Obituaries Related to "Edwards" from New York Times Archive
Blake Edwards, Prolific Comedy Director, Dies at 88
Mr. Edwards was a master of screwball farces and rude comedies like “Victor/Victoria” and “The Pink Panther.”
Blake Edwards, Prolific Comedy Director, Dies at 88
A Hollywood master of screwball farces and rude comedies whose films included “Breakfast at Tiffany’s” and the “Pink Panther” movies, Mr. Edwards died Wednesday in Santa Monica, Calif. He was 88.
Dennis Edwards, Former Temptations Lead Singer, Dies at 74
His resonant voice was an essential part of the group’s success when it embraced psychedelic funk on songs like “Papa Was a Rollin’ Stone.”
Maurice Edwards, Busy Figure in Theater and Music, Dies at 97
He was involved with the Brooklyn Philharmonic for many years and performed both on Broadway and off. He died of the novel coronavirus.
Grace Edwards, Harlem Mystery Writer, Dies at 87
A former director of the Harlem Writers Guild, she published her first novel when she was 55, and her first mystery, featuring a stylish female ex-cop turned sleuth, when she was 64.
Dave Edwards, College Basketball Assist Wizard, Dies at 48
Edwards holds the single-season assist record for Texas A&M, where he starred for three years.
Notable Deaths 2017: Agustín Edwards
Nokie Edwards, Whose Guitar Drove the Ventures, Dies at Is Dead at 82
Mr. Edwards’s “twangy tone, wang-bar glides and staccato riffing,” one admirer wrote, “paved the way for the California surf bands of the 1960s.”
Dennis Edwards, Former Temptations Lead Singer, Dies at 74
His resonant voice was an essential part of the group’s success when it embraced psychedelic funk on songs like “Papa Was a Rollin’ Stone.”
Agustín Edwards, Conservative Media Tycoon in Chile, Is Dead at 89
Mr. Edwards was heir to the company that published El Mercurio, an influential right-wing publication that helped overthrow Salvador Allende in 1973.
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José van Dam, Suave and Riveting Opera Star, Dies at 85
One of the most esteemed singers of his era, he had a wide repertoire that included Mozart, Wagner and the title role in Messiaen’s epic “St. François d’Assise.”
Billy Steinberg, Hitmaking Lyricist of Madonna’s ‘Like a Virgin,’ Dies at 75
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Cees Nooteboom, Voyaging Author of Enigmatic Novels, Dies at 92
A prolific Dutch writer of fiction, poetry and travel books, he was often mentioned as a potential recipient of the Nobel Prize in Literature.
Jesse Jackson, Charismatic Champion of Civil Rights, Dies at 84
An impassioned orator, he was a moral and political force, forming a “rainbow coalition” of poor and working-class people and seeking the presidency. His mission, he said, was “to transform the mind of America.”
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She was a towering figure in Soviet literature who was once silenced in a Stalinist literary purge.
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