Obituaries Related to "Gibson" from New York Times Archive
Bob Gibson, 84, Feared Flamethrower for the St. Louis Cardinals, Dies
Quotation of the Day for Sunday, October 4, 2020.
Jon Gibson, Minimalist Saxophonist and Composer, Dies at 80
Best known for his long association with Philip Glass, Mr. Gibson also worked with Steve Reich, Terry Riley and La Monte Young as well as performing his own music.
Bob Gibson, 84, Feared Flamethrower for the St. Louis Cardinals, Dies
Quotation of the Day for Sunday, October 4, 2020.
Bob Gibson, Feared Flamethrower for the Cardinals, Dies at 84
Gibson, who won two Cy Young Awards and threw 56 career shutouts, was one of baseball’s most dominating and intimidating pitchers.
Hutton Gibson, Extremist and Father of Mel Gibson, Dies at 101
His anti-Semitic, anti-Vatican views gained notoriety after his son directed the controversial film, “The Passion of the Christ.”
Kenneth Gibson, 86, Dies; Newark Mayor Broke Race Barrier in Northeast
He pledged to make Newark a model city, saying, “If we solve the urban problem here, we can export our solution to other areas.”
Blaine Gibson, Sculptor of Figures in Disney Parks, Dies at 97
Mr. Gibson created hundreds of sculptures for Disney’s Audio-Animatronic robotic figures, including those of Pirates of the Caribbean and Abraham Lincoln.
Paul Gibson Jr., New York City’s First Black Deputy Mayor, Is Dead at 86
Mr. Gibson, a lawyer and vice president of American Airlines, was the deputy mayor for planning under Mayor Abraham D. Beame.
Larry Gibson, 66, a Foe of Mountaintop Mining, Is Dead
Larry Gibson died on Sunday of a heart attack at his home in West Virginia
Flo Gibson, Grande Dame of Audiobooks, Dies at 86
Mrs. Gibson narrated more than 1,100 books, including “Middlemarch” (31 hours, 7 minutes) and “Anna Karenina” (36 hours, 7 minutes).
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Charles Norman Shay, Tribal Elder and World War II Hero, Dies at 101
As a medic, he saved soldiers from drowning off Omaha Beach on D-Day before becoming a prisoner of war. Back home, a decorated veteran, he was forbidden to vote as a Native American.
Dominik Duka, Czech Cardinal Jailed Under Communism, Dies at 82
While in prison in 1981, he befriended the dissident and future Czech president Vaclav Havel. Later, he became a conservative voice in Rome.
Steve Cropper, Guitarist, Songwriter and Shaper of Memphis Soul Music, Dies at 84
As a member of Booker T. & the MG’s and as a producer, he played a pivotal role in the rise of Stax Records, a storied force in R&B in the 1960s and ’70s.
Yegor Ligachev, Gorbachev’s No. 2 Who Turned Foe, Is Dead at 100
As the Kremlin’s hard-line Communist ideologist, he initially embraced his boss’s modernizing reforms before turning against them as threats to the Soviet order.
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 Who Helped Sway Votes, Dies at 71
Influential from New Jersey to Georgia, 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.
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