Obituaries

February 8, 2019 at 4:00 pm

This week’s passages

A roundup of notable obituaries from the week ending Feb. 8.

February 1, 2019 at 4:03 pm

This week’s passages

A roundup of notable obituaries from the week ending Feb. 1.

January 25, 2019 at 4:00 pm

This week’s passages

A roundup of notable obituaries from the week ending Jan. 25.

FILE — John Bogle, founder of the investments giant Vanguard, at his office in Malvern, Pa., Sept. 28, 2017. Bogle built Vanguard into the world’s second-largest mutual fund company by popularizing the idea of indexing investments to mirror the performance of broad market averages. He died on Jan. 16, 2019 in Bryn Mawr, Pa., at age 89. (Ryan Collerd/The New York Times)

January 16, 2019 at 4:16 pm

John Bogle dies at 89; fought for lower fees for investors

A towering figure in finance, John C. Bogle was known for creating index funds, a type of low-cost investment that allowed ordinary Americans to invest...

Business

Pretty Bonnie Guitar, Dot recording artist who is famous for her hit disc of “Dark Moon,” is a guest on the nation’s most modern musical show, “Ranch party.” (3/9/1986)

January 16, 2019 at 4:15 pm

Bonnie Guitar, pioneering Renaissance woman in music, dies at 95 VIEW

The Washington native and country music star forged her own path in a male-dominated industry during the 1950s and 1960s. Even in her 90s, she...

Alan R. Pearlman with an ARP 2600 synthesizer in 2013. Pearlman, the engineer who founded the synthesizer company ARP Instruments and designed its pioneering equipment, died on Jan. 5, 2019, in Newton, Mass. He was 93. (William Bond, via InMusic

January 15, 2019 at 4:07 pm

Alan R. Pearlman, synthesizer pioneer, dies at 93

Alan R. Pearlman was the engineer who founded the synthesizer company ARP Instruments. Its analog synthesizers were ubiquitous in pop and electronic music, and provide...

Nation & World

FILE – This June 27, 2007 file photo shows singer and actress Carol Channing in Concord, N.H. Channing, whose career spanned decades on Broadway and on television has died at age 97. Publicist B. Harlan Boll says Channing died of natural causes early Tuesday, Jan. 15, 2019 in Rancho Mirage, Calif. (AP Photo/Jim Cole, File) NY108 NY108

January 15, 2019 at 4:38 am

Effervescent ‘Hello, Dolly!’ icon Carol Channing mourned VIEW

The three-time Tony Award-winning musical comedy star Carol Channing died Tuesday at age 97.

Entertainment

January 11, 2019 at 4:00 am

This week’s passages VIEW

A roundup of notable obituaries from the week ending Jan. 11.

ROBERT C. JONES – PAINTER – FRANCINE SEDERS GALLERY
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Robert C. Jones, CQ, abstract painter, has a show at the Francine Seders Gallery, CQ, which includes, “Persia” (the name of the painting behind him).

January 10, 2019 at 11:45 am

Robert C. Jones, noted Northwest painter and longtime UW professor, dies at 88

Over half a century, in a daily studio practice, Robert C. Jones patiently pursued a lush, poetic vision built up with layers of loose, lyrical...

In a family photo, Bernice Sandler, an educator and researcher who was central to the development, passage and implementation of the Title IX law, in 1997. Sandler, whose efforts helped ensure that male and female students have equal access to admissions, resources and financial assistance, died on Jan. 5, 2019. She was 90. (Family photo via The New York Times) — NO SALES; FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY WITH NYT STORY OBIT-SANDLER BY SEELYE FOR JAN. 9, 2019. ALL OTHER USE PROHIBITED. — XNYT112 XNYT112

January 8, 2019 at 3:17 pm

Bernice Sandler, ‘Godmother of Title IX,’ Dies at 90

She changed the landscape for women in academic settings, prompting investigations into female admissions and in faculty hiring, promotions and salaries.

Nation & World

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