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Obituary: Karel Appel, 85; Chen Li, 77

2006-05-09T05:00:00+0000

Karel Appel, 85, an internationally renowned Dutch painter whose impetuous, color-laden canvases were among the most vibrant hallmarks of the postwar European art movement known as Cobra, which he helped found, died on May 3 at his home in Zurich.


Li Zhensheng, Photographer of China’s Cultural Revolution, Dies at 79

2020-06-26T03:41:12+0000

With his camera and red arm band, he captured the dark side of Mao’s revolution at great personal risk. Many of the images were stashed under a floor, going undeveloped for years.


Yao Li, ‘Silver Voice’ of Shanghai, Dies at 96

2019-07-25T21:07:41+0000

Ms. Yao was a celebrated singer in Shanghai and Hong Kong starting in the 1930s. One of her songs appeared on the soundtrack of the film “Crazy Rich Asians.”


Li Peng, Chinese Leader Derided for Role in Tiananmen Crackdown, Dies at 90

2019-07-23T11:39:40+0000

For decades, critics called for Mr. Li, who became known as the “butcher of Beijing,” to face trial or a public reckoning for his role in the 1989 bloodshed.


Li Xueqin, Key Historian in China’s Embrace of Antiquity, Dies at 85

2019-03-01T18:03:07+0000

Mr. Li walked a fine line between scholarship and serving the Communist Party as he sought the truth about his country’s distant past.


Li Rui, a Mao Confidant Who Turned Party Critic, Dies at 101

2019-02-16T03:39:22+0000

Once one of Mao Zedong’s personal secretaries, Mr. Li became a revisionist historian and a standard-bearer for liberal values in China.


Li Ao, Writer and Political Firebrand in Taiwan, Dies at 82

2018-03-26T20:29:36+0000

Known affectionately as the “madman” of Taiwan, Mr. Li vigorously defended freedom of speech and called for reunification with mainland China.


Wan Li, Who Helped China’s Farmers Emerge From Mao Era, Dies at 98

2015-07-16T22:10:55+0000

Mr. Wan, a party secretary in a rural province, instituted agricultural reforms adopted throughout China after discovering that people were starving.


Frederick P. Li, Who Proved a Genetic Cancer Link, Dies at 75

2015-06-21T23:54:37+0000

Dr. Li helped show a skeptical medical establishment that a dominant gene, passed from parent to child, was predisposing family members to various cancers.


Li Hu, AIDS Activist, Dies in Beijing

2014-08-08T08:34:30+0000

The death on Wednesday of Li Hu, a campaigner for the rights of people with H.I.V./AIDS, has drawn together a group of people in China who struggle with widespread discrimination.



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James Jorden, Parterre Box Opera Blog Creator, Dies at 69

Wed, 04 Oct 2023 16:38:17 +0000

With Parterre Box, he brought together high culture, punk aesthetics and gleeful camp in an irreverent source for news, criticism and gossip.

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.

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.

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.



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