wife and co-anchor on WCVB, Channel 5, Natalie Jacobson, delivered the news nightly to Bostonians for 18 years before they split up.


Curtis Harnack, Writer and President of Yaddo, Dies at 86

2013-07-19T01:52:10+0000

Mr. Harnack wrote of his life growing up on an Iowa farm and was president of Yaddo, the artists’ retreat in Saratoga Springs, N.Y., from 1971 to 1987.


Curtis W. Tarr, Innovative Leader of the Draft, Dies at 88

2013-06-29T19:03:26+0000

As director of the Selective Service System during the Vietnam War, Mr. Tarr initiated changes intended to make the draft lottery fairer.



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Jewel Thais-Williams, Whose Nightclub Catch One Celebrated ‘Queer Black Joy,’ Dies at 86

Fri, 18 Jul 2025 18:19:27 +0000

Catch One, which she opened in Los Angeles in 1973 in the face of local animosity, became a glittering sanctuary for a largely shunned community.

Alan Bergman, Half of a Prolific Lyric-Writing Team, Dies at 99

Fri, 18 Jul 2025 15:36:14 +0000

With his wife, Marilyn, he wrote the words to memorable TV theme songs and the Oscar-winning “The Way We Were” and “The Windmills of Your Mind.”

Felix Baumgartner, Skydiver Who Jumped From the Edge of Space, Dies Paragliding at 56

Fri, 18 Jul 2025 16:55:58 +0000

Nicknamed “Fearless Felix,” he jumped from the edge of space in 2012.

Robert Alvarez, 76, Dies; Called Attention to Nuclear-Waste Safety

Fri, 18 Jul 2025 18:32:04 +0000

A self-taught expert, he spent decades working in both nonprofits and the government to expose problems in the production of atomic weapons.

Sol Stern, Lapsed Liberal and Conservative Heretic, Dies at 89

Fri, 18 Jul 2025 13:59:30 +0000

A writer, editor and political adviser, he broke with the left over its criticism of Israel and what he saw as its anti-Americanism. But he also became a critic of Donald Trump.

Martin Cruz Smith, Best-Selling Author of ‘Gorky Park,’ Dies at 82

Thu, 17 Jul 2025 03:14:55 +0000

He startled critics, readers and the book industry in 1981 with a novel set in the Soviet Union that had a flawed detective as its antihero.



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