Obituaries Related to "Joyce" from New York Times Archive
Joyce Gordon, Who Broke the Glasses Ceiling on TV, Dies at 90
As a bespectacled pitchwoman, she defied a stereotype. She was also a screen actors’ labor leader and a familiar voice (“The number you have reached is no longer in service”).
Ron Joyce, Force Behind Tim Hortons Doughnut Shops, Dies at 88
After the death of its namesake co-founder, Mr. Joyce made the chain an inescapable part of Canadian life.
Dr. Joyce Wallace, Pioneering AIDS Physician, Dies at 79
Among the first to study the disease in the 1980s, she tried to stop its spread among thousands of New York City prostitutes.
Joyce Dinkins, Wife of Former New York Mayor, Dies at 89
As the city’s first Black first lady, she transformed herself from a private person to a gracious public advocate for children.
Joyce Gordon, Who Broke the Glasses Ceiling on TV, Dies at 90
As a bespectacled pitchwoman, she defied a stereotype. She was also a screen actors’ labor leader and a familiar voice (“The number you have reached is no longer in service”).
Stephen Joyce Dies at 87; Guarded Grandfather’s Literary Legacy
The last direct descendant of the author of “Ulysses” and “Finnegans Wake” was a fierce protector of James Joyce’s estate, to the frustration of scholars.
Joyce Pensato, Who Made Cartoon Characters Complex, Dies at 77
Ms. Pensato, who found art-world success relatively late, transformed the likes of Mickey Mouse and Batman into ambiguous and sometimes scary creatures.
Ron Joyce, Force Behind Tim Hortons Doughnut Shops, Dies at 88
After the death of its namesake co-founder, Mr. Joyce made the chain an inescapable part of Canadian life.
Joyce Matz, Fervid Voice for Historic Preservation, Dies at 92
St. Bartholomew’s Church, Lever House and the Town Hall were among the sites she helped protect against developers, including Donald J. Trump.
Joyce Appleby, Historian of Capitalism and American Identity, Is Dead at 87
She put liberalism at the center of understanding the ideology of the revolutionary generation.
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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.”
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.”
Robert Duvall, ‘Godfather’ and ‘Apocalypse Now’ Actor, Dies at 95
An Oscar winner, he was known for disappearing into wide-ranging roles in movies like “Apocalypse Now” and “The Godfather” and in the television series “Lonesome Dove.”
Frederick Wiseman, 96, Penetrating Documentarian of Institutions, Dies
He exposed abuses in films like “Titicut Follies,” a once-banned portrait of a mental hospital, but ranged widely in subject matter, from a Queens neighborhood to a French restaurant.
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.
From 1966: Anna Akhmatova, Leading Soviet Poet, Is Dead
She was a towering figure in Soviet literature who was once silenced in a Stalinist literary purge.
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