Clay Risen

1 week ago | nytimes.com | Clay Risen

Over his 70-year career, Mr. Luss worked for clients of all sizes: corporate behemoths like Owens Corning, hospital systems like Northwell Health and wealthy families like the one that hired him to outfit a penthouse apartment near the United Nations. The apartment, completed in 1969, was rich in contrasting materials, like verde antique stone walls, thickly woven tapestries and rich oak detailing.

2 weeks ago | archive.is | Clay Risen

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2 weeks ago | nytimes.com | Clay Risen

He provided both the explosive percussion on hits like "Call Me" and the laid-back rhythm on the reggae-influenced "The Tide Is High." Clem Burke, whose energetic, versatile drumming provided the beat for the band Blondie as it churned out post-punk, disco and rock hits in the late 1970s and early '80s - and then again after the band re-formed in 1997 - died on Sunday. He was 70. In a statement, the band said the cause was cancer. It did not say where he died.

2 weeks ago | bostonglobe.com | Clay Risen

Edward Countryman, a historian whose wide-ranging studies of the various groups — politicians, laborers, Native Americans, and more — at work during the American Revolution helped usher in a more complex understanding of the nation’s founding, died on March 24 in Dallas. He was 80. His daughters, Karon Ornadel and Kirstein Powell, confirmed the death but did not say what the cause was or where in Dallas he died.

2 weeks ago | infobae.com | Clay Risen

Patterson, Leonardo ADeaths (Obituaries)Arts and Antiquities LootingRobberies and TheftsCounterfeit MerchandiseCosta RicaLatin AmericaBrand, ArthurNacido en la pobreza rural de Costa Rica, llegó a lo más alto del mercado del arte. Pero cayó tras ser condenado por vender objetos falsos y robados.