Bill Pitman, revered studio guitarist, is dead at 102
Bill Pitman, a guitarist who accompanied Frank Sinatra, Elvis Presley and other stars, and who was on the soundtracks of countless films and TV shows,...
Margaret Keane, painter of sad-eyed waifs, dies at 94
Margaret Keane, the artist whose doleful, saucer-eyed waifs earned millions in an international kitsch craze a half-century ago died Sunday at her home in Napa,...
Robert Bly, poet who gave rise to a men’s movement, dies at 94
Robert Bly, the Minnesota poet, author and translator who galvanized protests against the Vietnam War and started a controversial men’s movement with a bestseller that...
Roger Mudd, anchorman who stumped a Kennedy, is dead at 93
Roger Mudd, a staple of CBS, NBC and PBS, was best known for his interview with Senator Edward M. Kennedy in 1979, when he asked...
Cicely Tyson, an Actress Who Shattered Stereotypes, Dies at 96
Cicely Tyson, the stage, screen and television actress whose vivid portrayals of strong African American women shattered racial stereotypes in the dramatic arts of the...