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Sunday, June 21, 2026

Margaret Kerry, Body and Soul of Disney’s Tinker Bell, Dies at 97 by Alex Traub

A film crew and illustrator meticulously documented her pirouettes and pouts, giving substance to a character depicted previously as a spotlight onstage.

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Sunday, January 4, 2026

Robert Heide, Angsty Playwright and Warhol Collaborator, Dies at 91 by Alex Traub

He helped create the Off Off Broadway theater scene, wrote and acted in Andy Warhol's films, and made his apartment into a singular exhibit of Americana.

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Sunday, November 16, 2025

Homayoun Ershadi, 78, Dies; 'Kite Runner' and 'Taste of Cherry' Star by Alex Traub

He was an architect with no training as an actor whose life was changed by a chance encounter. He inspired rave reviews and a New Yorker short story.

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Sunday, January 19, 2025

Claire van Kampen, 71, Playwright and Arranger of Early Music World, Dies by Alex Traub

After she married Mark Rylance, the two often collaborated; her specialty was arranging music for Tudor-era plays. Then she wrote a period piece of her own.

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Monday, December 30, 2024

Olivia Hussey, Star of a Renowned 'Romeo and Juliet,' Dies at 73 by Alex Traub

Her passionate portrayal of Juliet in Franco Zeffirelli's 1968 film adaptation won enduring acclaim. In 2023, she sued over the circumstances of a nude scene.

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Sunday, September 15, 2024

Michaela DePrince, War Orphan Turned Leading Ballerina, Dies at 29 by Alex Traub

In an impoverished orphanage in Sierra Leone, she longed to dance ballet. After being adopted by American parents, her improbable dream came true.

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Wednesday, April 24, 2024

Carrie Robbins, Costume Designer for Dozens of Broadway Shows, Dies at 81 by Alex Traub

She made a classic wig and poodle skirt for "Grease" (using a bath mat and a toilet cover) and turned actors into Spanish inquisitors, British highwaymen and more.

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Sunday, October 22, 2023

Jack Anderson, Longtime Dance Critic for The Times, Dies at 88 by Alex Traub

He brought an all-embracing enthusiasm to about 4,000 articles for The New York Times on modern dance, tap, ballet and practically every other genre.

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Sunday, August 20, 2023

Ron Cephas Jones, Emmy Winner for 'This Is Us,' Dies at 66 by Alex Traub

After facing homelessness in his youth, he became an admired theater and television actor, playing tough and weathered but vulnerable characters.

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Thursday, July 27, 2023

Julian Barry, Who Made Lenny Bruce Into 'Lenny,' Dies at 92 by Alex Traub

Mr. Barry's scripts for a hit Broadway play and later a Hollywood movie about that rule-breaking comic helped give Mr. Bruce a lasting place in pop culture lore.

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Sunday, January 15, 2023

Edie Landau, Film Producer Who Was Ahead of Her Time, Dies at 95 by Alex Traub

She and her husband invented a model for faithfully adapting acclaimed literature, illuminating an alternate path for independent cinema.

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Thursday, April 21, 2022

She Taught New York to Sing by Alex Traub

"Throw the note over your shoulder!" Debbie Harry, Kathleen Hanna, Justin Vivian Bond and other singers recall Barbara Gustern, a beloved vocal coach who was killed last month at age 87.

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Thursday, December 13, 2018

The Last of the Old-School Cabaret Artists by Alex Traub

Steve Ross will always sing 'Always.' A certain Cole Porter tune still gives him a frisson. The entertainer, who could very well be the last of a dying breed, has devoted himself to the Grea…

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