Tag results for: Deaths (Obituaries)

Gretchen Dow Simpson, Creator of New Yorker Covers, Dies at 85

Gretchen Dow Simpson, an acclaimed Rhode Island painter whose moody, highly geometric images of seaside cottages, snow-covered farms and other totems of New England life drew comparisons to...

Mike Patrick, Voice of Sunday Night N.F.L. Games on ESPN, Dies at 80

Mike Patrick, a versatile sportscaster for ESPN who called National Football League games on Sunday nights for 18 years, died on Sunday in Fairfax, Va. He was 80.His...

Marvin Levy, Oscar-Winning Publicist to Spielberg, Dies at 96

Reporters trying to get interviews with Steven Spielberg would sometimes grouse that his publicist’s job amounted to speaking a single word: “No.”But Martin Levy, who served as Mr....

Brad Holland, Subversive Artist Who Reinvented American Illustration, Dies at 81

Brad Holland, an idiosyncratic artist who upended American illustration in the 1970s with his startling imagery for Playboy magazine and The New York Times’s opinion page, spawning a...

Rick Levine, Who Gave Commercials Cinematic Flair, Dies at 94

Rick Levine, an award-winning television commercial director who brought a big-screen sensibility to the small screen with widely celebrated spots, like a Diet Pepsi Super Bowl ad from...

Bob McManus, Blunt Editorial Voice of New York Post, Dies at 81

Bob McManus, the trenchant editorial page editor of The New York Post and a columnist for other conservative publications who prided himself on his unambiguous common-sense commentary about...

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Google's shortened URLs are the horror movie monster of the Google Graveyard: They keep finding a way to stay alive. On Friday, the...

The original Nintendo Switch is about to get more expensive in the US

Nintendo has that the price of the original will change in the United States, citing “market conditions” as the reason for...

WIRED Roundup: ChatGPT Goes Full Demon Mode

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