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Walter E. Williams, 84, Dies; Conservative Economist on Black Issues

2020-12-04T23:04:18+0000

Skeptical of antipoverty programs, he was a scholar who reached a wide public through a newspaper column and books, and as a fill-in for Rush Limbaugh.


Clayton Williams, Oilman Whose Gaffes Cost an Election, Dies at 88

2020-02-18T20:08:21+0000

Leading Ann Richards in 1990, he was undone by a spate of blunders. He was the last Republican to date to lose a race for governor of Texas.


Dudley Williams, Eloquent Dancer Who Defied Age, Dies at 76

2015-06-04T00:29:56+0000

Mr. Williams was an East Harlem prodigy who dazzled Alvin Ailey company audiences as a leading dancer for more than four decades, performing into his 60s.


Paid Notice: Deaths DUKEHART, SYBIL KANE WILLIAMS

2005-11-10T05:00:00+0000

DUKEHART--Sybil Kane Williams. Died Tuesday at her home in Maryland. She was 87. Born Sybil Kane Williams, she attended the Chapin School and St. Timothy's School, in Catonsville, MD. Later, she sang in the Junior League Chorus and Octet, studied at the Diller Quaile School of Music and studied piano with Carl Ulrich Schnabel. After her marriage to Dr. James Patton Miller, in 1942, she moved to Maryland. Dr. Miller died in 1959. In 1965, she married Edward Comegys Dukehart, a realtor and travel ...


Paid Notice: Deaths TOBIN, JANET WILLIAMS (FORMERLY JANET WILLIAMS MEDINA)

2002-03-28T05:00:00+0000

TOBIN-Janet Williams (formerly Janet Williams Medina), 85. Of Delray Beach passed away peacefully on Monday, March 25, 2002. She was born in NYC, daughter of the late Herbert D. and Nina Williams. Mrs. Tobin had been President of the Board of Trustees of The Spence School, the first woman on the Board of the Legal Aid Society of NY, and served on the Boards of the YWCA of the City of NY, the Grosvenor Neighborhood House & many others. She & her late husband, Harold R. Medina, Jr. moved to the Co ...


Warren Murphy, Writer and Creator of Remo Williams, Dies at 81

2015-09-18T01:54:32+0000

Mr. Murphy, who co-authored the gritty thriller “Created the Destroyer” with Dick Sapir in 1963, wrote many more novels and had credits for movies like “Lethal Weapon 2.”


Paid Notice: Deaths SCHIEFFELIN, JOY WILLIAMS PROCTOR

2001-04-19T05:00:00+0000

SCHIEFFELIN-Joy Williams Proctor. Peacefully on April 16 at age 77. Born in New York City. Devoted wife of the late William Jay Schieffelin III. Loving mother of Hope Dooley of Mt. Kisco NY, Timothy P. of Greenwich, Conn. Andrew L. of Westport, Conn., Michael M. of Southborough, Mass. Pre-deceased by sons James and Peter. Mother-in-law of Belinda, Susan and Katherine. Also survived by 11 grandchildren, sister Barbara P. Richardson of Westport, Conn. and brothers William Ross Proctor, Jr. of Sani ...


Paid Notice: Deaths SCHIEFFELIN, JOY WILLIAMS PROCTOR

2001-04-18T05:00:00+0000

SCHIEFFELIN-Joy Williams Proctor. Peacefully on April 16 at age 77. Born in New York City. Devoted wife of the late William Jay Schieffelin III. Loving mother of Hope Dooley of Mt. Kisco NY, Timothy P. of Greenwich, Conn. Andrew L. of Westport, Conn., Michael M. of Southborough, Mass. Pre-deceased by sons James and Peter. Mother-in-law of Belinda, Susan and Katherine. Also survived by 11 grandchildren, sister Barbara P. Richardson of Westport, Conn. and brothers William Ross Proctor, Jr. of Sani ...


Stephen F. Williams, U.S. Appeals Court Judge, Dies at 83

2020-08-20T15:26:38+0000

A Reagan appointee, he served on the District of Columbia bench for three decades. He died of the coronavirus.


Walter E. Williams, 84, Dies; Conservative Economist on Black Issues

2020-12-04T23:04:18+0000

Skeptical of antipoverty programs, he was a scholar who reached a wide public through a newspaper column and books, and as a fill-in for Rush Limbaugh.



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