https://www.nytimes.com/section/obituaries en-us Copyright 2026 The New York Times Company Thu, 02 Jul 2026 19:35:08 +0000 Thu, 02 Jul 2026 17:57:49 +0000 https://static01.nyt.com/images/misc/NYT_logo_rss_250x40.png https://www.nytimes.com/section/obituaries https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/02/theater/robert-kimball-dead.html https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/02/theater/robert-kimball-dead.html He excavated a treasure hoard of manuscripts by George Gershwin, Cole Porter, Richard Rodgers and others that were found in a warehouse in Secaucus, N.J. Barry Singer Thu, 02 Jul 2026 17:49:17 +0000 Kimball, Robert (1939-2026) Theater Archives and Records Deaths (Obituaries) Theater (Broadway) Librado Romero/The New York Times Robert Kimball in 1998 at the Cole Porter Foundation in Manhattan. He was an expert on Porter and other giants of American popular song. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/02/arts/design/herbert-c-lust-dead.html https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/02/arts/design/herbert-c-lust-dead.html He gravitated toward the work of artists he knew personally, like Alexander Calder and Robert Indiana, in amassing an unusual, important collection. Trip Gabriel Thu, 02 Jul 2026 14:40:38 +0000 Art Collectors and Collections Culture (Arts) Deaths (Obituaries) Lust, Herbert Tony Cenicola/The New York Times Herbert Lust at his home in Connecticut in 2020, wearing a gold medallion made by the artist Alberto Giacometti, a close friend of his. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/01/business/media/charles-h-townsend-dead.html https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/01/business/media/charles-h-townsend-dead.html By 2016, when he retired from the parent company of glossy magazines like Vogue, Vanity Fair and The New Yorker, print was seriously struggling. Adam Nossiter Wed, 01 Jul 2026 17:16:02 +0000 Magazines Deaths (Obituaries) Media Conde Nast Publications Inc Townsend, Charles H https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/01/us/rosemary-m-collyer-dead.html https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/01/us/rosemary-m-collyer-dead.html From her seat on the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court, she criticized the way the F.B.I. had sought to wiretap an aide to President Donald Trump. Richard Sandomir Wed, 01 Jul 2026 20:06:39 +0000 Collyer, Rosemary M Courts and the Judiciary Surveillance of Citizens by Government Wiretapping and Other Eavesdropping Devices and Methods Federal Courts (US) Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court Guantanamo Bay Naval Base (Cuba) United States Politics and Government Deaths (Obituaries) https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/01/arts/music/victor-willis-dead.html https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/01/arts/music/victor-willis-dead.html Often performing dressed as a helmeted police officer, he also co-wrote the group’s biggest hits, including “Y.M.C.A.” and “Macho Man.” Alex Marshall and Isabella Kwai Wed, 01 Jul 2026 14:55:52 +0000 Willis, Victor Deaths (Obituaries) Village People (Music Group) Pop and Rock Music Homosexuality and Bisexuality Paul Natkin/Getty Images Victor Willis performing with the Village People in Chicago in 1979. More recently, he became a polarizing figure because of his (and the group’s music’s) association with President Trump. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/01/obituaries/michael-byrne-dead.html https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/01/obituaries/michael-byrne-dead.html He had a long career in theater, and several small roles in big movies, including “Force 10 From Navarone” and “Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade.” Victor Mather Wed, 01 Jul 2026 17:19:43 +0000 Byrne, Michael (1939-2026) Actors and Actresses Theater Old Vic Theater Deaths (Obituaries) internal-eafs ITV/Shutterstock Michael Byrne in 2013. He began his theater career in the early 1960s, mostly in Britain, including at the Old Vic. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/30/style/john-loring-dead.html https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/30/style/john-loring-dead.html One of the country’s influential tastemakers, he oversaw the rapid expansion of Tiffany in the midst of seismic shifts in luxury retail. Clay Risen Tue, 30 Jun 2026 22:14:59 +0000 Loring, John Deaths (Obituaries) Shopping and Retail Design Jewels and Jewelry Luxury Goods and Services Tiffany & Company Architectural Digest Picasso, Paloma Manhattan (NYC) Steve Campbell/Houston Chronicle, via Getty Images John Loring in 2008. In 1979, he became the design director at Tiffany, a position he held for the next 30 years. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/30/nyregion/judah-gribetz-dead.html https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/30/nyregion/judah-gribetz-dead.html A top aide to Gov. Hugh L. Carey in the 1970s, he was an influential figure in talks between the governor and Abraham D. Beame, the mayor, as the city faced financial collapse. Joseph P. Fried Tue, 30 Jun 2026 17:18:29 +0000 Gribetz, Judah New York City Emergency Financial Control Board Jews and Judaism Holocaust and the Nazi Era Beame, Abraham D Carey, Hugh L Deaths (Obituaries) Jack Manning/The New York Times Judah Gribetz, center, huddled with Gov. Hugh L. Carey, left, and Mayor Abraham D. Beame, right, during a meeting of New York’s Emergency Financial Control Board in 1977. