Alex Traub
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Bill Murray Speaks About Misconduct Allegations
“I did something I thought was funny, and it wasn’t taken that way,” he said in a television interview on Saturday.
She Taught New York to Sing
“Throw the note over your shoulder!” Debbie Harry, Kathleen Hanna, Justin Vivian Bond and other singers recall Barbara Gustern, a beloved vocal coach who was...
Jeanette Wagner, Who Globalized the Estée Lauder Brand, Dies at 92
Meticulous in building relationships, she helped open new markets for the cosmetics company, notably in the Soviet Union, as head of its international operations.
Bappi Lahiri, India’s ‘Disco King,’ Dies at 69
He helped popularize the genre with some of the country’s biggest hits of all time, including “I Am a Disco Dancer.”
Charley Taylor, Running Back Turned Hall of Fame Receiver, Dies at 80
After changing positions, he became the most prolific receiver in N.F.L. history and helped make Washington a force in the league.
Beverly Ross, Teenage Songwriter in Rock ’n’ Roll’s Youth, Dies at 87
With hits like “Lollipop,” she became a top woman songwriter in the early 1960s, but she quit the business in frustration over the theft of...
Carol Speed, Vixen of the Blaxploitation Era, Dies at 76
In the mid-70s, thanks to two beloved B movies, she had a moment in the spotlight and enjoyed celebrity status in the Black press.
H. Jackson Brown Jr., Best-Selling Giver of Fatherly Advice, Dies at 81
His “Life’s Little Instruction Book,” which counseled “take someone bowling” and “believe in love at first sight,” has sold over seven million copies.
Ronnie Wilson, Founder of the Gap Band, Dies at 73
After beginning his career as a teenager, he joined with his two younger brothers to record R&B hits like “You Dropped a Bomb on Me”...