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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.


Carter Williams, Who Unshackled Nursing Home Residents, Dies at 97

2020-10-05T16:15:33+0000

By closely describing the inner lives of older people, Ms. Williams altered legal regulations and clinical standards applied to nursing homes.


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.”


Jeannette Williams-Parker, Nurse in a Virus Hot Spot, Dies at 48

2020-10-26T20:24:47+0000

She was the first nurse in West Virginia to die of Covid-19. “She just never thought it would happen to her,” her mother said.


Patrick Williams, 79, Composer as Heard on TV (and Beyond), Is Dead

2018-08-09T23:45:47+0000

Mr. Williams, whose approach blended jazz, classical and pop elements, provided music for film, television and his own award-winning records.


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.



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Andrew Kassoy, 55, Dies; Saw Capitalism as a Force for Social Good

Sun, 13 Jul 2025 03:05:22 +0000

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

Sat, 12 Jul 2025 05:15:42 +0000

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

Sat, 12 Jul 2025 04:34:32 +0000

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

Fri, 11 Jul 2025 22:34:55 +0000

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

Sat, 12 Jul 2025 04:52:44 +0000

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

Sat, 12 Jul 2025 13:56:44 +0000

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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