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Obituaries Related to "Fischer" from New York Times Archive


Paid Notice: Deaths FISCHER, CELIA BENDER

2006-09-28T05:00:00+0000

FISCHER--Celia Bender beloved wife, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother died at 103 as she lived. A woman of kindness, dignity, sensitivity and beauty, she leaves to her family and to all who knew her an enduring legacy of unconditional love. You may wish to honor her memory with a contribution to the Jewish Home for the Elderly, 175 Jefferson Street, Fairfield, CT 06825.


Pal Benko, Who Stepped Aside for Bobby Fischer, Dies at 91

2019-08-26T21:08:14+0000

In 1970 Mr. Benko qualified for the world chess championship cycle but, past his peak as a competitive player, ceded his place to the much younger Mr. Fischer.


Shelby Lyman, 82, Dies; Unlikely Star of a Fischer-Spassky Broadcast

2019-08-20T09:00:14+0000

Mr. Lyman was a high-ranked player who was drafted to provide live commentary of the celebrated chess match in 1972. The show became an improbable hit.


Notable Deaths 2016: Artur Fischer

2018-06-06T18:20:14+0000


Artur Fischer, Inventor With More Patents Than Edison, Dies at 96

2016-02-09T00:27:42+0000

Mr. Fischer, an obsessive tinkerer, created a wall anchor that’s used by millions and the first synchronized camera flash, an idea that came to him when trying to photograph his newborn daughter.


Bobby Fischer Dies

2013-07-19T19:44:30+0000

Mr. Fischer was one of the most powerful American chess players in history.


Mary Ann Fischer, Whose Quintuplets Were a U.S. First, Dies at 79

2012-12-15T04:05:00+0000

Mrs. Fischer, who already had five children at home in Aberdeen, S.D., made big news in 1963 by delivering five more.


Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Lyrical and Powerful Baritone, Dies at 86

2012-05-18T16:06:41+0000

Mr. Fischer-Dieskau’s beautiful voice and mastery of technique made him the 20th century’s pre-eminent interpreter of art songs.


Clare Fischer, Arranger and Keyboardist, Is Dead at 83

2012-02-03T04:33:34+0000

Mr. Fischer was influential in jazz and arranged pop and R&B compositions for the likes of Paul McCartney, Michael Jackson, Prince and Celine Dion.


Patrick C. Fischer, Early Unabomber Target, Is Dead at 75

2011-08-31T04:34:21+0000

Mr. Fischer, a computer scientist whose theoretical work helped make Internet searches possible, was most widely known as an early target of the so-called Unabomber.



Latest NY Times Obituaries


Beverly Willis, 95, Dies; Architect and Advocate for Women in the Field

Tue, 03 Oct 2023 01:29:50 +0000

With her own firm in San Francisco and a foundation in New York, she made it her mission to recognize the work of her female predecessors and contemporaries.

Alice Shalvi, Hailed as a Mother of Feminism in Israel, Dies at 96

Mon, 02 Oct 2023 19:12:06 +0000

She was an often defiant, galvanizing force in pressing for equal treatment for women in marriage, employment, education and more.

Tim Wakefield, Pitcher Who Helped Boston Break the Curse, Dies at 57

Tue, 03 Oct 2023 15:53:19 +0000

After surrendering a homer that ended the Red Sox run in 2003, he played a critical role in the team’s World Series victory a year later.

Evelyn Fox Keller, Who Turned a Feminist Lens on Science, Dies at 87

Sat, 30 Sep 2023 18:07:45 +0000

Trained as a physicist and biologist, she argued that science had become gendered, with a narrow masculine framework that distorted inquiry.

Chris Snow, Hockey Executive Who Faced A.L.S., Dies at 42

Mon, 02 Oct 2023 18:14:42 +0000

The assistant general manager of the Calgary Flames, he was given a year to live in 2019. He and his wife used the time to document life with the disease.

Robert Day, Financier and Philanthropist, Dies at 79

Tue, 03 Oct 2023 17:43:35 +0000

An heir to an oil fortune, he built his own empire with TCW Group and was an influential California donor, including to his alma mater, Claremont McKenna College.



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