As a teenager, Brian was a fan of Chuck Berry’s rock ’n’ roll but was especially entranced by the close, melting harmonies of the jazz-influenced vocal group the Four Freshmen; he led his brothers in careful recreations of their songs. By 1961, the three Wilson boys were playing rock music with Mr. Love, a cousin, … Read more
Terry Brunk, a professional wrestler known to fans as Sabu who pioneered the so-called hardcore style that became a touchstone of wrestling in the 1990s and 2000s, has died, World Wrestling Entertainment said. He was 60. It was not immediately clear when Mr. Brunk had died, and the company’s statement announcing his death did not … Read more
Dick Barnett, who helped propel the Knicks to their glory days in the 1970s with his unorthodox jump-shooting style, and who played on the only two N.B.A. championship teams in the Knicks’ history, has died in Largo, Fla. He was 88. The Knicks announced the death, which had occurred overnight at an assisted living facility, … Read more
Virginia Giuffre, a former victim of Jeffrey Epstein’s sex-trafficking ring who said she was “passed around like a platter of fruit” as a teenager to rich and powerful predators, including Prince Andrew of Britain, died on Friday at her farm in Western Australia. She was 41. Ms. Giuffre (pronounced JIFF-ree) died by suicide, according to … Read more
Alice Tan Ridley, who rose to fame after decades singing for tips in the New York City subway with an unexpected run on the television show “America’s Got Talent,” died on March 25 in New York City. Ms. Ridley, who was the mother of the Oscar-nominated actress Gabourey Sidibe, was 72. Her family announced the … Read more
Leonardo Augustus Patterson was born on April 15, 1942, in Limon, a town on the Caribbean coast of Costa Rica. Little is known about his family history. He said that his father left home when he was very young and that his mother, a farmer, died when he was a teenager. He said he found … Read more
“Most actors recognize there’s something different in Val than meets the eye,” Mr. Stone said in a 2007 interview for a segment of the television series “Biography.” David Mamet, the playwright and screenwriter who directed Mr. Kilmer in the political thriller “Spartan” (2004), added, “What Val has as an actor is something that the really, … Read more
His father, Daniel Utoni Nujoma, and his mother, Mpingana-Helvi Kondombolo, worked the land. As a boy, Mr. Nujoma said in his memoir, he tended the family cattle and goats, carrying a baby on his back to free his mother to work in the fields. With only modest formal education, Mr. Nujoma moved at age 17 … Read more
Dick Button, whose passionate and often tart commentary on figure skating competitions became a television staple over six decades and made him the sport’s unofficial spokesman, died on Thursday in North Salem, N.Y. He was 95. His death was confirmed by his son, Edward. An Emmy winner, Button taught generations of TV audiences the nuances … Read more
Derek Humphry, a British-born journalist whose experience helping his terminally ill wife end her life led him to become a crusading pioneer in the right-to-die movement and to publish “Final Exit,” a best-selling guide to suicide, died on Jan. 2 in Eugene, Ore. He was 94. His death, at a hospice facility, was announced by … Read more