Obituaries
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Country superstar Eddy Arnold dies at 89
NASHVILLE -- Eddy Arnold, whose mellow baritone on songs like "Make the World Go Away" made him one of the most successful country singers in history, died this morning, days short of his 90th birthday.
Los Angeles Times – May 8, 2008 2:48 PM [GMT] ¦ comment?
NASHVILLE -- Eddy Arnold, whose mellow baritone on songs like "Make the World Go Away" made him one of the most successful country singers in history, died this morning, days short of his 90th birthday.
Los Angeles Times – May 8, 2008 2:48 PM [GMT] ¦ comment?
Book excerpt: 'The Dud Avocado'From the beginning of Elaine Dundy's best-known book One of Elaine Dundy's best-known books was "The Dud Avocado," first published in 1958 and reissued in 2007 by New York Review Books Classics. The semiautobiographical story is about a young woman who comes of age in the 1950s through a series of decadent misadventures in Paris.
Los Angeles Times – May 8, 2008 07:00 AM [GMT] ¦ comment?
Frances Yeend, Soprano at City Opera and the Met, Dies at 95
Ms. Yeend was an internationally known soprano who appeared regularly with the New York City Opera and the Metropolitan Opera in the decades after World War II.
New York Times – May 8, 2008 01:38 AM [GMT] ¦ comment?
Ms. Yeend was an internationally known soprano who appeared regularly with the New York City Opera and the Metropolitan Opera in the decades after World War II.
New York Times – May 8, 2008 01:38 AM [GMT] ¦ comment?
Bebe Barron: Co-composer of the first electronic film score, for 'Forbidden Planet'
Bebe Barron, with her husband Louis, composed "electronic tonalities" for the film Forbidden Planet (1956), the first completely electronic score for any mainstream film. This modernist score reflected both the alien nature of the science-fiction setting and the dream landscape of The Tempest, on which its story was based, when music technology was in its infancy.
The Independent – May 7, 2008 11:00 PM [GMT] ¦ comment?
Bebe Barron, with her husband Louis, composed "electronic tonalities" for the film Forbidden Planet (1956), the first completely electronic score for any mainstream film. This modernist score reflected both the alien nature of the science-fiction setting and the dream landscape of The Tempest, on which its story was based, when music technology was in its infancy.
The Independent – May 7, 2008 11:00 PM [GMT] ¦ comment?
Professor Graham Higman: Leading group theorist
Graham Higman was one of the most significant British group theorists of the 20th century, alongside William Burnside and Philip Hall, succeeding his former Balliol tutor and research supervisor, Henry Whitehead, as Waynflete Professor of Pure Mathematics at Oxford University in 1960.
The Independent – May 7, 2008 11:00 PM [GMT] ¦ comment?
Graham Higman was one of the most significant British group theorists of the 20th century, alongside William Burnside and Philip Hall, succeeding his former Balliol tutor and research supervisor, Henry Whitehead, as Waynflete Professor of Pure Mathematics at Oxford University in 1960.
The Independent – May 7, 2008 11:00 PM [GMT] ¦ comment?
Mildred Loving: Civil rights pioneer
At 2am on 11 July 1958, Mildred Loving and her husband were woken up by the local Virginia sheriff and two deputies who, acting on a tip-off, had broken into their bedroom, shining flashlights into their faces. "Who is this woman you're sleeping with?" the sheriff brusquely asked. That Mildred was Richard Loving's wife made no difference. The couple were arrested. For she was black and he was white, at a time when two dozen states across America banned such unions under anti-miscegenation laws, in Virginia's case dating back to the 17th century.
The Independent – May 7, 2008 11:00 PM [GMT] ¦ comment?
At 2am on 11 July 1958, Mildred Loving and her husband were woken up by the local Virginia sheriff and two deputies who, acting on a tip-off, had broken into their bedroom, shining flashlights into their faces. "Who is this woman you're sleeping with?" the sheriff brusquely asked. That Mildred was Richard Loving's wife made no difference. The couple were arrested. For she was black and he was white, at a time when two dozen states across America banned such unions under anti-miscegenation laws, in Virginia's case dating back to the 17th century.
The Independent – May 7, 2008 11:00 PM [GMT] ¦ comment?
Elaine Dundy, 86; author wrote about life with Kenneth Tynan
Elaine Dundy, a novelist, biographer, journalist and memoirist who wrote about her turbulent marriage to legendary critic Kenneth Tynan and their life among the rich and famous, died May 1 at her Los Angeles home. She was 86.
Los Angeles Times – May 7, 2008 9:50 PM [GMT] ¦ comment?
Elaine Dundy, a novelist, biographer, journalist and memoirist who wrote about her turbulent marriage to legendary critic Kenneth Tynan and their life among the rich and famous, died May 1 at her Los Angeles home. She was 86.
Los Angeles Times – May 7, 2008 9:50 PM [GMT] ¦ comment?
Victor Christ-Janer, Modernist Architect, Dies at 92
Mr. Christ-Janer was a member of a group of influential architects who built Modernist homes and offices in New Canaan, Conn.
New York Times – May 7, 2008 9:21 PM [GMT] ¦ comment?
Mr. Christ-Janer was a member of a group of influential architects who built Modernist homes and offices in New Canaan, Conn.
New York Times – May 7, 2008 9:21 PM [GMT] ¦ comment?
Lady Michie
Product of a Scottish Liberal dynasty who championed the cause of women.
Telegraph.co.uk – May 7, 2008 7:00 PM [GMT] ¦ comment?
Product of a Scottish Liberal dynasty who championed the cause of women.
Telegraph.co.uk – May 7, 2008 7:00 PM [GMT] ¦ comment?
Michael de Larrabeiti
Writer whose Borrible Trilogy about a mutant tribe of child runaways delighted children but shocked their parents.
Telegraph.co.uk – May 7, 2008 6:58 PM [GMT] ¦ comment?
Writer whose Borrible Trilogy about a mutant tribe of child runaways delighted children but shocked their parents.
Telegraph.co.uk – May 7, 2008 6:58 PM [GMT] ¦ comment?
