Obituaries Related to "Jenkins" from New York Times Archive
Ray Jenkins, Newspaperman Who Covered Civil Rights Era, Dies at 89
He had a “ringside seat to history” in the South, befriending Martin Luther King Jr. and triggering a landmark First Amendment case that went to the Supreme Court.
Dan Jenkins, 90, Chronicler of Sports in Raucous Prose, Dies
Mr. Jenkins, an early star at Sports Illustrated, pressed the limits of irreverence in novels often about good old boys.
Bill Jenkins, Who Tried to Halt Tuskegee Syphilis Study, Dies at 73
Black men were being used as guinea pigs, an alarmed Dr. Jenkins told his health agency supervisor, not knowing that the supervisor was involved.
Charles Jenkins, 77, U.S. Soldier Who Regretted Fleeing to North Korea, Dies
Patrolling the zone between North and South Korea in 1965, he fled his post to avoid combat in Vietnam. He was kept in North Korea for almost 40 years.
Farish Jenkins, Expert on Evolving Fossils, Dies at 72
Dr. Jenkins discovered fossilized fish, hundreds of millions of years old, that resembled early mammals.
Paul Jenkins, Painter of Abstract Artwork, Dies at 88
Mr. Jenkins, an Abstract Expressionist, was a friend of Mark Rothko and adopted techniques similar to those of Jackson Pollock.
Bill Jenkins, 81, Drag Racing Driver and Innovator, Dies
Jenkins, an inductee in the Motorsports Hall of Fame of America, helped lift the National Hot Rod Association from the streets to the professional track.
Elizabeth Jenkins, Woman of Letters, Dies at 104
In novels and biographies, Ms. Jenkins looked at lives with a psychological dimension.
George P. Jenkins, a MetLife Chairman, Dies at 94
Mr. Jenkins helped form the Municipal Assistance Corporation, which helped resolve New York City’s debt crisis in the 1970s.
Dan Jenkins: Dead Solid Fun
In “The Franchise Babe” (Doubleday, $24.95), our narrator, the sportswriter Jack Brannon, spots a woman on a golf course. She is "MVP toned and shaped...first-team upstairs in a form-fitting, sleeveless, scoop-neck white top" and a "jacked-up mini." Sports fans will recognize this greens report as the work of Dan Jenkins, who since his seminal golf novel, “Dead Solid Perfect” (1974), has explored the relationship between the gentleman’s game, and, well, the gentleman’s game. Brannon makes his ap ...
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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.
Terry Martin Hekker, a Happy Housewife Scorned, Dies at 92
She wrote two popular memoirs: the first about the joys of married life, the second about her husband serving her divorce papers on their 40th anniversary.
Burt Meyer, 99, Dies; Made Lite-Brite and Rock ’Em Sock ’Em Robots
Starting in the 1960s, he collaborated on the designs of classic toys like Mouse Trap, Toss Across and Mr. Machine.
Mark Mellman, 70, Dies; Helped Democrats Understand Their Voters
A pollster and political strategist, he was a key figure in John Kerry’s 2004 presidential campaign and used his prominence to speak out in defense of Israel.
Ward Landrigan, Jeweler to the Stars, Dies at 84
At Sotheby’s, he provided famous diamonds to Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton before reviving Verdura, a venerable jewelry company founded by a Sicilian duke.
Robert L. Stirm, Returning P.O.W. in Pulitzer-Winning Photo, Dies at 92
The image immortalized a Vietnam veteran’s joyous homecoming to his beaming family, but it hid the truth about his unraveling marriage.
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