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/30/education/courtney-sale-ross-dead.html https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/30/education/courtney-sale-ross-dead.html Instead of home-schooling her daughter, she spent hundreds of millions of dollars building an idiosyncratic educational institution in the Hamptons. Alex Traub Tue, 30 Jun 2026 15:06:31 +0000 Ross, Courtney Sale Deaths (Obituaries) Education (K-12) Ross School Chester Higgins Jr./The New York Times Courtney Sale Ross in 2006. She didn’t like the “money-oriented values” that her daughter was being taught at a private school in Manhattan and founded the Ross School as an open-minded alternative. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/29/world/middleeast/abdul-ahad-momand-dead.html https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/29/world/middleeast/abdul-ahad-momand-dead.html A pilot in the Afghan Air Force, he was recruited for the Soviet space program. His 1988 flight took place as the Soviets were fighting a war in his country. Richard Sandomir Mon, 29 Jun 2026 22:32:53 +0000 Momand, Abdul Ahad (1959-2026) Space and Astronomy Space Stations Afghan Air Force Afghanistan USSR (Former Soviet Union) Deaths (Obituaries) internal-open-access-from-nl https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/29/nyregion/george-gresham-dead.html https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/29/nyregion/george-gresham-dead.html Until he lost an election last year amid accusations of self-enrichment, he was a longtime influential force in Democratic politics in New York. Jeré Longman Mon, 29 Jun 2026 20:21:28 +0000 Gresham, George Organized Labor 1199 SEIU Health Insurance and Managed Care Deaths (Obituaries) Suzanne DeChillo/The New York Times George Gresham in 2007, when he became the president of Local 1199 of the Service Employees International Union, the largest health care workers union in the United States. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/29/world/les-mills-dead.html https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/29/world/les-mills-dead.html A New Zealand Olympian, he started a small gym in Auckland that grew into a worldwide chain. Victor Mather Mon, 29 Jun 2026 19:54:27 +0000 Mills, Les (1934-2026) Olympic Games Health Clubs Track and Field Exercise Commonwealth Games Shot Put New Zealand Deaths (Obituaries) internal-open-access-from-nl Jason Oxenham/The New Zealand Herald, via Getty Images Les Mills in 2018. “He saw the gym as a place where people could come and find refuge,” his son, Phillip, said. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/28/obituaries/phillipe-stern-dead.html https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/28/obituaries/phillipe-stern-dead.html In an era of electronic timepieces, he marketed $40,000 handmade watches as status symbols, breathing new life into a struggling industry. Trip Gabriel Sun, 28 Jun 2026 21:59:29 +0000 Stern, Philippe Watches and Clocks Luxury Goods and Services Advertising and Marketing Patek Philippe SA Deaths (Obituaries) Ullstein bild, via Getty Images Philippe Stern in 1992. He was the third generation of his family to run the luxury watchmaker Patek Philippe and helped the Swiss watch industry survive the “quartz crisis.” https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/28/obituaries/mignon-dunn-dead.html https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/28/obituaries/mignon-dunn-dead.html Growing up in Arkansas, she dreamed of singing at the Metropolitan Opera. She did so more than 650 times over 35 years. Vivien Schweitzer Mon, 29 Jun 2026 13:55:53 +0000 Dunn, Mignon Opera Deaths (Obituaries) Reg Innell/Toronto Star, via Getty Images Mignon Dunn in 1974 with Ermanno Mauro in a production of “Carmen” at the Canadian Opera Company in Toronto. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/28/us/lgbtq-pride-history-trailblazers.html https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/28/us/lgbtq-pride-history-trailblazers.html Their names may not be familiar, but they helped define queer art, activism and storytelling as we know it today. Ash Wu and Amisha Padnani Sun, 28 Jun 2026 15:48:40 +0000 Transgender Homosexuality and Bisexuality Gentili, Cecilia (1972-2024) Jobriath (1946-83) Bottner, Lorenza (1959-1994) Harris, E Lynn Sullivan, Lou (1951-91) Miss Major Griffin-Gracy Kuromiya, Kiyoshi https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/27/arts/television/tony-brown-dead.html https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/27/arts/television/tony-brown-dead.html On “Tony Brown’s Journal,” he interviewed guests like Jesse Jackson and Lena Horne, and made programming decisions by asking himself, “Will it help Black people?” Joseph Berger Wed, 01 Jul 2026 02:05:16 +0000 Brown, Tony (1933-2026) Deaths (Obituaries) Television Public Broadcasting Black People Tony Browns Journal (TV Program) Black Journal (TV Program) https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/27/business/media/colette-shulman-dead.html