A memory expert and magician who was a favorite guest of Johnny Carson’s, he astonished audiences by reeling off the names of hundreds of people he had only just met.
Tag: Deaths (Obituaries)
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Mimi Sheraton, Innovative Food Critic at The New York Times, Dies at 97
She was the first to wear a disguise in order to get a normal diner’s experience for her Times reviews and worked for many publications in a six-decade career.
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Neal Boenzi, Top New York Times Photographer for Four Decades, Dies at 97
He built a reputation for finding compelling subjects on the street. “Anyone can take a picture,” he liked to say, “but are you a journalist?”
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Klaus Teuber, Creator of the Board Game Catan, Dies at 70
He created the strategy game about settling a new land in 1995. Millions of copies have been sold since then, and it’s played all over the world.
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Nigel Lawson, Economic Force Under Thatcher, Dies at 91
As chancellor of the Exchequer, he helped lift Britain with tax cuts and other Conservative measures — the “Lawson Boom” — but harder times followed, and he resigned.