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Joe Louis Dudley, Pioneering Hair Care Entrepreneur, Dies at 86
Starting in their kitchen, he and his wife at the time built a thriving company making beauty products for Black consumers. They also founded a...
Cecilia Gentili, Transgender Activist, Performer and Author, Dies at 52
Once an undocumented sex worker and addict, she was a powerful advocate for marginalized people, and an irresistible story teller.
Steve Ostrow, Manhattan Bathhouse Impresario, Dies at 91
The Continental Baths, which he opened in 1968, became a pivot point in Manhattan’s gay history and a launchpad for a young Bette Midler.
Marie Irvine, Makeup Artist to Marilyn Monroe, Dies at 99
Late in Ms. Monroe’s life, Ms. Irvine was her go-to makeup artist in New York City. Earlier this month, she became a TikTok sensation.
Alice Mason, Real Estate Fixer and Hostess to the Elite, Dies at 100
She was once the queen of Manhattan real estate, when power brokers jockeyed for places in stately co-op buildings. Her dinners for them made the...
Klee Benally, Navajo Activist and Artist, Dies at 48
He helped found a punk-rock band when he was 14. That led to a long career as an advocate for Native American and environmental causes.
Maria Emilia Martin, Creator of Public Radio’s ‘Latino USA,’ Dies at 72
As a radio journalist committed to the goal of representing all voices, she fought to tell the stories of Latino communities in the Americas.
Jane Wodening, Experimental Film Star and Intrepid Writer, Dies at 87
For 30 years she collaborated with the filmmaker Stan Brakhage, her husband, often appearing on camera. After they divorced, she lived off the grid and...
Helen Williams, a Top Model in a Segregated Era, Is Dead at 87
She was one of the most photographed Black models of the 1950s and ’60s, seen mainly in magazines, like Ebony and Jet, aimed at the...
Louis Oliver Gropp Dies at 88; Led Shelter Magazines Through Turmoil
He turned House & Garden into an upscale chronicle of the good life in the 1980s, and broadened the focus of House Beautiful in the...