https://www.nytimes.com/section/obituaries en-us Copyright 2025 The New York Times Company Thu, 08 May 2025 18:43:21 +0000 Thu, 08 May 2025 14:38:19 +0000 https://static01.nyt.com/images/misc/NYT_logo_rss_250x40.png https://www.nytimes.com/section/obituaries https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/07/business/media/clarence-o-smith-dead.html https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/07/business/media/clarence-o-smith-dead.html As president, he helped persuade companies like Estée Lauder and Ford to advertise in the pages of the first mass-circulation magazine directed at Black women. Jeré Longman Thu, 08 May 2025 05:53:06 +0000 Smith, Clarence O (1933-2025) Essence (Magazine) Magazines Black People Women and Girls Race and Ethnicity Advertising and Marketing Deaths (Obituaries) Jack Manning/The New York Times Clarence O. Smith in 1990. He spent 32 years at Essence magazine, primarily as its president in charge of marketing and advertising. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/07/sports/golf/jim-dent-dead.html https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/07/sports/golf/jim-dent-dead.html Honing his skills on segregated courses, he became one of the few Black golfers in the pro ranks, following the lead of Charlie Sifford, Pete Brown and Lee Elder. Richard Sandomir Wed, 07 May 2025 16:38:51 +0000 Dent, Jim (1939-2025) Deaths (Obituaries) Golf Black People PGA Tour Inc United States Golf Assn Augusta Municipal Golf Course PGA Tour Archive, via Getty Images Jim Dent learned to play golf on segregated golf courses in Georgia “He had no advantages growing up and was really a self-taught player,” a PGA Tour historian said, “one who learned the game by observing what he saw through caddying.” https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/06/science/philip-sunshine-dead.html https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/06/science/philip-sunshine-dead.html A founder of neonatology, he helped revolutionize the care of preterm and critically ill newborns. “We were able to keep babies alive that would not have survived,” he said. Michael S. Rosenwald Tue, 06 May 2025 21:00:13 +0000 Sunshine, Philip (1930-2025) Deaths (Obituaries) Premature Babies Infant Mortality Doctors Stanford University Kennedy, Patrick Bouvier https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/06/arts/television/lulu-roman-dead.html https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/06/arts/television/lulu-roman-dead.html Obesity was a source of trauma for her, but also of her comedy, which she showcased, along with gospel singing, on the long-running down-home variety show. Alex Williams Tue, 06 May 2025 21:02:06 +0000 Roman, Lulu (1946-2025) Deaths (Obituaries) Hee Haw (TV Program) Television Comedy and Humor Country Music Gospel Music Weight Drug Abuse and Traffic CBS, via Getty Images Lulu Roman in 1969, the year “Hee Haw" made its debut. She was am original member of the show’s cast and remained with it for more than two decades. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/04/us/sybil-shainwald-dead.html https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/04/us/sybil-shainwald-dead.html After taking part in a landmark case against the manufacturers of the synthetic hormone DES, she represented many other victims of harmful drugs and devices. Penelope Green Mon, 05 May 2025 20:21:11 +0000 Shainwald, Sybil (1928-2025) Legal Profession Women and Girls Compensation for Damages (Law) Suits and Litigation (Civil) Liability for Products Drugs (Pharmaceuticals) Medical Devices Medicine and Health Birth Control and Family Planning Implants Eli Lilly and Company Deaths (Obituaries) Alexander James Towle/Fairfax Media, via Getty Images Sybil Shainwald in 1993. For nearly half a century, she represented women whose health had been harmed by poorly tested drugs and medical devices. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/04/obituaries/will-hutchins-dead.html https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/04/obituaries/will-hutchins-dead.html He starred in one of the westerns that dominated TV in the late 1950s. After losing traction in Hollywood, he became a traveling clown. Alex Traub Tue, 06 May 2025 18:16:41 +0000 Hutchins, Will (1930-2025) Television Actors and Actresses Sugarfoot (TV Program) Deaths (Obituaries) ABC Photo Archives/Disney General Entertainment Content, via Getty Images Will Hutchins in 1957 in a publicity photo for the television show “Sugarfoot,” which ran for four seasons. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/04/movies/cora-sue-collins-dead.html https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/04/movies/cora-sue-collins-dead.html She was in films with Greta Garbo, who became a friend, and Myrna Loy, Bette Davis and others. She ended her career after being sexually harassed. Richard Sandomir Mon, 05 May 2025 21:01:36 +0000 Collins, Cora Sue (1927-2025) Deaths (Obituaries) Actors and Actresses Movies Children and Childhood Sexual Harassment Garbo, Greta Anna Karenina (Movie) Virgil Apger/Getty Images Cora Sue Collins in about 1934. She appeared in 11 movies that year and another 11 in 1935. