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Walter E. Williams, 84, Dies; Conservative Economist on Black Issues

2020-12-04T23:04:18+0000

Skeptical of antipoverty programs, he was a scholar who reached a wide public through a newspaper column and books, and as a fill-in for Rush Limbaugh.


Carter Williams, Who Unshackled Nursing Home Residents, Dies at 97

2020-10-05T16:15:33+0000

By closely describing the inner lives of older people, Ms. Williams altered legal regulations and clinical standards applied to nursing homes.


Clayton Williams, Oilman Whose Gaffes Cost an Election, Dies at 88

2020-02-18T20:08:21+0000

Leading Ann Richards in 1990, he was undone by a spate of blunders. He was the last Republican to date to lose a race for governor of Texas.


Dudley Williams, Eloquent Dancer Who Defied Age, Dies at 76

2015-06-04T00:29:56+0000

Mr. Williams was an East Harlem prodigy who dazzled Alvin Ailey company audiences as a leading dancer for more than four decades, performing into his 60s.


Paid Notice: Deaths DUKEHART, SYBIL KANE WILLIAMS

2005-11-10T05:00:00+0000

DUKEHART--Sybil Kane Williams. Died Tuesday at her home in Maryland. She was 87. Born Sybil Kane Williams, she attended the Chapin School and St. Timothy's School, in Catonsville, MD. Later, she sang in the Junior League Chorus and Octet, studied at the Diller Quaile School of Music and studied piano with Carl Ulrich Schnabel. After her marriage to Dr. James Patton Miller, in 1942, she moved to Maryland. Dr. Miller died in 1959. In 1965, she married Edward Comegys Dukehart, a realtor and travel ...


Paid Notice: Deaths TOBIN, JANET WILLIAMS (FORMERLY JANET WILLIAMS MEDINA)

2002-03-28T05:00:00+0000

TOBIN-Janet Williams (formerly Janet Williams Medina), 85. Of Delray Beach passed away peacefully on Monday, March 25, 2002. She was born in NYC, daughter of the late Herbert D. and Nina Williams. Mrs. Tobin had been President of the Board of Trustees of The Spence School, the first woman on the Board of the Legal Aid Society of NY, and served on the Boards of the YWCA of the City of NY, the Grosvenor Neighborhood House & many others. She & her late husband, Harold R. Medina, Jr. moved to the Co ...


Warren Murphy, Writer and Creator of Remo Williams, Dies at 81

2015-09-18T01:54:32+0000

Mr. Murphy, who co-authored the gritty thriller “Created the Destroyer” with Dick Sapir in 1963, wrote many more novels and had credits for movies like “Lethal Weapon 2.”


Patrick Williams, 79, Composer as Heard on TV (and Beyond), Is Dead

2018-08-09T23:45:47+0000

Mr. Williams, whose approach blended jazz, classical and pop elements, provided music for film, television and his own award-winning records.


Paid Notice: Deaths SCHIEFFELIN, JOY WILLIAMS PROCTOR

2001-04-19T05:00:00+0000

SCHIEFFELIN-Joy Williams Proctor. Peacefully on April 16 at age 77. Born in New York City. Devoted wife of the late William Jay Schieffelin III. Loving mother of Hope Dooley of Mt. Kisco NY, Timothy P. of Greenwich, Conn. Andrew L. of Westport, Conn., Michael M. of Southborough, Mass. Pre-deceased by sons James and Peter. Mother-in-law of Belinda, Susan and Katherine. Also survived by 11 grandchildren, sister Barbara P. Richardson of Westport, Conn. and brothers William Ross Proctor, Jr. of Sani ...


Paid Notice: Deaths SCHIEFFELIN, JOY WILLIAMS PROCTOR

2001-04-18T05:00:00+0000

SCHIEFFELIN-Joy Williams Proctor. Peacefully on April 16 at age 77. Born in New York City. Devoted wife of the late William Jay Schieffelin III. Loving mother of Hope Dooley of Mt. Kisco NY, Timothy P. of Greenwich, Conn. Andrew L. of Westport, Conn., Michael M. of Southborough, Mass. Pre-deceased by sons James and Peter. Mother-in-law of Belinda, Susan and Katherine. Also survived by 11 grandchildren, sister Barbara P. Richardson of Westport, Conn. and brothers William Ross Proctor, Jr. of Sani ...



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Ivan Klima, Czech Novelist Who Chafed Under Totalitarian Regimes, Dies at 94

Sat, 04 Oct 2025 16:50:41 +0000

A writer, dissident, teacher and critic, he was deeply affected by an early experience of his life: incarceration as a boy in a concentration camp near Prague.

Patricia Routledge, Hoity-Toity Housewife of ‘Keeping Up Appearances,’ Dies at 96

Fri, 03 Oct 2025 15:33:46 +0000

Before she became known as the snooty suburbanite Hyacinth Bucket, Ms. Routledge was an acclaimed stage performer, appearing with the Royal Shakespeare Company and on the West End and Broadway.

Margaret Markey, Who Championed Victims of Sexual Abuse, Dies at 83

Fri, 03 Oct 2025 18:41:54 +0000

As a New York State assemblywoman, she began a campaign that finally bore fruit in 2019, when the Legislature extended the deadlines for victims to file claims.

Leo Hindery Jr., Dealmaking Power in the Cable TV Industry, Dies at 77

Fri, 03 Oct 2025 04:03:02 +0000

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

Fri, 03 Oct 2025 03:03:10 +0000

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.”

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Fri, 03 Oct 2025 23:22:51 +0000

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