Angie Stone, Hip-Hop Pioneer Turned Neo-Soul Singer, Dies at 63
Angie Stone, a hip-hop pioneer in the late 1970s with the Sequence, one of the first all-female rap groups, who […]
Deaths (Obituaries)
David Johansen, Who Fronted the New York Dolls and More, Dies at 75
David Johansen, the singer and songwriter who was at the vanguard of glam rock and punk as the frontman of
Roberta Flack, Virtuoso Singer-Pianist Behind ‘Killing Me Softly,’ Dies at 88
After her father’s death, needing to support herself, she dropped out and took a job at a grade school in
Voletta Wallace, the Notorious B.I.G.’s Mother, Dies at 78
Voletta Wallace, the mother of the Brooklyn rapper the Notorious B.I.G., whose stewardship of her son’s career, and of his
Edith Mathis, Radiant Swiss Soprano, Is Dead at 86
“When I try a role, if I feel it’s too heavy for me then I will never do it,” she
Ken Wydro, Who Helped Create an Off Broadway Phenomenon, Dies at 81
Ken Wydro, a playwright, director and producer who with his wife, Vy Higginsen, poured their life savings into the Off
Walter Robinson, Exuberant Art-World Participant and Observer, Dies at 74
A painter who took his subjects from pop culture, he was also the founding editor of Artnet.com and chronicled the
Tom Robbins, Whose Comic Novels Drew a Cult Following, Dies at 92
Tom Robbins, whose cosmically comic novels about gargantuan-thumbed hitchhikers, stoned secret agents and mystic stockbrokers caught hold of millions of
Amy Lau, Interior Designer and a Founder of Design Miami, Dies at 56
Amy Lau, a New York interior designer and a founder of the annual Design Miami fair, whose vernacular was the
Tony Roberts, Nonchalant Fixture in Woody Allen Films, Dies at 85
His first movie with Mr. Allen was the comedy “Play It Again, Sam” (1972), written by Mr. Allen but directed