Obituary News

Artist Louise Bourgeois Internationally Revered Artist Passes

Source: Michael Ricci
June 1, 2010

Louise Bourgeois, an internationally revered artist whose intensely personal work was inspired by psychological conflict, feminist consciousness and a fertile imagination, has died. She was 98.

Bourgeois died Monday at Beth Israel Medical Center in Manhattan after suffering a heart attack on Saturday, said Wendy Williams, managing director of the Louise Bourgeois Studio in New York. Known for sculptures of giant spiders, women with extra breasts, double-headed penises and rooms that resonate with loneliness and dread, Bourgeois was a fearless ...

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Peter Orlovsky, Poet and Partner of Allen Ginsberg, Has Died

Source: Michael Ricci
June 1, 2010

Peter Orlovsky, longtime partner of Allen Ginsberg and a poet in his own right, died May 30 in Vermont of lung cancer. He was 76.

Orlovsky met Ginsberg in San Francisco in 1954, before Ginsberg wrote his seminal poem, “Howl." Published in 1956, “Howl" was the subject of a 1957 obscenity trial that became a landmark free-expression case. Afterward, Ginsberg and Orlovsky moved to Paris, where they stayed with Gregory Corso, William Burroughs and others in a boarding house that ...

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Actor Dennis Hopper Dies at 74

Source: Michael Ricci
May 29, 2010

Hollywood actor Dennis Hopper, best known for directing and starring in the 1969 cult classic “Easy Rider," died on Saturday at his home in Venice, California, from complications of prostate cancer.

Hopper, the maverick director and costar of the landmark 1969 counterculture film classic “Easy Rider" whose drug- and alcohol-fueled reputation as a Hollywood bad boy preceded his return to sobriety and a career resurgence in the films “ Hoosiers" and “Blue Velvet," died Saturday. He was 74. A longtime ...

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Beethoven May Not Have Died of Lead Poisoning, After All

Source: Michael Ricci
May 29, 2010

Scientists began speculating about what really killed Ludwig van Beethoven almost as soon as he was buried in 1827.

He had complained of a wretched existence, with a long list of symptoms: abdominal pain, digestive trouble, colic, chronic bronchitis, foul body odors and extremely bad breath. And of course there was the hearing problem. Thirteen years ago scientists, including one who had investigated whether Napoleon died of arsenic poisoning and whether the paint on the Shroud of Turin dated to ...

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'Diff'rent Strokes' Star Gary Coleman Dies

Source: All About Jazz
May 29, 2010

Gary Coleman, the child star of the smash 1970s TV sitcom “Diff'rent Strokes" whose later career was marred by medical and legal problems, died Friday after suffering a brain hemorrhage. He was 42. Life support was terminated and Coleman died at 12:05 p.m. MDT with family and friends at his side, Utah Valley Regional Medical Center spokeswoman Janet Frank said. Coleman child star struggles Gary Coleman's life Coleman, with his sparkling eyes and perfect comic timing, became a star ...

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Niranjan Jhaveri Founder of Jazz India, Jazz Vocal Institute

Source: All About Jazz
May 27, 2010

We mourn the passing of Niranjan Jhaveri- in Mumbai, India...on his birthday, Friday, May 21, 2010.

A passionate jazz fan, whose hard work, dedication and sheer love for the music propelled India into the eye of the Jazz World. He was "Mr. Jazz India" an organization that he co- founded and spearheaded.. His drive and passion for jazz resulted in the a series of world class jazz festivals in India from 1978 through the mid '80s.

Niranjan was a visionary ...

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Art Linkletter, TV Host, Dies

Source: Michael Ricci
May 27, 2010

Art Linkletter, who hosted the popular TV shows “People Are Funny" and “House Party" in the 1950s and 1960s, has died. He was 97.

His son-in-law Art Hershey says Linkletter died Wednesday at his home in the Bel-Air section of Los Angeles. “Art Linkletter's House Party," one of television's longest-running variety shows, debuted on radio in 1944 and was seen on CBS-TV from 1952 to 1969. Though it had many features, the best known was the daily interviews with schoolchildren. ...

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Fritz Sennheiser, Executive Dies

Source: Michael Ricci
May 26, 2010

Fritz Sennheiser, the founder and longtime chairman of Sennheiser Electronic, a leading maker of high-end audio equipment like microphones, headphones and infrared listening systems, died on May 17 at his home in Wedemark, Germany. He was 98.

The death was announced on the Web site of the Sennheiser Electronic Corporation, the companys United States subsidiary, which has headquarters in Old Lyme, Conn.

Founded in 1945 in Wedemark with a staff of seven, Sennheiser now employs more than 2,100 people around ...

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