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/03/arts/music/pierre-audi-dead.html https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/03/arts/music/pierre-audi-dead.html After turning a derelict lecture hall into the daring Almeida Theater, he had a long career as a director and impresario in Europe and New York. Zachary Woolfe Sun, 04 May 2025 02:05:24 +0000 Audi, Pierre Deaths (Obituaries) Classical Music Opera Theater Almeida Theater (London, England) Dutch National Opera Aix-en-Provence Festival Violette Franchi for The New York Times Pierre Audi in Aix-en-Provence, France, where he had run the acclaimed opera festival since 2018. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/02/arts/television/ruth-buzzi-dead.html https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/02/arts/television/ruth-buzzi-dead.html She had other roles onstage and on TV, but none more memorable than the wary spinster fending off male advances on that raucous sketch show. Bruce Weber Mon, 05 May 2025 04:28:55 +0000 Buzzi, Ruth Deaths (Obituaries) Television Comedy and Humor Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In (TV Program) NBC Ruth Buzzi as her best-known character, Gladys Ormphby, on “Laugh-In” with Sam Shepard, left (the playwright was moonlighting as a drummer), and Peter Stampfel of the Holy Modal Rounders, that week’s musical guests. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/03/us/politics/bob-filner-dead.html https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/03/us/politics/bob-filner-dead.html A progressive member of Congress for two decades, he resigned as mayor after 18 women accused him of sexual harassment. Trip Gabriel Sat, 03 May 2025 22:24:58 +0000 Filner, Bob Deaths (Obituaries) United States Politics and Government House of Representatives Mayors Sexual Harassment Ethics and Official Misconduct San Diego (Calif) California Bill Clark/Roll Call, via Getty Images Bob Filner speaking in Washington in 2007, when he was a member of Congress. After serving 20 years in the House, he was elected Mayor of San Diego. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/02/arts/music/mike-peters-frontman-of-the-alarm-is-dead-at-66.html https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/02/arts/music/mike-peters-frontman-of-the-alarm-is-dead-at-66.html Leading the Welsh band known for 1980s anthems like “Sixty Eight Guns,” he later became a strong voice in the fight against cancer, which he battled for decades. Alex Williams Sat, 03 May 2025 00:30:31 +0000 Peters, Mike (1959-2025) Deaths (Obituaries) Pop and Rock Music Cancer Alarm, The (Music Group) U2 (Music Group) Sixty Eight Guns (Song) Wales Marc Broussely/Redferns, via Getty Images Mike Peters of the Alarm in performance in London in 2009. The band fused the high-octane energy of punk with a distinctive twin-acoustic-guitar attack. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/02/theater/stephen-mo-hanan-dead.html https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/02/theater/stephen-mo-hanan-dead.html He sang arias on the streets of San Francisco, performed on Broadway and collaborated on a musical about Al Jolson, which he also starred in. Richard Sandomir Fri, 02 May 2025 22:14:44 +0000 Hanan, Stephen Mo Deaths (Obituaries) Theater (Broadway) Theater (Off Broadway) Street Performers Shakespeare in the Park Jolson, Al The Pirates of Penzance (Opera) Cats (Play) Jolson & Co. (Play) Rahav Segev for The New York Times Stephen Mo Hanan in 2002 in “Jolson & Co.,” a show about the vaudeville star Al Jolson that he wrote with Jay Berkow. “With Jolson you can be completely over the top,” he said. “You have to be.” https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/02/us/politics/george-ryan-dead.html https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/02/us/politics/george-ryan-dead.html A Republican, he imposed a moratorium on capital punishment, saying he could not support a death-row system “so fraught with error” that it might end an innocent life. Robert D. McFadden Sat, 03 May 2025 13:17:43 +0000 Ryan, George H Deaths (Obituaries) Governors (US) Illinois Politics and Government Amnesties, Commutations and Pardons Capital Punishment Spencer Green/Associated Press Gov. George H. Ryan of Illinois in 2001. A moderate Republican who had long favored capital punishment, he defended his decision to suspend the death penalty in Illinois as an act of conscience. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/02/arts/music/joel-krosnick-dead.html https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/02/arts/music/joel-krosnick-dead.html Widely admired for his intense and precise playing, Mr. Krosnick stayed with the quartet for over 40 years, longer than either of his cellist predecessors. Adam Nossiter Sun, 04 May 2025 15:12:37 +0000 Krosnick, Joel Deaths (Obituaries) Classical Music Cellos Juilliard School Juilliard String Quartet New York City Kalish, Gilbert Mann, Robert N (1920-2017) Nan Melville for The New York Times Mr. Krosnick, right, and his longtime musical partner, the pianist Gilbert Kalish, in an undated photo. