Obituaries Related to "Robinson" from New York Times Archive
Flynn Robinson, Scorer on Dominant N.B.A. Club, Dies at 72
Robinson was a 1970 All-Star, a seven-season N.B.A. player and a productive reserve guard on the first Los Angeles Lakers title team, which had a 33-game winning streak.
Arnie Robinson Jr., Olympic Long Jump Champion, Dies at 72
Mr. Robinson won the gold medal at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal and a bronze medal in Munich in 1972.
McNeil Robinson II, 72, Organist and Composer, Is Dead
Mr. Robinson, who was the chairman of the organ department at the Manhattan School of Music, was also the organist for several houses of worship.
Arnie Robinson Jr., Olympic Long Jump Champion, Dies at 72
Mr. Robinson won the gold medal at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal and a bronze medal in Munich in 1972.
Ken Robinson, Who Preached Creativity in Teaching, Dies at 70
Dance, he said, is just as important as math. He was knighted for his work, and his TED Talk on schools and the arts was the most viewed of all time.
Cliff Robinson, UConn Star Who Played 18 N.B.A. Seasons, Dies at 53
He took the Huskies to the N.I.T. championship, and was the Sixth Man of the Year for the Trail Blazers. In 2017, he opened a marijuana dispensary.
James Robinson, 79, Dies; Filled an Ambulance Gap in Brooklyn
Frustrated that responses to emergency calls took too long in Bedford-Stuyvesant, he started a volunteer ambulance corps, and it’s been nimble.
Frank Robinson, Hall of Fame Slugger and First Black Manager, Dies at 83
An intense player at the plate, he hit 586 home runs and made history when he took the helm of the Cleveland Indians in 1975.
Roger Robinson, Who Tackled August Wilson Roles, Dies at 78
He won a Tony Award for his work in the 2009 revival of Mr. Wilson’s “Joe Turner’s Come and Gone,” his seventh and final Broadway appearance.
Arthur J. Robinson, Known as ‘Mr. Okra’ to New Orleans, Dies at 74
Mr. Robinson, a direct heir to the city’s street-peddling tradition, rolled through the streets every day hawking produce from his pickup truck (“I have ooooranges and bananas!”).
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Andrew Kassoy, 55, Dies; Saw Capitalism as a Force for Social Good
He was a founder of B Lab, a nonprofit network whose lofty mission is “transforming the global economy to benefit all people, communities and the planet.”
David Gergen, Adviser to Presidents and Political Commentator, Dies at 83
He served under Nixon, Ford, Reagan and Clinton before becoming a top editor and a familiar TV pundit. “Centrism doesn’t mean splitting the difference,” he said.
Mark Snow, Who Conjured the ‘X-Files’ Theme, Is Dead at 78
It took a misplaced elbow, a quirk of Los Angeles geography and some whistling from his wife to produce one of television’s most memorable melodies.
Brian Clarke, Stained-Glass Innovator, Is Dead at 71
Believing that the art form had to move from religious to secular settings, he designed installations in airports, corporate buildings, a country club and a marketplace.
Dave ‘Baby’ Cortez, Hitmaker Who Seemed to Vanish, Is Dead at 83
His “The Happy Organ” reached No. 1 in 1959, but his pop stardom was short-lived, and his death in 2022, with an anonymous burial, remains a source of mystery.
Bill Dilworth, Caretaker of ‘The New York Earth Room,’ Is Dead at 70
For decades, he tended a SoHo loft filled with dirt, made by the conceptual artist Walter De Maria. People made pilgrimages to see it — and Mr. Dilworth, its magnetic steward.
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