Obituaries Related to "Cooper" from New York Times Archive
Michael C. Cooper, Convicted in Tax Scam, Dies a Prisoner at 66
Seeing an opportunity to profit off widespread resentment over the tax system, he ensnared 50,000 Americans who sought to dodge the I.R.S.
Bert Cooper, Boxer Who Knocked Down Holyfield, Dies at 53
Cooper fought many of the top boxers of his day but was better known for his losses than for his victories. He also fought a serious drug problem.
We May Be Able to Get Kevin Cooper Off Death Row
California’s governor may permit a DNA test pointing to Cooper’s innocence.
California Today: Should the Case of the Death-Row Inmate Kevin Cooper Be Re-examined?
Monday: Pressure mounts on Gov. Jerry Brown, another rebuke to President Trump’s immigration policies and Steph Curry is on fire.
Peggy Cooper Cafritz, Patron of Black Artists, Dies at 70
Also a civil rights activist and educator, she championed African and African-American art, building a collection and then rebuilding it after a fire.
Leon Cooper, Who Carried on a Battle for Tarawa, Dies at 98
A veteran of the fight to take a Pacific atoll in World War II, he fought for the return of Marines’ remains and to restore a beach as “hallowed ground.”
Robert J. Cooper, 39, Creator of Popular Elderflower Liqueur, Dies
Mr. Cooper’s 2007 concoction, St-Germain, was so embraced by the cocktail crowd that it became known as “bartender’s ketchup.”
Henry S. F. Cooper Jr., Space Reporter With Literary Lineage, Dies at 82
Mr. Cooper, a descendant of James Fenimore Cooper, was an author, a writer for The New Yorker and the bulletin editor for the Century Association.
Jocelyn Cooper Dies at 86; Helped Pave Way for First Black Congresswoman
Ms. Cooper and her husband, Andrew Cooper, sued in the early 1960s to challenge racially gerrymandered congressional district lines, which were redrawn under court order.
Mario Cooper, Nexus Between AIDS Activists and Black Leaders, Dies at 61
Mr. Cooper was a former Democratic political operative who pressed civil rights groups to confront H.I.V.’s effect.
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Ivan Klima, Czech Novelist Who Chafed Under Totalitarian Regimes, Dies at 94
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
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
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
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.

Arthur Jones, Former Baltimore Ravens Player, Dies at 39
He played for the Ravens when the team won the Super Bowl in 2013.
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