Obituaries Related to "West" from New York Times Archive
George Blake, British Spy Who Betrayed the West, Dies at 98
He was caught spilling secrets to the Soviets in 1961 and imprisoned. Five years later, he escaped and fled to Moscow, where he was hailed as a hero.
Leslie West, ‘Mississippi Queen’ Rocker, Is Dead at 75
He rose to fame with Mountain, which Rolling Stone called a “louder version of Cream” — a band Mr. West idolized. One of the group’s first gigs was Woodstock.
As the West Coast Burns, Communities Unravel With Each Death
The fires have killed at least 20 people, leaving families and communities devastated up and down the West Coast.
10 Dead in California as Wildfires Spread on West Coast
More than three million acres have burned in California, and officials said one of the most damaging fires in Oregon may have been deliberately set.
7 People Die in West Coast Wildfires
Strong winds were likely to continue to propel the extraordinary number of fires burning in California, Oregon and Washington.
Everton Weekes, Cricket Star and Racial Pioneer, Is Dead at 95
Along with his fellow Barbados batsmen Frank Worrell and Clyde Walcott — together they were “the three Ws” — he broke the sport’s longstanding color barrier.
Nemir Kirdar, Middle East Financier With Foot in the West, Dies at 83
The private equity firm he founded, Investcorp, tapped into Persian Gulf oil money and once purchased Tiffany and Co., Gucci and other Western brands.
Bruce Baillie, ‘Essential’ Avant-Garde Filmmaker, Dies at 88
He became known in the mid-1960s for his lyrical landscape films. His most extraordinary work is a simple, single panning shot.
Let ‘West Side Story’ and Its Stereotypes Die
The latest Broadway revival can’t fix the painful way it depicts Puerto Ricans.
Robert Conrad, Two-Fisted TV Star of ‘Wild Wild West,’ Dies at 84
Mr. Conrad, known for tough guy roles, played a secret agent in a mid-1960s television series that transplanted James Bond-style plots into an Old West setting.
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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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