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Joseph Harmatz, Who Led Jewish Plot to Kill Germans After World War II, Dies at 91
Imagine a real-life version of “Inglourious Basterds,” Quentin Tarantino’s quixotic movie about Jewish avengers in World War II — but in this case involving a plot by a band of refugees to kill millions of Germans just after the war by poisoning their water supply.<p>The plot, which targeted five …
World War IIAgnes Nixon, Who Injected Social Ills Into Soap Operas, Dies at 93
Agnes Nixon, a celebrated creator and writer of television soap operas, who introduced uterine cancer, venereal diseases, child abuse, AIDS and other societal terrors into the weekday fantasy worlds of millions of daytime viewers, died on Wednesday in Rosemont, Pa. She was 93.<p>The cause was …
Soap OperasRonald P. Stanton, Trammo Founder Who Shared His Fortune, Dies at 88
Ronald P. Stanton, a refugee from Nazi Germany who made a fortune in petrochemicals and then gave or pledged more than $300 million to various charities, most of them in New York, died on Monday at his home in Manhattan. He was 88.<p>Fred Lowenfels, the general counsel emeritus of Mr. Stanton’s …
The ArtsMax Mannheimer, a Keeper of Holocaust Memory, Dies at 96
BERLIN — Max Mannheimer, who survived Theresienstadt, Auschwitz and Dachau and devoted his last decades to admonishing later generations of Germans that while they carried no guilt for the Nazis’ crimes, they bore a responsibility to ensure that they never happen again, died on Sept. 23 in Munich. …
WarJoe Browder, a Guardian of the Florida Everglades, Dies at 78
Joe Browder, a television reporter turned environmentalist who was instrumental in preserving Florida’s Everglades, vast areas nearby and Biscayne Bay, died on Sept. 18 at his home in Fairhaven, Md. He was 78.<p>His wife, Louise Cecil Dunlap, a fellow environmentalist, said the cause was liver cancer. …
EnvironmentPeter L. Gerety, Liberal Archbishop in New Jersey, Dies at 104
Archbishop Peter L. Gerety, who as a liberal leader of the Roman Catholic Church in America gave voice to the laity, to women and to lapsed churchgoers and preached for social justice, died on Sept. 20 in Totowa, N.J. He was 104, and the world’s oldest Roman Catholic bishop.<p>His death, at St. …
ArchbishopCharles L. Schultze, 91, Dies; Advised Presidents on Economic Policy
Charles L. Schultze, an economist who was President Lyndon B. Johnson’s budget director and President Jimmy Carter’s chief economic adviser, died on Tuesday at his home in Washington. He was 91.<p>His death was announced by the Brookings Institution in Washington, where he was a research scholar for …
EconomicsHerschell Gordon Lewis, a Pioneer of Gore Cinema, Dies at 90
Herschell Gordon Lewis, a director who set new standards for gore and violence in the early 1960s with the low-budget films “Blood Feast” and “Two Thousand Maniacs!,” died on Monday at his home in Pompano, Fla. He was 90.<p>His death was confirmed by his son Robert.<p>Often credited as the creator of the …
EntertainmentShimon Peres of Israel Dies at 93; Built Up Defense and Sought Peace
Shimon Peres, one of the last surviving pillars of Israel’s founding generation, who did more than anyone to build up his country’s formidable military might, then worked as hard to establish a lasting peace with Israel’s Arab neighbors, died on Wednesday in a Tel Aviv area hospital. He was 93.<p>His …
IsraelThe Thrill of the Tabletop Grill at Tong Sam Gyup Goo Yi
The crowd is of one mind at Tong Sam Gyup Goo Yi: From every table rises a gleaming black cast-iron dome with a tapered handle, like the lid of a giant pot, and on every dome lie stripes of pork belly, more white than red, flesh nearly overrun by fat.<p>The grills are turned high. The room starts to …
Pork BellyThe Spicy Spoils of China’s Boom, at Hao Noodle and Tea
In the hedonist’s view of American immigration patterns, bad times for chefs in China are good times for dumpling chasers and noodle hunters in New York. When experienced cooks couldn’t make a living there for political or economic reasons, they came here. Conversely, over the last decade or so, …
ChinaAt Günter Seeger NY, a Star Chef Resurfaces, Confidence Intact
It’s complicated to praise someone whose confidence already seems to be reinforced with steel and clad in granite. It’s even more complicated in the case of Günter Seeger, whose confidence is the source of both his success in the kitchen and his occasional capacity for sabotaging himself in the …
FoodAt Sauvage, European Discipline Meets Gut Instinct
Roughly half of what I’ve eaten at Sauvage since it opened just before Memorial Day has been either forgettable or familiar. In the other half, though, this restaurant in Greenpoint, Brooklyn, seemed to be on to something exciting, a combination of European kitchen discipline and a gut instinct for …
Food & DiningJean Shepard, a Female Country Voice With Muscle and Ambition, Dies at 82
Jean Shepard, a mainstay of the Grand Ole Opry whose feisty honky-tonk songs of the 1950s and ’60s paved the way for the brash, assertive style of singers like Loretta Lynn, died on Sunday in Gallatin, Tenn. She was 82.<p>The cause was complications of Parkinson’s and heart disease, her husband, Benny …
EntertainmentThe Best News You Don’t Know
<i>The world is a mess, with billions of people locked in inescapable cycles of war, famine and poverty, with more children than ever perishing from hunger, disease and violence.</i><p>That’s about the only thing Americans agree on; we’re polarized about all else. But several polls have found that about 9 …
PovertyMillions in U.S. Climb Out of Poverty, at Long Last
