Latest NY Times Obituaries

Leo Hindery Jr., Dealmaking Power in the Cable TV Industry, Dies at 77
As an executive, he helped negotiate AT&T’s $50 billion acquisition of TCI and later led the Yankees’ YES Network. He also drove his sports car to victory in the 24 Hours of Le Mans.

Jane Goodall, Revered Chimpanzee Expert and Conservationist, Dies at 91
Her discoveries as a primatologist in the 1960s about how chimpanzees behave in the wild were hailed as “one of the Western world’s great scientific achievements.”

Thomas Perry Dies at 78; Writer of Popular, Unconventional Thrillers
His many novels, including the prizewinning “The Butcher’s Boy” and the Jane Whitefield series, could have sympathetic villains and intriguing heroes.

Bobby Cain, Barrier Breaker in School Desegregation, Dies at 85
In 1957, facing down white mobs, he became the first Black student to graduate from a public high school in the South under a court mandate.

Marilyn Knowlden, Child Actress of 1930s Hollywood, Dies at 99
A spontaneous screen test led to a career that lasted into her teens. She appeared alongside stars like Bette Davis and Katharine Hepburn, played piano with Chico Marx and danced with Charles Laughton.
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