Obituaries Related to "Wright" from New York Times Archive
Clarissa Dickson Wright, Rebel TV Chef in ‘Two Fat Ladies,’ Dies at 66
Ms. Dickson Wright, a former lawyer, became a middle-aged celebrity on a BBC cooking show that was picked up by the Food Network.
Simeon Wright, Witness to Abduction of Emmett Till, Dies at 74
Two young cousins, one visiting from Chicago, shared a bedroom on the night of a murder in 1955 that shook the nation and galvanized the civil rights movement.
Betty Wright, Soul Singer Who Mentored a New Generation, Dies at 66
She had her first hit, “Clean Up Woman,” when she was only 17 and became a key player in the Miami funk sound of the 1970s.
Mickey Wright, One of the Greatest Players in Women’s Golf, Dies at 85
She won 82 L.P.G.A. tournaments, 13 of them majors, dominating the tour in the late 1950s and much of the 1960s.
Max Wright, Who Went From Theater Roles to ‘ALF,’ Dies at 75
He was best known for playing a suburban father who lives with a furry alien. But he preferred the stage, and he said he had been “hugely eager” for the show to end.
Raniya Wright, 10, Died of Natural Causes, Not Because of School Fight, Officials Say
Investigators said that Raniya, whose death caused an outpouring of grief and made national headlines, had a birth defect that caused a blood vessel in her brain to burst.
Mother of Raniya Wright, Who Died After Fight, Says School Failed to Protect Her Daughter
Ashley Wright said she had alerted the school that her daughter was being bullied by a classmate before her death.
Erik Olin Wright, 71, Dies; Marxist Sociologist With a Pragmatic Approach
Dr. Wright offered practical alternatives to capitalism, promoting ideas like a universal basic income.
Notable Deaths 2017: Simeon Wright
Notable Deaths 2016: C.D. Wright
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Viola Fletcher, Oldest Survivor of the Tulsa Race Massacre, Dies at 111
At 7, she bore witness to one of American history’s most violent spasms of racial violence. She was 106 when the nation reckoned with the crime.
Jimmy Cliff, Singer Who Helped Bring Reggae to Global Audience, Dies at 81
His Grammy-winning records as well as his starring role in the cult movie “The Harder They Come” in 1972 boosted a career spanning seven decades.
Dharmendra, Bollywood Leading Man, Dies at 89
In a career spanning nearly seven decades and more than 300 productions, he became widely popular, and wealthy, playing heroes and thieves.
Jamil Abdullah Al-Amin, Black Power Activist Known as H. Rap Brown, Dies at 82
A charismatic orator in the 1960s, he called for armed resistance to white oppression. As a Muslim cleric, he was convicted of murder in 2000 and died in detention.
Lee Tamahori, Director of Film Voted New Zealand’s Best, Dies at 75
He reimagined “Once Were Warriors,” a novel about a Maori family, as a film that became a worldwide phenomenon. He went on to direct Hollywood movies.
Dorothy Vogel, Librarian With a Vast Art Collection, Dies at 90
On modest civil servants’ salaries, she and her husband amassed a trove of some 4,000 works by art-world luminaries, storing them in their one-bedroom Manhattan apartment.
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