https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/27/business/media/colette-shulman-dead.html She arrived in Moscow in 1955, two years after Stalin’s death, and spent several years as a journalist covering major events and ordinary Soviet lives. Alex Williams Sat, 27 Jun 2026 09:01:44 +0000 Shulman, Colette Deaths (Obituaries) News and News Media Cold War Era United Press International Columbia University Moscow (Russia) USSR (Former Soviet Union) Shulman, Marshall D Russia https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/27/arts/bruno-bischofberger-dead.html https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/27/arts/bruno-bischofberger-dead.html He was a quintessential art dealer of the go-go 1980s, when the booming market turned painters into celebrities. Clay Risen Sun, 28 Jun 2026 17:29:52 +0000 Bischofberger, Bruno (1940-2026) Deaths (Obituaries) Art Collectors and Collections Nineteen Hundred Eighties Switzerland St Moritz (Switzerland) Zurich (Switzerland) Basquiat, Jean-Michel Clemente, Francesco Warhol, Andy https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/26/technology/om-malik-dead.html https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/26/technology/om-malik-dead.html Gigaom, which he started in 2001, established him as a leading voice in the tech world and signaled a shift in how the media covered the industry. Clay Risen Fri, 26 Jun 2026 22:41:23 +0000 Malik, Om Deaths (Obituaries) Computers and the Internet Blogs and Blogging (Internet) News and News Media Gigaom Inc Peter DaSilva for The New York Times Om Malik in 2012. His blog, Gigaom, covered Silicon Valley with a mixture of hot scoops and sharp opinions. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/26/science/richard-scolyer-dead.html https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/26/science/richard-scolyer-dead.html His lifesaving melanoma research in Australia illuminated the treatment he underwent for his own brain tumor, an ordeal he courageously shared with the public. Richard Sandomir Fri, 26 Jun 2026 20:50:09 +0000 Scolyer, Richard (1966-2026) Skin Cancer Melanomas Brain Cancer Research Immunotherapy Doctors Australia Deaths (Obituaries) Bianca De Marchi/AAP Image, via Reuters Dr. Richard Scolyer in 2023. He became a high-profile public figure in Australia as he wrote and spoke about his experimental treatments for his own aggressive cancer. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/26/world/europe/yves-lacoste-dead.html https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/26/world/europe/yves-lacoste-dead.html He used a geographer’s tools to demonstrate that North Vietnamese civilian infrastructure had been deliberately attacked, threatening millions of lives. Adam Nossiter Fri, 26 Jun 2026 19:28:35 +0000 Lacoste, Yves (1929-2026) Deaths (Obituaries) Geography Vietnam War United States Defense and Military Forces Bombs and Explosives Infrastructure (Public Works) Vietnam France Louis Monier/Gamma-Rapho, via Getty Images Yves Lacoste in 1992. The month after he had published his findings, the U.S. halted Operation Linebacker, a massive bombing campaign on the Red River Delta in North Vietnam. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/26/movies/ann-blyth-dead.html https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/26/movies/ann-blyth-dead.html She was just 17 when she played Joan Crawford’s ungrateful daughter in the classic 1945 melodrama. It was the high point of a robust but short film career. Anita Gates and Zachary Woolfe Fri, 26 Jun 2026 18:57:33 +0000 Blyth, Ann Deaths (Obituaries) Actors and Actresses Movies Mildred Pierce (Movie) Crawford, Joan https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/25/us/john-stockwell-dead.html https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/25/us/john-stockwell-dead.html A former covert operative, he published his resignation letter in The Washington Post and went on to write “In Search of Enemies,” a book the agency sought to suppress. Trip Gabriel Fri, 26 Jun 2026 19:21:00 +0000 Stockwell, John (1937-2026) Espionage and Intelligence Services United States Politics and Government United States International Relations Vietnam War War and Armed Conflicts Books and Literature Central Intelligence Agency In Search of Enemies: A CIA Story (Book) Vietnam Angola Deaths (Obituaries) Jack Manning/The New York Times John Stockwell in 1978, the year he published “In Search of Enemies,” his C.I.A. exposé. The New York Times Book Review described it as “an extremely useful account” of the agency’s “political and military failure.” https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/25/style/nigel-cabourn-dead.html https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/25/style/nigel-cabourn-dead.html The antithesis of fast fashion, his clothes were modeled on heritage garments and mostly made in his native Britain. Clay Risen Thu, 25 Jun 2026 21:41:33 +0000 Cabourn, Nigel (1949-2026) Deaths (Obituaries) Fashion and Apparel Great Britain England John Phillips/Getty Images Nigel Cabourn in 2016. At his studio in northern England, he amassed some 4,000 items of vintage clothing that provided creative fodder for his collections.