Obituaries Related to "Yang" from New York Times Archive
Choua Yang, Hmong Refugee and Educator, Dies at 53
With her husband, she founded Prairie Seeds Academy in Minneapolis, a charter school centered on Hmong language, culture and heritage. She died of the coronavirus.
Linda Yang, Who Offered Advice for Urban Gardeners, Dies at 83
Ms. Yang grew trees, flowers and herbs on a 19th-floor terrace. She was a contributor to The New York Times from 1979 until 1995.
Death to the Meritocracy With Andrew Yang
The 2020 contender talks Trump, jobs and higher education.
Cho Yang-ho, 70, Dies; Expanded Korean Air Amid Scandals
Recently stripped of a board seat in his family’s empire, Mr. Cho had been caught up in corruption investigations and a daughter’s “nut rage” incident.
Notable Deaths 2016: Yang Jiang
Yang Jiang Dies at 104; Revered Writer Witnessed China’s Cultural Revolution
Ms. Yang’s popular memoir told of the forced rural labor she and her novelist husband endured. Her translation of “Don Quixote” is regarded as the definitive one in Chinese.
Gen. Yang Baibing Dies at 93; Led Tiananmen Crackdown
General Yang carried out the suppression of student-led protests in Tiananmen Square in 1989 and was later purged for accruing too much power.
Yang Xianyi, Translator of Chinese Works, Dies at 94
Mr. Yang, a translator renowned for his skill at rendering both classic and contemporary Chinese literature into English, was regarded as the greatest translator of 20th-century China.
Jerry Yang, Who Did Early Cloning Work, Dies at 49
Dr. Yang was a reproductive biologist who did early work on the cloning of farm animals and helped establish the safety of meat and milk produced by cloned cattle.
Edward Yang, 59, Director Prominent in New Taiwan Cinema, Is Dead
A leading figure in the New Taiwan cinema movement of the 1980s, Mr. Yang was best known for “Yi Yi,” about one family’s life in Taipei.
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Abraham Quintanilla Jr., Music Producer and Father of Selena, Dies at 86
As a teenager, he hoped to make it big in the Tejano music world. He realized that dream through his daughter.
Peter Greene, ‘Pulp Fiction’ and ‘The Mask’ Actor, Dies at 60
Mr. Greene, who built a four-decade career uncannily portraying villains, was found dead in his apartment in Manhattan on Friday, his manager said.
Jo Ann Allen Boyce Dies at 84; Braved Mobs in Integrating a School
She was one of the Clinton 12, Black students who broke a race barrier by entering a Tennessee high school in 1956 in the face of harassment by white segregationists.
Phil Upchurch, Jazz Guitarist and Sideman to Stars, Dies at 84
A self-taught session man extraordinaire, he played with a constellation of stars, including Michael Jackson, Curtis Mayfield, Chaka Khan and Dizzy Gillespie.
Arthur L. Carter, 93, Dies; Investment Banker Founded a Cheeky Newspaper
After making a fortune on Wall Street, he bought The Nation magazine and founded The New York Observer, which one writer called a “maypole of Manhattan gossip and intrigue.”
Joseph Byrd, Who Shook Up Psychedelic Rock, Dies at 87
A veteran of the Fluxus art movement, he brought an anarchic spirit to the California acid-rock scene with his band, the United States of America.
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