Obituaries Related to "Owens" from New York Times Archive
Owen Bieber, Auto Workers’ President During Period of Decline, Dies at 90
Faced with automation and competition from foreign car companies, he was forced to make concessions in an effort to preserve jobs.
M. Owen Lee (Father Lee to His Met Opera Radio Fans) Dies at 89
A Roman Catholic priest whose avocation for 23 years was offering commentaries and quiz answers in broadcasts during intermissions.
Owen Garriott, 88, an Early Scientist-Astronaut, Is Dead
He was the science pilot on the record-breaking 59-day mission to Skylab in 1973. Ten years later, he returned to space on the shuttle Columbia.
Charles Owens, Golfer, Dies at 85; Novel Putter Brought Late Success
Owens overcame segregation, severe injuries and, with a long putter, the “yips” to win on the Senior PGA Tour.
Doyle Owens, Founder of the Unclaimed Baggage Center, Dies at 85
Mr. Owens built his business on a traveler’s nightmare, selling the contents of lost luggage at his retail and tourist attraction in Scottsboro, Ala.
Owen Chadwick, Eminent Historian of Christianity, Dies at 99
“The Reformation” (1964), one of two volumes Professor Chadwick wrote for The Penguin History of the Church, was required reading in colleges for decades.
Gary Owens, Droll Announcer on ‘Laugh-In,’ Dies at 80
Mr. Owens, who was a disc jockey and writer as well, also voiced characters in thousands of cartoon broadcasts.
Major Owens, 77, Education Advocate in Congress, Dies
Mr. Owens, a state senator and a former chief administrator of New York City’s antipoverty program, went to Congress from Brooklyn and remained there for 24 years.
R. C. Owens, Receiver Who Made the Alley-Oop Famous, Dies at 77
The former wide receiver for the San Francisco 49ers, known for kangaroolike leaps above defenders to catch passes, introduced a new phrase to sports.
Henry D. Owen, 91, Dies; Shaped Global Fiscal Order
Mr. Owen was an influential diplomat who helped institutionalize global economic summitry in the 1970s and was considered an intellectual framer of the Trilateral Commission.
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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.
Jane Goodall, Revered Chimpanzee Expert and Conservationist, Dies at 91
Her discoveries as a primatologist in the 1960s about how chimpanzees behave in the wild were hailed as “one of the Western world’s great scientific achievements.”
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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