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Larry Willis, Pianist Who Crossed Genres, Is Dead at 76

In a career that began in the early 1960s, he worked with a long and varied list of musicians and groups including Hugh Masekela, Carla Bley and Blood, Sweat and Tears.

Paid Notice: Deaths GILLESPIE, LORRAINE (NEE WILLIS)

GILLESPIE--Lorraine (nee Willis). Of Englewood, NJ on June 13, 2004. Beloved wife of the late Dizzy Gillespie (1993). Friends may call at the Barrett Funeral Home, 148 Dean Drive, Tenafly, NJ on Friday 2-4 and 7-9 P.M. Funeral Mass Saturday, 9:30 A.M., St. Cecilia Church, Englewood, NJ. Interment Flushing Cemetery, Queens, NY. Donations to the Englewood Hospital and Medical Center, Dizzy Gillespie Fund, 350 Engle Street, Englewood, NJ 07631 would be appreciated. For directions visit www.barrettf ...

Dr. J. Willis Hurst, Cardiologist to Lyndon B. Johnson, Dies at 90

Dr. Hurst was an expert in his field and the principal editor of one of the most widely used medical textbooks.

Willis Ware, 93, Engineer at Dawn of Computer Age, Dies

As part of a group of engineers developing an early computer, Mr. Ware was first to try to engineer many of the components that would be essential for modern computers.

Allee Willis, 72, Dies; ‘Friends’ Theme and ‘September’ Songwriter

She also wrote or co-wrote “Neutron Dance” for the Pointer Sisters, “What Have I Done to Deserve This?” for the Pet Shop Boys and Dusty Springfield, and other hits.

Larry Willis, Pianist Who Crossed Genres, Is Dead at 76

In a career that began in the early 1960s, he worked with a long and varied list of musicians and groups including Hugh Masekela, Carla Bley and Blood, Sweat and Tears.

Willis Carto, Far-Right Figure and Holocaust Denier, Dies at 89

The Anti-Defamation League called Mr. Carto “one of the most influential American anti-Semitic propagandists” and “the mastermind of the hate network.”

Betty Willis, Whose ‘Fabulous’ Sign Defined Las Vegas, Dies at 91

Ms. Willis’s 25-foot-high neon sign blazingly and irrevocably linked Las Vegas with fabulousness.

Gordon Willis, ‘Godfather’ Cinematographer, Dies at 82

Mr. Willis’s work on seminal movies of the 1970s, like ‘Annie Hall,’ made his name synonymous with that pathbreaking decade in American moviemaking.

Willis Ware, 93, Engineer at Dawn of Computer Age, Dies

As part of a group of engineers developing an early computer, Mr. Ware was first to try to engineer many of the components that would be essential for modern computers.