John P. Henebry, Innovative Combat Pilot, Dies at 89

Sun, 07 Oct 2007 03:21:47 GMT
Maj. Gen. John P. Henebry played a leading role in the Army Air Forces’ innovative low-level bombing of Japanese ships in the South Pacific during World War II.

Stanley P. Butchart Dies at 85; Pushed Airspeed Envelope

Sun, 07 Oct 2007 03:21:41 GMT
Mr. Butchart was a test pilot who flew and helped evaluate early rocket-powered aircraft in the 1950s, when he and fellow researchers were able to push the speed of an airplane past Mach 2.

William Zimmer, Critic With SoHo Focus, Dies at 61

Sun, 07 Oct 2007 03:21:53 GMT
Mr. Zimmer was an art critic who covered SoHo’s gallery scene in the 1970s and ’80s and later wrote for The New York Times and other publications.

Jo Ann Davis, Lawmaker From Virginia, Dies at 57

Sun, 07 Oct 2007 04:52:45 GMT
Ms. Davis represented southeastern Virginia, and was first elected in 2000.

Rogelio Salmona, Colombian Architect Who Transformed Cities, Is Dead at 78

Sat, 06 Oct 2007 12:42:22 GMT
Mr. Salmona transformed Colombia’s urban look with soaring brick towers and structures that resembled pre-Columbian cities in miniature.

Oswald M. Ungers, Design Theorist and Architect of Major German Projects, Dies at 81

Sat, 06 Oct 2007 08:04:59 GMT
Mr. Ungers was a German architect, planner and teacher known for the pure geometries of his buildings and for his theoretical writings.

Alexandra Boulat, War Photographer, Is Dead at 45

Sat, 06 Oct 2007 06:31:56 GMT
Ms. Boulat was an award-winning photographer known for a clear, descriptive style and a knack for making emotionally moving, often idiosyncratic images of people affected by war.

J. Edward Lundy, ‘Whiz Kid’ at Ford Motor, Dies at 92

Sat, 06 Oct 2007 04:16:34 GMT
Mr. Lundy helped resuscitate the Ford Motor Company after World War II and developed financial forecasting methods emulated throughout the auto industry.

Ned Sherrin, Creator of Mock News ‘Week,’ Dies at 76

Fri, 05 Oct 2007 06:30:57 GMT
Mr. Sherrin defied staid British standards with barbed, up-to-the-minute mockery of the powerful, pompous and preposterous in his groundbreaking ’60s TV show “That Was The Week That Was.”

Frederick H. Burkhardt, a Prominent Educator, Dies at 95

Fri, 05 Oct 2007 15:17:53 GMT
Mr. Burkhardt headed both the American Council of Learned Societies and Bennington College and also helped put the open-admissions policy into effect at the City University of New York.

Dan Keating, 105, Dies; Fighter for Irish Independence

Fri, 05 Oct 2007 03:23:01 GMT
Mr. Keating was a member of the Irish Republican Army and the last surviving veteran of Ireland’s 1919-21 war of independence from Britain.

Alfred J. Audi, Who Revived a Furniture Maker, Dies at 69

Fri, 05 Oct 2007 03:26:17 GMT
Sensing a demand for Mission-style furniture, Mr. Audi built a large furniture maker and retailer on reproductions of the style.

Herbert Muschamp, 59, Architecture Critic, Dies

Thu, 04 Oct 2007 19:53:47 GMT
Mr. Muschamp's deeply personal reviews for The Times made him one of his generation’s most influential architecture critics.

James Michaels, Longtime Forbes Editor, Dies at 86

Fri, 05 Oct 2007 09:30:12 GMT
Mr. Michaels gave an acerbic, contrarian voice to Forbes magazine in 37 years as its editor and influenced generations of business journalists.

Wally Parks, Drag Racing Pioneer, Dies at 94

Thu, 04 Oct 2007 15:53:37 GMT
As a racing administrator and an automotive-magazine editor, Mr. Parks became a central figure in a pursuit once associated mainly with thrill seekers on the edge of juvenile delinquency.

Ralph Sturges, Chief of Mohegan Tribe, Dies at 88

Thu, 04 Oct 2007 06:26:18 GMT
Mr. Sturges was among Native American leaders in the 1980s and 1990s who helped bring about a cultural and economic renaissance for fading or lost East Coast Indian tribes.

Tony Ryan, Who Founded Discount Airline, Dies at 71

Thu, 04 Oct 2007 14:02:18 GMT
Mr. Ryan was founder of Ryanair Holdings, Europe’s biggest discount airline.

Kazuko Oshima, Designer of Stone Jewelry, Dies at 65

Fri, 05 Oct 2007 14:39:28 GMT
Ms. Oshima’s work combined the delicacy of wire with the solidity of stone.

George Grizzard, Actor Noted for Albee Roles, Dies at 79

Wed, 03 Oct 2007 04:58:46 GMT
Mr. Grizzard was a versatile actor who achieved his greatest renown on the stage, playing everything from Shakespeare to Shaw, from Neil Simon to Edward Albee.

