Obituaries Related to "Holland" from New York Times Archive
Reinbert de Leeuw, Dutch Champion of Contemporary Music, Dies at 81
He pushed conservative institutions to program the new, and was a noted conductor of major avant-garde works.
Diet Eman, Who Risked Her Life to Rescue Dutch Jews, Dies at 99
It took 50 years for her to write of her exploits in the Dutch Resistance, rescuing pilots, sheltering fugitives and enduring capture.
Netherlands Was 10 Percent Liable in Srebrenica Deaths, Top Dutch Court Finds
The Supreme Court reduced the state’s level of liability for damages in the deaths of 350 men and boys who were ordered out of a peacekeepers’ compound in 1995.
Dutch Teenager’s Death Sets Off Debate, and Media Corrections
The Dutch case of Noa Pothoven, 17, who had written about being a rape victim and her experience with mental illness, ricocheted around the globe. But initial stories got it wrong.
Dutch Man, Captive for 7 Years, Dies as Philippines Troops Try to Free Him
The hostage, Ewold Horn, had been taken hostage by Abu Sayyaf militants in 2012 while he was bird-watching on a remote southern island.
Brazen Shooting Traumatizes Dutch City, Three Days After Christchurch Killings
Dutch authorities were looking into multiple possible motives for the shooting, which wounded five people.
Irwin Hollander, 90, Master Lithographer Who Revived Fine Art, Dies
Mr. Hollander persuaded Willem de Kooning, Robert Motherwell and other Abstract Expressionists to try their hands at lithography at his Manhattan workshop. Their proofs became some of his best work.
Freddie Oversteegen, Gritty Dutch Resistance Fighter, Dies at 92
She was only 14 when she joined her sister and a law student as an all-female underground trio of saboteurs and assassins in German-occupied Holland.
Notable Deaths 2017: Jimmie Holland
James F. Holland, Trailblazing Cancer Researcher, Dies at 92
Dr. Holland was called a founding father of chemotherapy, collaborating on drug combinations to contain childhood leukemia and other tumors.
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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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