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Hoyle Schweitzer, Who Brought Windsurfing to the Masses, Dies at 93 (Mon, 08 Jun 2026)
With his friend Jim Drake, he built the Windsurfer, a sailboard that was cheaper and more portable than most sailboats. It became a global phenomenon.
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Gordon S. Wood, Pioneering Historian of Early America, Dies at 92 (Mon, 08 Jun 2026)
In a Pulitzer-winning book, “The Radicalism of the American Revolution,” he wrote that the colonists rose up against an entire worldview, not just against taxation.
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Billie Tisch, Influential New York Philanthropist, Dies at 98 (Mon, 08 Jun 2026)
The billionaire widow of Laurence Tisch, she raised money for WNYC radio and other cultural organizations, along with Jewish, medical and educational institutions.
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Robert Coles, Pulitzer-Winning Child Psychiatrist, Is Dead at 97 (Mon, 08 Jun 2026)
His five-volume “Children of Crisis” series, published between 1967 and 1977, drew on his conversations with American children whose voices were not often heard.
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Bernadette Chirac, Formidable Ex-First Lady of France, Dies at 93 (Sun, 07 Jun 2026)
Long seen as the cool, coifed wife of the president, she emerged as a political player in her own right, as well as a relentless champion of charities.
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Bob Packwood, Senator Forced to Quit in Sex Scandal, Dies at 93 (Sat, 06 Jun 2026)
An unorthodox Republican, he helped shape tax policy and women’s rights legislation before resigning in 1995 amid accusations by more than 20 women of sexual misconduct.
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Alan Riding, Times Correspondent in Latin America and Paris, Dies at 82 (Sat, 06 Jun 2026)
He was a cosmopolitan observer and interpreter of societies he knew firsthand, whether writing about war in Nicaragua or the history and cultural salons of France.
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Pamela Hicks, Lady-in-Waiting to Elizabeth II of Britain, Dies at 97 (Mon, 08 Jun 2026)
The queen’s third cousin, she was a bridesmaid at the royal wedding in 1947, and witnessed firsthand pivotal moments in British history.
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Anthony Head, ‘Buffy the Vampire Slayer’ and ‘Ted Lasso’ Actor, Dies at 72 (Fri, 05 Jun 2026)
The British actor was a mainstay of influential television shows who first found fame as a Nescafe pitchman.
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5 Unsung Heroes Who Carried the Memory of D-Day (Sat, 06 Jun 2026)
A journalist, a medic, a weather forecaster, a Medal of Honor recipient, a French commando: Their efforts showed that courage transcends race, class and gender.
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Ned Jarrett, Champion Stock Car Racer in the 1960s, Dies at 93 (Mon, 08 Jun 2026)
He won the sport’s most important series, NASCAR’s Grand National, and his son followed in his footsteps. Both were inducted into the Hall of Fame.
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Alan Saret, Sculptor Who Made Clouds of Wire, Dies at 81 (Sat, 06 Jun 2026)
His best-known works were large, airy tangles that suggested tumbleweeds, nests or tulle. If a window was open, they might sway in the breeze.
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Speight Jenkins, Who Brought Adventure to Seattle Opera, Dies at 89 (Sat, 06 Jun 2026)
He had never produced a performance when he was hired as the company’s general director in 1983. But over 31 years (and lots of Wagner) he became beloved.
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Diane Carlson Evans Dies at 79; Led Campaign for Vietnam Women’s Memorial (Thu, 04 Jun 2026)
A former Army nurse who served in combat, she coordinated a 10-year effort to create a monument recognizing the contributions of the war’s thousands of nurses.
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Bernard Roizman, Virologist Who Demystified Herpes, Dies at 96 (Thu, 04 Jun 2026)
He mapped the herpes simplex virus genome, revealing how it invades cells. His work also helped lay the groundwork for potential vaccines and gene therapies.
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Limmie Pulliam, Tenor Who Overcame the Stigma of His Size, Dies at 50 (Fri, 05 Jun 2026)
He quit singing in his early 20s when opera companies objected to his appearance, but after a 12-year absence he revived his career to acclaim.
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Alan Gribben, Twain Scholar Who Excised Slur From ‘Huck Finn,’ Dies at 84 (Fri, 05 Jun 2026)
He made it his mission to track down every book Mark Twain owned — and to fix what he saw as flaws that kept schools from teaching the author’s most famous works.
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Marjane Satrapi, Artist and Author of ‘Persepolis,’ Dies at 56 (Fri, 05 Jun 2026)
Her popular graphic novel series, published in the early 2000s, followed an Iranian girl through the Islamic Revolution and the Iran-Iraq War.
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Alex Younger, Former Head of Britain’s MI6, Dies at 62 (Wed, 03 Jun 2026)
As director of the espionage agency from 2014 to 2020, he confronted a range of threats, including international terrorism and an emboldened Russia.
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John McClain, Who Helped Keep Michael Jackson’s Profits Flowing, Dies at 72 (Wed, 03 Jun 2026)
A music executive with longstanding ties to the Jackson family, he worked to make Janet a star and Michael a posthumous commercial powerhouse.
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Ruth Shack, Early Champion of Gay Rights in Miami, Dies at 94 (Wed, 03 Jun 2026)
She sponsored one of the nation’s first anti-discrimination ordinances for gays and lesbians and later helped make Miami a global arts center.
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Peabo Bryson, Soul Singer Known as the Voice of Love, Dies at 75 (Tue, 02 Jun 2026)
He was admired for impassioned duets with singers like Roberta Flack and Celine Dion and for the Disney hits “Beauty and the Beast” and “A Whole New World.”
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Bruce Crandall, Part of a Heroic Rescue Mission in Vietnam, Dies at 93 (Wed, 03 Jun 2026)
“Fourteen times he flew into what they called the valley of death,” President George W. Bush said in awarding him the Medal of Honor in 2007.
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Marcia Lucas, Oscar-Winning ‘Star Wars’ Editor, Dies at 80 (Fri, 05 Jun 2026)
A close collaborator with George Lucas, her second husband, she was “the warmth and the heart” of his early films, the actor Mark Hamill said.
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