Obituaries Related to "Griffin" from New York Times Archive
Maggie Griffin, Kathy’s Mother and a ‘D-List’ Celebrity, Dies at 99
Ms. Griffin was a co-star on her daughter’s reality show, “My Life on the D-List,” and became something of a colorful celebrity herself.
W.E.B. Griffin, 89, Dies; a Best-Selling Novelist Dozens of Times
He estimated that he published more than 150 books — including dozens about soldiers, spies and cops — using numerous pseudonyms (including W.E.B. Griffin).
Miriam Griffin, Who Put Nero in a New Light, Dies at 82
A leading classical scholar, Dr. Griffin examined how figures like Nero and Seneca interacted with the political and social systems of their time
Robert P. Griffin Dies at 91; Michigan Senator Urged Nixon to Quit
Mr. Griffin, a former Republican senator and congressman from Michigan, championed a law to fight corruption in labor unions.
Merv Griffin Dies at 82
Mr. Griffin was a big-band singer who became one of television's longest running talk-show hosts and formidable innovators.
Maj. Thomas C. Griffin, Doolittle Raider, Dies at 96
Maj. Thomas C. Griffin navigated a B-25 bomber in the daring air raid on Japan led by Lt. Col. James H. Doolittle in 1942, four months after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.
Oscar Griffin Jr., 78, Pulitzer Prize Winner Who Brought Down Scheming Texas Tycoon, Dies
Mr. Griffin unraveled an elaborate fraud scheme in four articles that earned him a Pulitzer Prize for distinguished local reporting at age 29.
Virgil Lee Griffin, Klan Leader, Dies at 64
Mr. Griffin was involved in the bloody clash between the Ku Klux Klan and leftist union organizers in Greensboro, N.C., in 1979.
Griffin Bell, Ex-Attorney General, Dies at 90
The dean of Georgia lawyers, Mr. Bell also served as a federal judge and prominent legal troubleshooter.
Johnny Griffin, 80, Jazz Saxophonist, Dies
Mr. Griffin was a jazz tenor-saxophonist from Chicago whose speed, control and harmonic acuity made him one of the most talented musicians of his generation.
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Jerry Kennedy, Who Helped Define Music in Nashville, Dies at 85
A guitarist and record producer, he played a role in creating hits by popular singers like Roger Miller, Roy Orbison, Tom T. Hall and Tammy Wynette.
Henrike Naumann, Artist Set to Represent Germany at Venice Biennale, Dies at 41
Her death from cancer was the second sudden loss for this year’s edition. Naumann’s exhibition will still go ahead in May, according to a statement.
How The Times Remembered 15 Winter Olympics Greats
Obituaries have memorialized the lives of a figure-skating trailblazer, a “Miracle on Ice” hockey player, a bobsledder who overcame blindness, and more.
ElRoy Face, Ace Forkballer and Effective Closer for Pirates, Dies at 97
Face was one of the first major-league hurlers to make the closer job a specialty. Not an overpowering pitcher, he finagled outs with a tricky forkball.
King Leatherbury, Trainer and Trader of Horses, Dies at 92
He trained mostly lesser-known, cheaper thoroughbreds in Maryland and was the fifth-winningest trainer in North American history.
Roy Medvedev, Soviet Era Historian and Dissident, Is Dead at 100
His score of books and hundreds of essays documented Stalinist executions, Communist repressions and censorship, and the transition to post-Soviet Russia.
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