Obituaries Related to "Parker" from New York Times Archive
Fess Parker, ‘Davy Crockett’ and ‘Daniel Boone’ Star, Has Died
His television portrayal of Davy Crockett catapulted him to stardom and inspired one of America’s greatest merchandising fads, in which hundreds of thousands of children wore coonskin caps.
Everett C. Parker, Who Won Landmark Fight Over Media Race Bias, Dies at 102
Dr. Parker won a landmark broadcasting case and led a civil rights crusade to hold stations accountable for presenting racially biased programming.
Theodore Parker, Alwyn Gentry, Biologists, Die in Airplane Crash
Two Americans ranked among the world's leading field biologists were killed on Tuesday when an airplane they were using to make a tree-top survey of the Ecuadorean coast crashed into a cloud shrouded mountain. They were Theodore A. Parker 3d, a 40-year-old ornithologist and senior scientist for Conservation International, and Alwyn Gentry, 48, a botanist and senior curator at the Missouri Botanical Garden.
S. Parker Gilbert, 81, Dies; Led and Later Shook Up Morgan Stanley
Mr. Gilbert was instrumental in taking the Wall Street firm public and later, in retirement, pushing for a management shake-up.
J. PARKER HICKMAN SR.; Vice President of the Edison Pioneers Dies at Age of 79
Hickman, J Parker Sr
Jeannette Williams-Parker, Nurse in a Virus Hot Spot, Dies at 48
She was the first nurse in West Virginia to die of Covid-19. “She just never thought it would happen to her,” her mother said.
Alan Parker, Versatile Film Director, Is Dead at 76
“Midnight Express” and “Mississippi Burning” brought him Oscar nominations, and many of his other films, including “Fame,” were acclaimed.
Molly Neptune Parker, Basket Maker and Tribal Elder, Dies at 81
Ms. Parker was the matriarch of four generations of basket makers and one of the first female lieutenant governors of the Passamaquoddy Tribe.
Naomi Parker Fraley, the Real Rosie the Riveter, Dies at 96
Mrs. Fraley’s connection to Rosie was made public in 2016, ending years of speculation over who was the model for the fictional 1940s war worker.
Phil Parker, Who Helped Homeless Alcoholics, Dies at 86
After he stopped drinking, Mr. Parker founded a supported work program and later became a social worker in New York City.
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Tina Packer, Powerhouse of Shakespeare Performance, Dies at 87
She was a founder and the longtime artistic director of Shakespeare & Company, a repertory theater in western Massachusetts, and directed all his plays.
Rhoda Levine, Pathbreaking Opera Director, Dies at 93
Starting out in the 1970s as a rare woman in a field dominated by men, she directed the premieres of a pair of politically charged modern classics.
Gabriel Barkay, 81, Dies; His Discoveries Revised Biblical History
One of Israel’s leading archaeologists, he found evidence that the writing of the Old Testament likely began much earlier than historians had thought.
John Cunningham, Character Actor and Broadway Stalwart, Dies at 93
He was a familiar face from Broadway productions of “Company,” “Titanic” and “Six Degrees of Separation” and from many movie and TV appearances.
Jim Hartung, Gymnast Who Helped Deliver U.S. Gold, Dies at 65
In an upset victory over China at the 1984 Olympics, he and five others became the only American men ever to win the gold medal in the gymnastics team competition.
Frank Dunlop, 98, Dies; Director Who Gave Theater a Free-Spirited Spin
In 1970, he founded London’s Young Vic, an adventurous “people’s theater” (the Who took the stage at one point) before shaking up the Brooklyn Academy of Music.
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