Margalit Fox
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Lucine Amara, 99, Dies; Familiar Soprano at the Met Saw Bias There
She sang with the Metropolitan Opera for decades, often on short notice, including after lodging a successful age discrimination complaint against the company.
Juli Lynne Charlot, Creator of the Poodle Skirt, Dies at 101
Ms. Charlot’s creation merged seamlessly with the carefree youth culture of the 1950s, becoming visual shorthand for the entire decade.
Peter Schickele, Composer and Gleeful Sire of P.D.Q. Bach, Dies at 88
He wrote more than 100 symphonic, choral, solo instrumental and chamber works. But he was better known, and celebrated, as a musical parodist. Who can...
Topol, Star of ‘Fiddler on the Roof’ on the Screen and the Stage, Dies at 87
Wide acclaim for the role of Tevye helped make him, according to one newspaper, “Israel’s most famous export since the Jaffa orange.”
Ann Turner Cook Dies at 95; Her Face Sold Baby Food by the Billions
Her likeness as an infant has graced the labels on jars of Gerber baby food for more than 90 years, though for decades her identity...
Peter Bogdanovich, 82, Director Whose Career Was a Hollywood Drama, Dies
Within one decade, the ’70s, he was transformed from one of the most celebrated of filmmakers, notably for “The Last Picture Show,” into one of...