Obituaries Related to "Lyons" from New York Times Archive
Lyon Gardiner Tyler Jr., Grandson of the 10th President, Dies at 95
He and his brother, grandsons of John Tyler, were the third of three generations that remarkably spanned almost the entire history of the American experience.
Phyllis Lyon, Lesbian Activist and Gay Marriage Trailblazer, Dies at 95
When Ms. Lyon married her partner of 55 years in 2008, they formed the first legal gay union in California.
Sue Lyon, Star of ‘Lolita,’ Is Dead at 73
She was 14 when she was cast in the title role of Stanley Kubrick’s 1962 film of the Nabokov novel. It remained her best-known credit.
Nathan Lyons, Influential Photographer and Advocate of the Art, Dies at 86
Not only was Mr. Lyons known for his photographic work, he was an organizer who helped lay the foundations of contemporary photography as an art form.
Richard Lyons, 57, a Founder of the Subversive Band Negativland, Dies
Since the late 1970s, Mr. Lyons’s subversive media-hacking band has functioned more like a collective with a fluctuating membership.
Richard D. Lyons, Versatile Times Reporter, Dies at 84
Mr. Lyons covered science, Congress and the United Nations in nearly 30 years at The New York Times.
Nelson Lyon, TV Writer Steeped in the Counterculture, Dies at 73
Mr. Lyon, a screenwriter and photographer, was a participant in the drug binge that killed the actor and comedian John Belushi in 1982.
Annabelle Lyon, Dancer for Balanchine, Dies at 95
Ms. Lyon danced with some of the most important companies in the formative years of 20th-century American ballet.
Annabelle Lyon, Dancer With Balanchine, Dies at 95
Ms. Lyon danced with some of the most important companies in the formative years of 20th-century American ballet.
Norma Lyon, the ‘Butter-Cow Lady,’ Dies at 81
Ms. Lyon won fame for sculpturing tons of U.S. Grade AA salted butter each year into life-size figures of cows, famous people and, once, a diorama of the Last Supper.
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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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