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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Annette Dionne, Last of the Celebrated Quintuplets, Dies at 91
She was the first to crawl, the first to cut a tooth, the first to recognize her name, and the last to die. And, like her sisters, she resented being exploited as part of a global sensation.
Michal Urbaniak, Pioneering Jazz Fusion Violinist, Dies at 82
One of the first jazz musicians from Poland to gain an international following, he recorded more than 60 albums and played with stars like Miles Davis.
Robert Lindsey, Times Reporter and Reagan Ghostwriter, Dies at 90
The nonfiction spy thriller “The Falcon and the Snowman,” which became a film, grew out of his work as a journalist covering the West Coast for The Times.
Peng Peiyun, 95, Dies; Official Renounced China’s One-Child Policy
She was given the “hardest job under heaven”: upholding birth limits enforced by often brutal local officials. She came to support softening the policy, then abolishing it.
May Britt, 91, Dies; Her Marriage to Sammy Davis Jr. Sparked Outrage
She was a white actress, he was a popular Black entertainer, and their relationship elicited racist reactions in 1960, worrying John F. Kennedy’s presidential campaign.
Gary Graffman, Piano Virtuoso and Renowned Teacher, Dies at 97
Mr. Graffman was a onetime child prodigy whose career was curtailed by a neurological condition that restricted him to his left hand.
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