Obituaries Related to "Booth" from New York Times Archive
Richard Booth, Self-Crowned King of Used Books, Dies at 80
He transformed a fading Welsh town into a tourist magnet by buying books in bulk from colleges, libraries, defunct wholesalers and collectors’ estates.
Hugh Southern, a Creator of the TKTS Booth, Dies at 87
He held high-profile positions at the Metropolitan Opera and the National Endowment for the Arts, battling critics who wanted to abolish the agency.
Paul Booth, Antiwar Organizer and Union Stalwart, Dies at 74
A chief architect of the 1965 march on Washington against the Vietnam War, he later became a key adviser to the nation’s largest public employee union.
Frank Gifford, Star for Giants and in the Broadcast Booth, Dies at 84
Gifford was a Hall of Fame running back and receiver who personified the Giants’ glory years of the late 1950s and early ’60s and then became a mainstay on television.
Anna E. Crouse, 97, Dies; Championed Discount Tickets for Broadway
Ms. Crouse, a force behind the creation of the 40-year-old TKTS booth, also helped revitalize the struggling Lincoln Center Theater.
Booth Gardner Dies at 76; Ex-Washington Governor
Mr. Gardner served two terms and then led a campaign to allow physician-assisted suicide after becoming a Parkinson’s disease patient.
Shirley Booth, Star of TV, Radio, Stage and Screen, Is Dead at 94
American stage, screen, radio and television actress
Sunday's News of Hockey, 10/25/09: Booth Out of Hospital; Chadwick, 'Big Whistle,' Dead at 94
The N.H.L. loses a New York-born and -bred icon.
Sunday’s News of Hockey, 10/25/09: Booth Out of Hospital; Chadwick, ‘Big Whistle,’ Dead at 94
The N.H.L. loses a New York-born and -bred icon.
John Booth, 89, Author of Theater Books, Is Dead
Mr. Booth wrote books about the performing arts and was the first chairman of the Theater Development Fund, which for more than 40 years has offered discount tickets at its TKTS booths in Manhattan.
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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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