Obituaries Related to "Pierce" from New York Times Archive
Hope, and New Life, in a Brooklyn Maternity Ward Fighting Covid-19
In a hospital at the center of the crisis, nearly 200 babies have arrived since March. Some pregnant women have fallen extremely ill, but doctors are winning battles for their lives and their children’s.
Lawrence Pierce, Judge in Contraceptives Case, Dies at 95
On the federal bench, he voided a New York law banning the sale of birth-control products to minors. He considered himself a Republican civil libertarian.
Ricky Jay, Gifted Magician, Actor and Author, Is Dead at 72
Mr. Jay, described as “the most gifted sleight-of-hand artist alive,” also acted in 40 or so films and television shows, including “Boogie Nights.”
Samuel D. Cook, Educator Who Pierced Campus Color Barriers, Dies at 88
The first black professor to hold a tenure-track appointment at a mostly white Southern university, and a childhood friend of Martin Luther King Jr.
Billy Pierce, White Sox Power Pitcher in the 1950s, Dies at 88
Pierce, a Chicago White Sox left-hander with a blazing fastball, became one of baseball’s leading pitchers of the 1950s.
Tributes for Pierce and Garnett, and Another Victory for the Nets
For Paul Pierce and Kevin Garnett, it was an emotional homecoming to Boston, and it ended with the Nets’ fifth straight win.
Walter Pierce, Modernist Architect, Dies at 93
Mr. Pierce, who was born in Brooklyn, lived his last 55 years in a house he built in Peacock Farm, Mass., a 45-acre subdivision of stylish, affordable homes that he designed.
Paid Notice: Deaths PIERCE, WILLA MARTIN
PIERCE--Willa Martin, a resident of Rye, NY died Tuesday, May 30. She was 94, and was the wife of the late Marvin Pierce. Services will be private.
Paid Notice: Deaths PIERCE, WILLA MARTIN
PIERCE--Willa Martin, a resident of Rye, NY died Tuesday, May 30. She was 94, and was the wife of the late Marvin Pierce. Services will be private.
Paid Notice: Deaths PIERCE, DORA REDWAY
PIERCE--Dora Redway, 85. Of Northeast Harbor, ME. Died peacefully on May 16 in Bar Harbor, ME. Widow of the late C. Eliot Pierce, she is survived by her four children: Charles E. Pierce, Jr., of Manhattan; Edith P. Murphy of Rockland, ME; Joan P. Uraneck of South Portland, ME; and Benjamin R. Pierce, of Devon, PA. She also leaves seven grandchildren: Leila P. Murphy of Rockland, ME; Oren Murphy of Beirut, Lebanon; Sheila Pierce Ortona, of Rome, Italy; C. Eliot Pierce III, of Brooklyn, NY; Christ ...
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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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