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Lawrence Fane, Sculptor of Abstract Forms With Renaissance Touches, Dies at 75

Posted: December 14th, 2008, 2:57am GMT by By DOUGLAS MARTIN

Mr. Fane was a sculptor known for using steel, bronze, concrete, wood and other materials to create Expressionistic forms.

Cornelius C. Vermeule III, a Curator of Classical Antiquities, Is Dead at 83

Posted: December 9th, 2008, 5:09pm GMT by By DOUGLAS MARTIN

Dr. Vermeule built a reputation for astute acquisitions, prodigious scholarship and exuberant eccentricity over four decades as curator of classical antiquities at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston.

Elmer Valentine, Owner of Rock Clubs, Dies at 85

Posted: December 9th, 2008, 7:06am GMT by By DOUGLAS MARTIN

Mr. Valentine opened the Whisky a Go Go in West Hollywood, one of the most celebrated clubs in the history of rock music.

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Joza Karas, Collector of Music of Nazis’ Victims, Dies at 82

Posted: December 7th, 2008, 6:09am GMT by By DOUGLAS MARTIN

Mr. Karas was a musician and teacher who became a sleuth in his search for the music and stories of composers who managed to do masterly work in a Nazi concentration camp.

Yma Sumac, Vocalist of the Exotic, Dies at 86

Posted: November 4th, 2008, 7:02am GMT by By DOUGLAS MARTIN

Ms. Sumac was a Peruvian singer who burst on the American scene in the 1950s in a tornado of exotic publicity with a voice that glided preternaturally across four octaves.

William Wharton, Author, Dies at 82

Posted: October 31st, 2008, 6:18am GMT by By DOUGLAS MARTIN

Mr. Wharton was a successful painter whose first novel, “Birdy,” won a National Book Award and became a critically acclaimed movie.

Mr. Blackwell, Fashion Critic, Dies at 86

Posted: October 21st, 2008, 6:13am GMT by By DOUGLAS MARTIN

Mr. Blackwell was a designer of over-the-top fashions and originator of the outlandishly satiric, but globally ballyhooed worst-dressed list.

Connie Haines, Peppy Singer, Dies at 87

Posted: September 25th, 2008, 6:59am GMT by By DOUGLAS MARTIN

Miss Haines famously teamed up with Frank Sinatra as lead vocalists with the Tommy Dorsey Orchestra, then went on to a prolific career of her own.

Dorival Caymmi, Singer of Brazil, Is Dead at 94

Posted: August 19th, 2008, 6:03am GMT by By DOUGLAS MARTIN

Mr. Caymmi, a Brazilian singer and songwriter, helped lay the foundations of bossa nova.

Lee Young Dies at 94; Jazz Man and Producer

Posted: August 10th, 2008, 10:29am GMT by By DOUGLAS MARTIN

Mr. Young, from a family with musical roots deep in New Orleans jazz, drummed for greats like Ellington and Basie and became a pioneering black man in music’s executive suite.

Brooks Jones, Father of Summerfare, Is Dead at 73

Posted: July 28th, 2008, 5:54am GMT by By DOUGLAS MARTIN

Mr. Jones was a producer and director who rejected Broadway to devote himself to regional theater, including starting and directing Pepsico Summerfare.

Thomas Disch, Novelist, Dies at 68

Posted: July 8th, 2008, 5:33am GMT by By DOUGLAS MARTIN

Mr. Disch twisted the inherently twisted genre of science fiction in new, disturbing directions, including writing his last book in the voice of God.

Sophie B. Altman, Who Started Quiz Show in 1961, Dies at 95

Posted: May 29th, 2008, 7:45am GMT by By DOUGLAS MARTIN

Mrs. Altman started a television show for precocious high school students that became the world’s longest-running quiz show.