Latest NY Times Obituaries
Donna Jean Godchaux-MacKay, Grateful Dead Singer, Dies at 78
She helped shape the band’s sound in the 1970s, a decade that took the band to new heights.
Maria Riva, Dietrich Daughter Who Demystified the Legend, Dies at 100
She was her mother’s handmaiden and aide-de-camp. In 1993, her blockbuster biography told of the awful price she paid.
Martha Layne Collins, 88, Dies; Kentucky’s First Female Governor
She rose from a junior high school teacher to the state’s top official, and helped persuade Toyota to build its first American factory in Georgetown, Ky.
Marcyliena Morgan, Founder of Harvard’s Hip-Hop Archive, Dies at 75
Her university’s vast collection of albums, scholarly essays and other ephemera helped establish rap as a course of serious study on a par with classical music.
Rabbi Alvin Kass, N.Y.P.D. Chaplain for Nearly Six Decades, Dies at 89
The youngest and longest-serving chaplain in New York City history, he was also the first Jewish chief chaplain in the modern era.
Zoë Wicomb, Acclaimed South African Author, Dies at 76
In novels and short stories, she delivered sharp observations of the constraints and contradictions of apartheid and its aftermath.
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