Obituaries Related to "Walker" from New York Times Archive
Mort Walker, Creator of ‘Beetle Bailey’ Comic Strip, Dies at 94
Mr. Walker, who created “Beetle Bailey” in 1950, had the longest tenure of any cartoonist on an original creation, according to the comic’s distributor.
Paid Notice: Deaths HANCOCK, WALKER
HANCOCK-Walker. The members of the American Academy of Arts and Letters note with sorrow the death of their esteemed colleague whose passing will be mourned by the world of art.
Lynn Walker Huntley, Lawyer in Prominent Civil Rights Issues, Dies at 69
Ms. Huntley was a lawyer whose cases and causes involved issues including capital punishment, race relations and employment discrimination.
Wyatt Tee Walker, Dr. King’s Strategist and a Harlem Leader, Dies at 88
Dr. Walker played a key role in civil rights protests that turned the tide against racial injustice in the Deep South.
Lynn Walker Huntley, Lawyer in Prominent Civil Rights Issues, Dies at 69
Ms. Huntley was a lawyer whose cases and causes involved issues including capital punishment, race relations and employment discrimination.
Scott Walker, Pop Singer Who Turned Experimental, Dies at 76
Forsaking the music that made his group, the Walker Brothers, a 1960s sensation, he veered toward the avant-garde, influencing David Bowie and Radiohead.
Mort Walker, Creator of ‘Beetle Bailey’ Comic Strip, Dies at 94
Mr. Walker, who created “Beetle Bailey” in 1950, had the longest tenure of any cartoonist on an original creation, according to the comic’s distributor.
Scott Walker, Pop Singer Who Turned Experimental, Dies at 76
Forsaking the music that made his group, the Walker Brothers, a 1960s sensation, he veered toward the avant-garde, influencing David Bowie and Radiohead.
Lynn Walker Huntley, Lawyer in Prominent Civil Rights Issues, Dies at 69
Ms. Huntley was a lawyer whose cases and causes involved issues including capital punishment, race relations and employment discrimination.
Jerry Jeff Walker, Who Wrote and Sang ‘Mr. Bojangles,’ Dies at 78
He never had a Top 40 pop hit. But his best-known composition became a standard, and he became a mainstay of the outlaw country movement.
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D.L. Coburn, Playwright With a Solo Hit, ‘The Gin Game,’ Dies at 87
His two-character work won a Pulitzer Prize and had a long Broadway run, but he never replicated its success and struggled to get his later work staged.
Thomas O. Hicks, Texas Money Man Who Owned 3 Teams, Dies at 79
A master of leveraged buyouts, he bought baseball and hockey teams in Texas and an English soccer club, only to lose them in an avalanche of debt.
Donald McIntyre, 91, Dies; Starred in New Vision of Wagner’s Operas
As Wotan in Patrice Chéreau’s neo-Marxist staging of the “Ring” cycle, he was part of a celebrated, polarizing moment in opera history.
Sophie Kinsella, ‘Confessions of a Shopaholic’ Author, Dies at 55
Writing under a pseudonym, Madeleine Wickham cultivated an international following for her series centered on a young woman addicted to shopping.
Rod Paige, Education Secretary Who Defended ‘No Child Left Behind,’ Dies at 92
The first Black person to hold that cabinet position, he resigned amid discord over George W. Bush’s major legislative effort to improve public education nationwide.
Raul Malo, Frontman of Latin-Tinged Country Band Mavericks, Dies at 60
As the group’s singer and principal songwriter, he brought a new sound that broadened the boundaries of country music in the 1990s.
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