As a songwriter, arranger and producer, he brought sophistication and melodic inventiveness to hits by the Delfonics, the Spinners and others.
Tag: Deaths (Obituaries)
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Ali Ahmed Aslam, Credited With Inventing Chicken Tikka Masala, Dies at 77
A Glasgow restaurateur, he was part of the rise of the British curry house — and played an essential part in its story.
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Franco Harris, N.F.L. Hall of Famer Who Caught ‘Immaculate Reception,’ Dies at 72
The former Pittsburgh Steelers running back died days before the 50th anniversary of one of the most memorable plays in N.F.L. history.
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Overlooked No More: Audrey Munson, Forgotten but, Living On in Sculptures, Not Gone
Called “the American Venus,” she was a model immortalized by sculptors, her image remaining visible in monuments across New York City.
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Philip Pearlstein, Whose Realist Nudes Revived Portraiture, Dies at 98
His harshly lit studies of life models represented a major departure in American painting and shocked modernist critics.