Obituaries Related to "Ray" from New York Times Archive
Timothy Ray Brown, First Patient Cured of H.I.V., Dies at 54
Known initially as the “Berlin Patient,” he underwent an experimental stem cell transplant 13 years ago that rid his body of the virus. He died of leukemia.
Paid Notice: Deaths FARLEY, EDWARD RAY MOND, JR.
FARLEY -- Edward Ray mond, Jr., on April 25, 2005 at his residence in Princeton, NJ. CEO of Atlas Corporation, Princeton, NJ. Father of the late Thomas Joyce Farley, beloved husband of 57 years to Irene Daly Farley, cherished father of Nancy Farley Jarrell, Jane Farley von Oehsen and her husband Thomas, Edward Raymond Farley III and his wife Carolyn Kurtz Farley. Adored grandfather of William Robert Jarrell IV, Lacey Jane Jarrell, Thomas Weld von Oehsen, Jr., William McNamara von Oehsen and Alex ...
Ray Jenkins, Newspaperman Who Covered Civil Rights Era, Dies at 89
He had a “ringside seat to history” in the South, befriending Martin Luther King Jr. and triggering a landmark First Amendment case that went to the Supreme Court.
Ray Kane, Master of Slack-Key Guitar, Dies at 82
Mr. Kane, a welder by trade who learned the slack-key guitar as a boy, was among the first people to bring the instrument into the concert hall.
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.
Ray Robinson, Who Wrote of Gehrig the Man, Dies at 96
Mr. Robinson’s sports biographies, which mixed careful research with personal recollections, were more realistic than reverential.
Ray Sawyer, ‘Cover of Rolling Stone’ Singer, Dies at 81
Thanks to an eye patch, he was the most recognizable member of Dr. Hook and the Medicine Show, which had several hits in the 1970s.
Danny Ray Thompson, 72, Dies; Mainstay of Sun Ra’s Otherworldly Band
For the better part of five decades, he was the baritone saxophonist and linchpin of one of the most idiosyncratic and influential ensembles in jazz.
Carl P. Ray Dies at 71; Ex-Underwood Official
Carl P. Ray, a former All-America center on the Dartmouth College football team and for many years an executive of the Underwood Corporation, died Saturday at his home in Pawling, N.Y. He was 71 years old. Mr. Ray began to work for Underwood as a typewriter repairman in 1937 after graduating from Dartmouth, and eventually became an executive vice president.
Ray S. Cline, Chief C.I.A. Analyst, Is Dead at 77
Ray S. Cline, the Central Intelligence Agency's chief analyst during the Cuban missile crisis and in retirement a fierce defender of the agency, died today at his home in Arlington, Va. He was 77. Walter Pforzheimer, a colleague from the agency's earliest days, said Mr. Cline had been suffering from Alzheimer's disease.
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Dominik Duka, Czech Cardinal Jailed Under Communism, Dies at 82
While in prison in 1981, he befriended the dissident and future Czech president Vaclav Havel. Later, he became a conservative voice in Rome.
Steve Cropper, Guitarist, Songwriter and Shaper of Memphis Soul Music, Dies at 84
As a member of Booker T. & the MG’s and as a producer, he played a pivotal role in the rise of Stax Records, a storied force in R&B in the 1960s and ’70s.
Yegor Ligachev, Gorbachev’s No. 2 Who Turned Foe, Is Dead at 100
As the Kremlin’s hard-line Communist ideologist, he initially embraced his boss’s modernizing reforms before turning against them as threats to the Soviet order.
Eugene Hasenfus, Gunrunner Who Exposed Iran-Contra Plot, Dies at 84
He emerged out of obscurity when his cargo plane was shot down while illegally ferrying arms to Nicaraguan rebels, setting off a scandal that tarnished the Reagan and Bush White Houses.
Reginald T. Jackson, A.M.E. Bishop Who Helped Sway Votes, Dies at 71
Influential from New Jersey to Georgia, he was part of a long tradition among Black clergy of fighting bias and getting out the vote. “No vote, no clout,” he’d say.
Charles Norman Shay, Tribal Elder and World War II Hero, Dies at 101
As a 19-year-old medic, he won a Silver Star for his service during D-Day. Later, in the Korean War, he earned a Bronze Star.
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