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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.
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.
Dennis Edwards, Judge Who Presided Over Trial of Lennon’s Killer, Dies at 95
Judge Edwards was serving as an acting Supreme Court justice in New York when he sentenced Mark David Chapman in the 1980 murder of John Lennon.
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Eugene Hasenfus, Gunrunner Who Exposed Iran-Contra Plot, Dies at 84
He emerged out of obscurity when his cargo plane was shot down while illegally ferrying arms to Nicaraguan rebels, setting off a scandal that tarnished the Reagan and Bush White Houses.
Reginald T. Jackson, A.M.E. Bishop With Political Power, Dies at 71
Influential up and down the Eastern Seaboard, he was part of a long tradition among Black clergy of fighting bias and getting out the vote. “No vote, no clout,” he’d say.
Tom Stoppard, Award-Winning Playwright of Witty Drama, Dies at 88
Drawing comparisons to the greatest of dramatists, he entwined erudition with imagination in stage works that won accolades on both sides of the Atlantic.
Daniel Woodrell, ‘Country Noir’ Novelist of ‘Winter’s Bone,’ Dies at 72
His tales of violence and squalor in his native Ozarks had the timeless quality of fables and inspired several movies.
Fuzzy Zoeller, Who Won Two Majors on the PGA Tour, Dies at 74
He was a witty and popular figure, but his racially insensitive remarks about Tiger Woods at the 1997 Masters led to death threats and many apologies.
James Riches, Fire Chief Who Lost Firefighter Son on 9/11, Dies at 74
He spent months searching the wreckage of the World Trade Center for his son’s remains, then suffered lung illnesses attributed to toxic dust.
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