Martin Manulis, TV Pioneer, Dies at 92

Sat, 06 Oct 2007 09:34:44 GMT
Martin Manulis was a television, film and theatrical producer who gave life, guidance and personality to “Playhouse 90,” the 1950s show that epitomized what is remembered as television’s golden age of live drama.

Harry Lee, Outspoken Louisiana Sheriff, Dies at 75

Tue, 02 Oct 2007 12:01:27 GMT
Sheriff Lee was a wide-girthed lawman in the suburbs of New Orleans who became an outspoken voice for hostility to the city and a magnet for the anger of its black citizens.

Al Oerter, Olympic Discus Champion, Is Dead at 71

Tue, 02 Oct 2007 12:05:24 GMT
Al Oerter was a discus thrower who became the first modern track and field athlete to win four consecutive Olympic titles in one event.

Harry Dent, an Architect of Nixon ‘Southern Strategy’, Dies at 77

Thu, 04 Oct 2007 06:33:14 GMT
Mr. Dent helped to devise the successful “Southern strategy”, which some called an appeal to people left on the political sidelines while others called it cloaked racism.

Bruce Smith, Who Sued Libya in Bombing, Is Dead at 71

Mon, 01 Oct 2007 04:23:17 GMT
Bruce M. Smith was a former Pan Am pilot who lost his wife in the bombing of Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland, and became a driving force in efforts to thwart terrorists.

Christian Herter Jr., Longtime Public Servant, Dies at 88

Wed, 03 Oct 2007 08:38:06 GMT
Christian A. Herter Jr. was a lawyer and longtime public servant who in the 1960s was the first chairman of the New York Urban Coalition.

Ray Timothy, 75, Former President at NBC Television, Is Dead

Thu, 04 Oct 2007 10:02:52 GMT
Mr. Timothy started working for NBC television as a tour guide and 34 years and more than 30 jobs later retired as one of the network’s top executives.

Helen E. Freeman, Protector of Snow Leopards, Is Dead at 75

Mon, 01 Oct 2007 06:51:00 GMT
Helen Elaine Freeman was a conservationist who fell in love with two snow leopards when she was a volunteer at a zoo and eventually founded a leading advocacy organization working to preserve them.

Lois Maxwell, 80, an Actress Who Played in 14 ‘Bond’ Films, Dies

Mon, 01 Oct 2007 14:15:23 GMT
Lois Maxwell played Miss Moneypenny in the James Bond movies and also acted in Stanley Kubrick’s “Lolita” and in “The Saint” and other shows on television.

Michael Evans, ‘Young and Restless’ Actor, Dies at 87

Mon, 01 Oct 2007 11:18:28 GMT
Michael Evans starred on Broadway with Audrey Hepburn in “Gigi” but was perhaps best known as Col. Douglas Austin on “The Young and the Restless.”

William D. Rogers Is Dead at 80; Planned U.S. Policy in Latin America

Tue, 02 Oct 2007 03:15:55 GMT
William D. Rogers was a lawyer who helped plan the Kennedy and Johnson administrations’ approach to Latin America.

Ken Danby, Prolific Canadian Painter, Dies at 67

Sun, 30 Sep 2007 07:14:52 GMT
Mr. Danby was already fairly well known for his crisp images of mountains and lakes when he and some friends returned to their childhood passion for hockey.

George Rieveschl, 91, Allergy Reliever, Dies

Mon, 01 Oct 2007 15:54:09 GMT
Dr. Rieveschl, a chemical engineer, invented the antihistamine Benadryl.

Joseph V. Noble, an Expert in Antiquities, Dies at 87

Sat, 29 Sep 2007 04:20:57 GMT
Mr. Noble was a former director of the Museum of the City of New York who earlier exposed three famous works at the Metropolitan Museum of Art as fakes.

William Wirtz, Hockey Team Owner, Is Dead at 77

Sat, 29 Sep 2007 06:43:54 GMT
Mr. Wirtz was the longtime owner of the Chicago Blackhawks, the National Hockey League franchise controlled by his family for more than half a century.

Rabbi A. Shapira, 94, an Orthodox Leader, Is Dead

Sat, 29 Sep 2007 04:05:06 GMT
Rabbi Shapira, a chief rabbi in Israel for 10 years, was best known for urging soldiers to disobey orders to evacuate the Gaza Strip.

Wolfgang K. H. Panofsky, Physicist and Adviser on Arms Control, Dies at 88

Fri, 28 Sep 2007 07:54:13 GMT
A particle physicist and an adviser on arms control, he promoted stronger scientific ties to Russia and China as a deterrent to nuclear war.

Lenore Tawney, an Innovator in Weaving, Dies at 100

Fri, 28 Sep 2007 07:58:55 GMT
Ms. Tawney’s monumental sculptural weavings redefined the possibilities of her crafts and helped create the genre of fiber art.

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