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Keith Levene, Public Image Ltd.’s Buzz-Saw Guitarist, Dies at 65
Considered a post-punk pioneer, he was also a founding member of the Clash but left before it became one of the biggest bands of its...

Mimi Parker, Moody Alt-Rock Vocalist, Is Dead at 55
Her influential band, Low, emerged in the 1990s, but its minimalist sound stood in sharp contrast to the anthems of angst that came to define...

Ray Guy, First N.F.L. Punter Named to the Hall of Fame, Dies at 72
A slender Georgia country boy with the outlaw Oakland Raiders of the 1970s, he proved that a punt could be a spectacle in its own...

Robert Gordon, Punk Rocker Turned Rockabilly Revivalist, Dies at 75
Weary of the angry and aggressive sound of New York’s musical underground of the late 1970s, he returned to rock’s roots and seeded a rockabilly...

Dan Wieden, Adman of Nike ‘Just Do It’ Fame, Is Dead at 77
A mix of Norman Rockwell and Andy Warhol, the self-effacing co-founder of the advertising agency Wieden+Kennedy considered his success a “cosmic joke.”

Anton Fier, Drummer Who Left Stamp on a Downtown Scene, Dies at 66
He worked with everyone from the Feelies to Herbie Hancock to Laurie Anderson, as well as leading the indie-rock supergroup the Golden Palominos. But there...

Roxanne Lowit, Fashion Photographer With a Backstage View, Dies at 80
Her candid shots at fashion shows captured stars of the industry as themselves and showed that the spectacle behind the curtain often rivaled the main...

Alain Tanner, Leading Director in Swiss New Wave, Dies at 92
With his brainy works of neorealism, he made films that helped establish Switzerland as a film center in the 1970s.

Melvin Sokolsky, Surrealist Fashion Photographer, Dies at 88
Models flew over Paris or floated in a bubble in his arresting images seen in Harper’s Bazaar and other fashion bibles in the experimental ’60s.

Mable John, Soul Singer With a Star-Studded Résumé, Dies at 91
She was one of the first female acts signed to Motown, and her career later intersected with Isaac Hayes and Ray Charles. But she eventually...