Mr. Horovitz found success Off Broadway, working with actors who later became household names. But his life took a downturn when women came forward to describe a pattern of sexual misconduct and assault. Source: New York Times
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Viola Smith, ‘Fastest Girl Drummer in the World,’ Dies at 107
By Gotham Rex on November 6, 2020
She became a star as a percussionist and bandleader in the swing era. But her call for the big bands to hire women instrumentalists during World War II had little impact. Source: New York Times
Helen Lachs Ginsburg, Who Saw a Living Wage as a Right, Dies at 91
By Gotham Rex on November 4, 2020
A top authority on full employment, she said a job for all may seem unrealistic, but at one time so did the right of women to vote. Source: New York Times
Chris Pendergast, Who Fought A.L.S. Mile After Mile, Dies at 71
By Gotham Rex on October 29, 2020
Living for 27 years with Lou Gehrig’s disease (and beating the odds), he started Ride for Life, an annual trek that has raised millions for A.L.S. research. Source: New York Times
Dr. Joyce Wallace, Pioneering AIDS Physician, Dies at 79
By Gotham Rex on October 27, 2020
Among the first to study the disease in the 1980s, she tried to stop its spread among thousands of New York City prostitutes. Source: New York Times
Edith O’Hara, a Fixture of Off Off Broadway, Dies at 103
By Gotham Rex on October 24, 2020
The theater she founded, the 13th Street Repertory Company, has been an eclectic presence on the New York scene for almost half a century. Source: New York Times
Anthony Chisholm Dies at 77; Acclaimed in August Wilson Roles
By Gotham Rex on October 20, 2020
The actor appeared in numerous productions of Wilson’s Pittsburgh Cycle plays, including four on Broadway. Source: New York Times
Faith Stewart-Gordon, Doyenne of the Russian Tea Room, Dies at 88
By Gotham Rex on October 14, 2020
After her husband died in 1967, she was the sole owner of the festive Manhattan gathering and gossiping spot until she sold it in 1995. Source: New York Times
Domenic Parisi Dies at 76; He Sheared Nixon’s Locks
By Gotham Rex on October 10, 2020
Born in Sicily, he trained as a farrier but became a barber in New Jersey, where his most famous client was the former president. He died of the coronavirus. Source: New York Times
Carol Paumgarten, ‘Den Mother’ to a Dance Scene, Dies at 76
By Gotham Rex on October 9, 2020
Her sprawling studio, Steps on Broadway, has been a mecca for professionals, celebrities, children and just everyday people who want to dance. Source: New York Times
Maurice Edwards, Busy Figure in Theater and Music, Dies at 97
By Gotham Rex on October 9, 2020
He was involved with the Brooklyn Philharmonic for many years and performed both on Broadway and off. He died of the novel coronavirus. Source: New York Times
Jim Dwyer, Pulitzer Prize-Winning Journalist, Dies at 63
By Gotham Rex on October 8, 2020
Working for New York Newsday, The Daily News and The Times, he covered the human stories of New York in dramatic prose and crusaded against injustice. Source: New York Times
Joseph L. Bruno, Fallen Power in New York Senate, Dies at 91
By Gotham Rex on October 7, 2020
As the Republican majority leader for 13 years, he was one of the “three men in a room” who decided things in Albany. Then came corruption charges and, ultimately, vindication. Source: New York Times
Robert K. Ruskin, Who Targeted New York Corruption, Dies at 93
By Gotham Rex on October 6, 2020
As investigation commissioner under Mayor Lindsay in the early 1970s, he went after police officers, building inspectors, parking ticket fixers and peep-show operators. Source: New York Times
Soraya Santiago Solla, Transgender Trailblazer, Dies at 72
By Gotham Rex on October 3, 2020
She was the first in Puerto Rico to change a gender designation on a birth certificate and the first there to reveal that she’d had sex-reassignment surgery. Source: New York Times