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Jul 18, 2024 | 
nytimes.com | Neil Genzlinger
Bob Newhart, who burst onto the comedy scene in 1960 working a stammering Everyman character not unlike himself, then rode essentially that same character through a long, busy career that included two of television's most memorable sitcoms, died on Thursday at his home in Los Angeles. He was 94. His publicist, Jerry Digney, confirmed the death. Mr. Newhart wasn't merely unknown a few months before his emergence as a full-fledged star; he was barely in the business, though he had aspirations.
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Sep 27, 2023 | 
drudge-report.net | Neil Genzlinger
She aided in the rediscovery of Oscar Micheaux and others who were telling stories for Black audiences early in the last century. Read More
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Sep 26, 2023 | 
nytimes.com | Neil Genzlinger
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Sep 26, 2023 | 
pilotonline.com | Neil Genzlinger
Stephen Gould, a tenor who after a detour into musical theater established himself as a leading interpreter of the operas of Richard Wagner in performances at the Bayreuth Festival in Germany and elsewhere, died Sept. 19 in Chesapeake. He was 61. His death was confirmed by his longtime agent, Stephanie Ammann. Early this month, Gould announced on his website that he had bile duct cancer, that the disease was terminal and that he was retiring from singing.
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Sep 22, 2023 | 
nytimes.com | Neil Genzlinger
He was especially acclaimed for his performances at the Bayreuth Festival in Germany. As his voice developed, he once said, so did his view of how and why to deploy it. Stephen Gould, a tenor who after a detour into musical theater established himself as a leading interpreter of the operas of Richard Wagner in performances at the Bayreuth Festival in Germany and elsewhere, died on Tuesday in Chesapeake, Va. He was 61. His death was confirmed by his longtime agent, Stephanie Ammann.
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Sep 21, 2023 | 
nytimes.com | Neil Genzlinger
Her novels and nonfiction provided alternatives to the Western- and male-centric views of modern India offered by writers like E.M. Forster. Gita Mehta, whose books examined the impact of Western culture on modern India and vice versa, bringing an Indian and a woman's perspective to subject matter that was long the province of white men, died on Saturday at her home in New Delhi. She was 80.
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Sep 15, 2023 | 
nytimes.com | Neil Genzlinger
He clanged coconuts in the Monty Python stage musical in 2005; seven years later, he won a Tony for "Nice Work if You Can Get It." Michael McGrath, who won a Tony Award in 2012 for his work in the musical "Nice Work if You Can Get It" and was a regular on Broadway, Off Broadway and regional stages, known especially for comedic roles and for his ability to conjure the likes of Groucho Marx, George M. Cohan and Jackie Gleason, died on Thursday at his home in Bloomfield, N.J. He was 65.
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Sep 15, 2023 | 
seattletimes.com | Neil Genzlinger
Éva Fahidi, a Holocaust survivor who late in life began speaking out and writing about her experiences, as well as expressing them in dance, becoming a familiar presence at memorial observances and in classrooms in Germany and other European countries, died Monday in Budapest, Hungary. She was 97. The International Auschwitz Committee, an association of Auschwitz survivors, announced her death.
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Sep 14, 2023 | 
asiatoday.co | Neil Genzlinger
“Regardless of what life held in retailer for me,” Ms. Fahidi wrote, “I really feel like Fortune’s darling, as a result of for 18 years and 6 months I had a house, a father, a mom, slightly sister, grandparents, practically 20 cousins and numerous different family. I led an lively and thrilling life stuffed with journey and discoveries in music, literature and sports activities.”When she was 11, her father determined that the household would convert to Roman Catholicism.
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Sep 14, 2023 | 
nytimes.com | Neil Genzlinger
She saw her family members marched off to their deaths while she went to a forced-labor camp. It took her almost 60 years to begin telling her story. Éva Fahidi, a Holocaust survivor who late in life began speaking out and writing about her experiences, as well as expressing them in dance, becoming a familiar presence at memorial observances and in classrooms in Germany and other European countries, died on Monday in Budapest. She was 97.
