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Betty Rowland, One of Burlesque's Last Queens, Dies at 106
Known as “the Red Headed Ball of Fire,” she began performing at age 14, became a headliner on two coasts, and outlived most of her...
The Wild History of the Real ‘Only Murders’ Building
Viewers of the Hulu series know it as the Arconia, but the Upper West Side building has a name — and a dramatic story —...
Harry Gesner, Architect of Soaring California Style, Dies at 97
His houses cantilevered from cliffs, straddled canyons and sprung from mountains; they would come to define the Southern California landscape.
Geraldine Brooks, on Martha’s Vineyard
The Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist has a new book, “Horse,” and a very old house, where she spent the pandemic with family and horses.
Heddy Honigmann, Whose Films Told of Loss and Love, Dies at 70
A documentarian, she liked to engage her subjects — Parisian subway buskers, Peruvian taxi drivers, survivors of genocide — in conversations.
Marcus Leatherdale, Portraitist of Downtown Manhattan, Dies at 69
He was the Cecil Beaton of New York City’s demimonde during the AIDS years, making elegant portraits of Andy Warhol, Keith Haring and Madonna.
Jacques Perrin, French Film Star and Producer, Dies at 80
He was a heartthrob in the musical “The Young Girls of Rochefort,” a photojournalist in the thriller “Z,” and later a world-weary director in the...
Jordan Mooney, an Avatar of Punk Style, Dies at 66
Swathed in rubber and glowering from spiked heels, she was a fearsome figurehead for a generation of disaffected English teenagers.
Christopher Alexander, Architect Who Humanized Urban Design, Dies at 85
A fierce anti-modernist, he championed vernacular structures, becoming a counterculture hero to many, from New Urbanists to software designers to Prince Charles.
Chris Madden, Lifestyle Author and Personality, Dies at 73
An early HGTV host, she lent her name to furniture and housewares lines. In the late 1990s, her book on women’s private sanctuaries touched a...