Obituaries Related to "Perkins" from New York Times Archive
Edward J. Perkins, 92, Dies; First Black U.S. Envoy to South Africa
He also held ambassadorial postings in Liberia and Australia and, as director general, helped diversify the elite, mostly white Foreign Service.
Ray Perkins, Coach at Alabama and in the N.F.L., Dies at 79
With the Crimson Tide, he had a tough act to follow, Bear Bryant, but he enjoyed some success. He didn’t fare so well with the Giants and the Buccaneers.
Edward J. Perkins, 92, Dies; First Black U.S. Envoy to South Africa
He also held ambassadorial postings in Liberia and Australia and, as director general, helped diversify the elite, mostly white Foreign Service.
Jack Perkins, NBC Reporter and ‘Biography’ Host, Dies at 85
He was a familiar face on TV for more than two decades, covering the civil rights movement, the Vietnam War and other big stories.
Notable Deaths 2016: Thomas J. Perkins
Morning Agenda: Thomas J. Perkins, Pioneering Venture Capitalist, Dies at 84
Viacom Rumblings | Tighter Rules on Remittances Squeeze Businesses
Thomas J. Perkins, Pioneering Venture Capitalist in Silicon Valley, Dies at 84
Mr. Perkins, a co-founder of Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, nurtured both the venture capital industry and a generation of technology.
Pinetop Perkins, Delta Boogie-Woogie Master, Dies at 97
Mr. Perkins was a member of Muddy Waters’s last great band and one of the last of a generation of Mississippi bluesmen.
Paid Notice: Deaths PERKINS, JOAN T.
PERKINS--Joan T. Joan Titcomb Perkins, beloved wife of Roswell B. Perkins, mother of Roswell, Jr., of Little Compton, RI, Laura, of Cambridge, MA, and Nancy, of Washington, D.C., grandmother of Renny and Samantha Waldron, James and Christine Perkins, and sister of Elizabeth Blow, of Rhinebeck, NY, died of cancer in her home in Manhattan on February 13, 2006. In addition to her immediate family, Joan leaves nieces, nephews, and a host of friends and godchildren who will miss her enthusiastic, gen ...
Paid Notice: Deaths PERKINS, JOAN T.
PERKINS--Joan T. Joan Titcomb Perkins, beloved wife of Roswell B. Perkins, mother of Roswell, Jr., of Little Compton, RI, Laura, of Cambridge, MA, and Nancy, of Washington, D.C., grandmother of Renny and Samantha Waldron, James and Christine Perkins, and sister of Elizabeth Blow, of Rhinebeck, NY, died of cancer in her home in Manhattan on February 13, 2006. In addition to her immediate family, Joan leaves nieces, nephews, and a host of friends and godchildren who will miss her enthusiastic, gen ...
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