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Frank Mancuso Has Died. He Was Behind Hit Movies of the 1980s and ’90s. (Wed, 14 Oct 2026)
As head of Paramount he ushered box office favorites like “Top Gun” and “Fatal Attraction.” Later, he revived James Bond at MGM.
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Tim Janus, One of the World’s Greatest Competitive Eaters, Has Died (Wed, 14 Oct 2026)
He brought rigor and strategy to the sport, rising to No. 2 in the world and eating 141 pieces of nigiri in six minutes in the process.
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Martina Arroyo, Luminous Soprano Who Broke Barriers, Dies at 90 (Wed, 14 Oct 2026)
A leading star at the Metropolitan Opera in the 1960s and ’70s, she was one of the first Black singers to have a major stage career.
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He Pushed Heavy Metal to Even Darker Extremes (Wed, 14 Oct 2026)
Conrad Lant, the frontman for Venom, took the stage name Cronos, pioneered black metal and more or less made Satan a sideman. He has died at 63.
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The New Yorker Cartoonist P.C. Vey Has Died (Tue, 13 Oct 2026)
His work for The New Yorker savaged the absurdities of everyday life. He has died at 70.
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We Want Your Original Cartoon (Tue, 13 Oct 2026)
The cartoonist P.C. Vey died recently. We’re inviting readers to share original cartoons of their own that, like Mr. Vey’s, find humor in the absurdities of everyday life.
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Marina Vlady, French Cinema Star of ‘Princesse de Clèves,’ Dies at 88 (Tue, 13 Oct 2026)
She was a French film star who appeared in films by Orson Welles and Jean-Luc Godard, playing women who resisted easy categorization.
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Judith J. Gische, Judge in Giuliani Divorce Case, Dies at 70 (Wed, 14 Oct 2026)
During an acrimonious trial, she barred the mayor’s lover from Gracie Mansion and ruled that his income and clients were open to scrutiny.
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Frances Stonor Saunders, Who Detailed C.I.A. Propaganda, Dies at 60 (Wed, 14 Oct 2026)
In a 1999 book, she chronicled the spy agency’s secret backing of Cold War culture projects to manipulate public opinion against Communism in Western Europe.
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Judy Markey, Frank and Funny Voice on Chicago Radio, Dies at 82 (Tue, 13 Oct 2026)
She and Kathy O’Malley — known as “the Girlfriends” — were the rare female hosts in a major market. Their freewheeling segments included “Sex Thursday.”
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RJ Mitte, Who Played Walter White’s Son on ‘Breaking Bad,’ Dies at 34 (Tue, 13 Oct 2026)
Mr. Mitte was born with cerebral palsy and brought his own experience of living with the disability to the role of Walter White Jr. on the Emmy-winning show.
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Mathematician Who Waited 50 Years for Proper Credit for Her Work Has Died (Sat, 10 Oct 2026)
At the Los Alamos National Laboratory, Mary Tsingou Menzel’s computer programming helped set the stage for chaos theory and other fields.
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Sidney Offit, a ‘Central Figure’ in the World of New York Writers, Has Died (Sat, 10 Oct 2026)
He was the author of more than a dozen books. “He knew every writer in New York,” Robert A. Caro said.
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Mike Ditka, Fiery Coach of the Chicago Bears, Has Died (Fri, 09 Oct 2026)
He and the Bears won the Super Bowl in 1986, and after coaching he became one of the sport’s most visible and enduring talking heads. He was 86.
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Wayne Lawson, Vanity Fair’s ‘Secret Weapon,’ Has Died (Fri, 09 Oct 2026)
Working with Mr. Lawson, reporters said, was like taking a master class in writing: “He was a throwback to the old style of editing.”
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Curtis Flowers Has Died at 56. His Case Became a Symbol of Racial Bias. (Thu, 08 Oct 2026)
A white district attorney tried Mr. Flowers six times for the same murder, always ensuring that few or no Black people were on the juries.
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Cecily Gemmell, Winston Churchill’s Last Surviving Secretary, Has Died (Thu, 08 Oct 2026)
Starting with the British leader at age 18, she traveled the world with him. “I was terrified of him,” she later recalled.
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The U.S.-Born First Lady of Greece Who Helped Legalize Abortion Has Died (Sun, 11 Oct 2026)
Margaret Papandreou, who was 102, led reforms in the 1980s that helped end many legal and social restrictions on women.
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Nana Patekar, Indian Actor Who Embodied the Everyman, Dies at 75 (Thu, 08 Oct 2026)
He brought the intensity of the stage to the screen and was praised for his craft and philanthropy. He was also accused of sexual harassment.
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Before Computer Science Became a Boys’ Club, Margaret Hamilton Wrote the Code (Fri, 09 Oct 2026)
The woman who helped put astronauts on the moon was a software engineer when the field was not prestigious or lucrative.
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Charles K. Williams II, Pioneering Archaeologist in Corinth, Has Died (Tue, 13 Oct 2026)
Charles K. Williams II spent most of his career excavating sites in Corinth, including one where he found thousands of fragments of Roman frescoes.
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