As the founding director of Visual AIDS, he helped develop campaigns including “Day Without Art” and, most notably, the ubiquitous red ribbon. Source: New York Times
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Fred Jordan, Publisher of Taboo-Breaking Books, Dies at 95
By Gotham Rex on May 2, 2021
At Grove Press, he and Barney Rosset challenged censors as they popularized D.H. Lawrence, Henry Miller, William S. Burroughs, Allen Ginsberg and others. Source: New York Times
Valerie Cirillo-Bunch, a Child-Care Sage, Dies at 41
By Gotham Rex on April 28, 2021
She worked with preschoolers, infants and their parents, “the mom that other moms looked up to.” She died of Covid-19. Source: New York Times
Theodore Lambrinos, Baritone With a Zest for the Road, Dies at 85
By Gotham Rex on April 27, 2021
Mr. Lambrinos sang performances at the Metropolitan Opera and was a stalwart of New York Grand Opera. He died of Covid-related pneumonia. Source: New York Times
Helen Weaver, Chronicler of an Affair With Kerouac, Dies at 89
By Gotham Rex on April 26, 2021
She was a respected translator from French and a writer on astrology, but her magnum opus was a memoir of her time with Kerouac and the Beats. Source: New York Times
Bob Fass, Pioneer of Underground Radio, Dies at 87
By Gotham Rex on April 25, 2021
His provocative “Radio Unnameable,” long a staple of the New York station WBAI, offered a home on the FM dial to everyone from Abbie Hoffman to Tiny Tim. Source: New York Times
Nick Springer, Paralympic Gold Medalist, Dies at 35
By Gotham Rex on April 23, 2021
A quadruple amputee, he was a relentless defender on the United States’ wheelchair rugby team, which won a gold medal at the 2008 Paralympics in Beijing. Source: New York Times
Allon Schoener, 95, Dies; Curator Caught in Furor Over ‘Harlem’ Show
By Gotham Rex on April 23, 2021
His “Harlem on My Mind” exhibit at the Met museum in 1969 drew protests for not including works by Black artists. But since then it’s been reconsidered. Source: New York Times
Richard K. Kim, Pioneering Korean-American Prosecutor, Dies at 76
By Gotham Rex on April 22, 2021
He was appointed an assistant district attorney in Queens in 1985 and later became counsel to a cosmetics company. He died of complications of Covid-19. Source: New York Times
Carl Spielvogel, a Longtime Power in Advertising, Dies at 92
By Gotham Rex on April 21, 2021
A former newspaper columnist, he climbed the ladder at one big firm, founded his own, then rose again through mergers to the top of a global agency. Source: New York Times
Carol Prisant, Elegant Design Writer, Dies at 82
By Gotham Rex on April 15, 2021
She was a 51-year old former antiques dealer with no experience as a writer when she wrote to the editor of The World of Interiors magazine about a job. She was hired. Source: New York Times
Bernard Madoff, Architect of Largest Ponzi Scheme in History, Is Dead at 82
By Gotham Rex on April 14, 2021
His enormous fraud left behind a devastating human toll and paper losses totaling $64.8 billion. Source: New York Times
Martina Batan, New York Art Dealer Consumed by a Cold Case, Dies at 62
By Gotham Rex on April 9, 2021
Finding answers to the unsolved murder of her 14-year-old brother became a lifelong quest, ultimately chronicled in a documentary film. Source: New York Times
Peter Manso, Biographer of Brando and Mailer, Dies at 80
By Gotham Rex on April 9, 2021
His relationship with his subjects and critics could be tempestuous. His interview with Mayor Edward I. Koch for Playboy may have cost Koch the governorship Source: New York Times
Phyllis Marchand, Face of Disputed Deer-Culling Program, Dies at 81
By Gotham Rex on April 7, 2021
She gained national attention as mayor of Princeton, N.J., when deer overran her suburban town and she hired sharpshooters to control the population. Source: New York Times