Not that long ago, Alex Caicedo was stuck working a series of odd jobs and watching his 1984 Chevy Nova cough its last breaths. He could make $21 an hour at the Johnny Rockets food stand at FedEx Field when the Washington Redskins were playing, but the work was spotty.<p>Today, Mr. Caicedo is an …
PovertyEd Temple, Track Coach Who Produced Olympians and National Titles, Dies at 89
Ed Temple, who coached Wilma Rudolph, Wyomia Tyus and 38 other Olympians in his 43 seasons as the most celebrated women’s track and field coach in the United States, died on Thursday. He was 89.<p>A track team spokesman at Tennessee State University, where Temple coached, said Temple’s daughter, …
Track and FieldKarl Dietrich Bracher, German Historian of Nazi Era, Dies at 94
Karl Dietrich Bracher, a World War II veteran of the German army who argued as a historian that the German people had to take responsibility for the rise of Nazism because of their embrace of Hitler and his racist agenda, died on Monday in Bonn. He was 94.<p>His death was announced by the University …
GermanyJack Garman, Whose Judgment Call Saved Moon Landing, Dies at 72
On July 20, 1969, moments after mission control in Houston had given the Apollo 11 lunar module, Eagle, the O.K. to begin its descent to the moon, a yellow warning light flashed on the cockpit instrument panel.<p>“Program alarm,” the commander, Neil Armstrong, radioed. “It’s a 1202.”<p>The alarm appeared …
MoonBobby Breen, a Child Star Who Hit a High Note in the 1930s, Dies at 87
In the 1930s, with the United States paralyzed by the Depression, a small army of child stars lifted the nation’s spirits, offering innocence, hope and oodles of sentiment. Shirley Temple led the pack of adorables, but in 1936, a small but powerful rival appeared on the scene: an 8-year-old boy …
EntertainmentStanley Dural Jr., Founder of Buckwheat Zydeco, Dies at 68
Stanley Dural Jr., better known as Buckwheat, the accordionist whose band carried zydeco music from the Louisiana bayous to a worldwide audience, died on Saturday in Lafayette, La., where he was born. He was 68.<p>Ted Fox, his manager and frequent producer, said the cause was lung cancer. Buckwheat …
EntertainmentBill Nunn, Who Played Radio Raheem in ‘Do the Right Thing,’ Dies at 63
Bill Nunn, a versatile actor best known for playing the role of Radio Raheem, the boombox-toting neighborhood philosopher killed by police officers in Spike Lee’s 1989 film “Do the Right Thing,” died on Saturday in Pittsburgh. He was 63.<p>His death was announced on social media by Mr. Lee. His wife, …
EntertainmentMarlins Pitcher Jose Fernandez Is Killed in a Boating Accident
MIAMI — Major League Baseball lost one of its best pitchers this weekend when a boat carrying Jose Fernandez of the Miami Marlins struck a pile of rocks and capsized, killing him and two other men aboard.<p>A Coast Guard crew discovered the crash early Sunday. Fernandez, 24, and the others almost …
BaseballRichard P. Cooley, Former Wells Fargo C.E.O., Dies at 92
Richard P. Cooley, a former chief executive of Wells Fargo and a ubiquitous name in banking for decades in the Pacific Northwest, died on Wednesday at his home in Seattle. He was 92.<p>His death was confirmed by the Bonney-Watson funeral home there.<p>Mr. Cooley worked his way up the corporate ranks at …
Wells FargoArnold Palmer, the Magnetic Face of Golf in the ’60s, Dies at 87
Arnold Palmer, the champion golfer whose full-bore style of play, thrilling tournament victories and magnetic personality inspired an American golf boom, attracted a following known as Arnie’s Army and made him one of the most popular athletes in the world, died on Sunday evening in Pittsburgh. He …
Arnold PalmerTeodoro González de León, Evocative Mexican Architect, Dies at 90
MEXICO CITY — Teodoro González de León, an architect who fused the legacy of Mexico’s pre-Hispanic past with European Modernism to design some of his country’s most distinctive public buildings, died on Sept. 16 in Mexico City. He was 90.<p>The cause was a heart attack, said Miquel Adrià, a friend and …
MexicoJohn D. Loudermilk, Who Wrote ‘Tobacco Road’ and ‘Indian Reservation,’ Dies at 82
John D. Loudermilk, a country singer and prolific songwriter whose dozens of hits in the 1960s and ’70s included “Tobacco Road” by the Nashville Teens, “Then You Can Tell Me Goodbye” by the Casinos and “Indian Reservation” by Paul Revere and the Raiders, died on Wednesday at his home in Christiana, …
EntertainmentDeborah S. Jin Dies at 47; Physicist Studied Matter in Extreme Cold
Deborah S. Jin, a much-honored physicist who created and explored matter that exists only at a sliver of a degree above absolute zero — or minus 459.67 degrees Fahrenheit — died on Sept. 15 in Boulder, Colo. She was 47.<p>The cause was cancer, said JILA, a joint institute of the University of …
PhysicsVictor Scheinman, Assembly Line Robot Inventor, Dies at 73
Victor Scheinman, who overcame his boyhood nightmares about a science-fiction movie humanoid to build the first successful electrically powered, computer-controlled industrial robot, died on Tuesday in Petrolia, Calif. He was 73.<p>His brother, Dr. Richard Scheinman, said the cause was complications …
RoboticsRose Pak, a Brash Force for San Francisco’s Chinatown, Dies at 68
Rose Pak, the brash, combative community organizer in San Francisco who never held political office but who transformed her city’s Asian-American population into a substantial political power, died on Sunday at her home there in Chinatown. She was 68.<p>A spokesman for Green Street Mortuary in San …
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