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/02/world/americas/inah-canabarro-lucas-oldest-person-dead.html https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/02/world/americas/inah-canabarro-lucas-oldest-person-dead.html Sister Inah Canabarro Lucas received a blessing from Pope Francis when she turned 110. She would have turned 117 in a few weeks. Neil Vigdor Sat, 03 May 2025 13:50:20 +0000 Canabarro Lucas, Inah (1908-2025) Deaths (Obituaries) Records and Achievements Age, Chronological Nuns Roman Catholic Church Guinness World Records Brazil Porto Alegre (Brazil) Carlos Macedo/Longeviquest, via Reuters A handout photo showing Sister Inah Canabarro Lucas, at age 116, in Porto Alegre, Brazil. Guinness World Records declared her the world’s oldest person in January. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/01/obituaries/joyce-brown-billie-boggs-overlooked.html https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/01/obituaries/joyce-brown-billie-boggs-overlooked.html She successfully challenged her involuntary commitment to Bellevue Hospital in 1987, setting a precedent for homeless people that remains relevant today. Sam Roberts Fri, 02 May 2025 02:14:23 +0000 Brown, Joyce (Billie Boggs) (1947-2005) Biographical Information Homeless Persons Mental Health and Disorders Civil Rights and Liberties Decisions and Verdicts Politics and Government Bellevue Hospital Center Koch, Edward I Manhattan (NYC) Elizabeth (NJ) New York Civil Liberties Union Siegel, Norman (1943- ) Don Hogan Charles/The New York Times Joyce Brown in 1988. She had just been released from Bellevue Hospital with help from the New York Civil Liberties Union. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/01/nyregion/bobby-torre-dead.html https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/01/nyregion/bobby-torre-dead.html His ribald one-liners, oddball knowledge and generosity helped define Melon’s, an Upper East Side fixture, where he manned the door for decades. Alex Traub Thu, 01 May 2025 19:26:17 +0000 Torre, Bobby (1944-2025) Deaths (Obituaries) Bars and Nightclubs Restaurants J G Melon Upper East Side (Manhattan, NY) https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/01/world/europe/odile-de-vasselot-dead.html https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/01/world/europe/odile-de-vasselot-dead.html During World War II, she deceived her watchful mother so she could take part in dangerous missions. Later, she founded a girls’ school in Ivory Coast. Adam Nossiter Tue, 06 May 2025 18:07:23 +0000 de Vasselot, Odile (1922-2025) Deaths (Obituaries) World War II (1939-45) Holocaust and the Nazi Era Awards, Decorations and Honors Education (K-12) de Gaulle, Charles Macron, Emmanuel (1977- ) France Abidjan (Ivory Coast) Women and Girls Thomas Samson/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images Odile de Vasselot in 2021. Her Resistance career resembled that of many others, with one key difference: In a largely working-class movement, she was an aristocrat. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/01/arts/music/stan-love-dead.html https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/01/arts/music/stan-love-dead.html A former N.B.A. player and the father of the All-Star Kevin Love, he was also the brother of the pop group’s Mike Love and a caretaker for its troubled leader, Brian Wilson. Jeré Longman Thu, 01 May 2025 15:58:08 +0000 Love, Stan (1949-2025) Deaths (Obituaries) Pop and Rock Music Basketball Beach Boys National Basketball Assn Baltimore Bullets Wilson, Brian (1942- ) Wilson, Dennis (1944-92) Love, Mike Love, Kevin Spencer Weiner/Los Angeles Times, via Getty Images Stan Love, left, in 2006 with Brian Wilson of the Beach Boys, watching Mr. Love’s son Kevin — later a star in the N.B.A. — in a high school basketball game. Mr. Love had earlier spent several years as Mr. Wilson’s caretaker and bodyguard. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/30/us/politics/david-horowitz-dead.html https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/30/us/politics/david-horowitz-dead.html Once a Marxist, he came to embrace hard-right positions, including the falsehood that Mr. Trump won in 2020, and to mentor Stephen Miller, later the Trump adviser. Trip Gabriel Wed, 30 Apr 2025 23:17:32 +0000 Horowitz, David J (1939- ) Deaths (Obituaries) Conservatism (US Politics) Right-Wing Extremism and Alt-Right Books and Literature Muslims and Islam Miller, Stephen (1985- ) Trump, Donald J Horowitz, Ben Collier, Peter Horowitz, David, Freedom Center (Nonprofit) Ramparts Students for Academic Freedom Monica Almeida/The New York Times David Horowitz in his office in Los Angeles in 2000.