Obituaries
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Eduard Shevardnadze, Foreign Minister Under Gorbachev, Dies at 86
By DOUGLAS MARTIN
Bob Daugherty/Associated Press
Eduard A. Shevardnadze, center, then the Soviet
foreign minister, with President George Bush, left, and Secretary of
State James A. Baker III in the White House Rose Garden in 1989.
Mr. Shevardnadze helped hone the “new thinking” that transformed the
Soviet Union, and then led his native Georgia through its turbulent
start as an independent state.
Alfredo Di Stéfano, Soccer Great for Real Madrid, Dies at 88
By JACK BELL
Di Stéfano, an Argentine, built a legendary career when he moved to
Europe in the 1950s and led Real Madrid to five straight Continental
club championships.
Alan J. Dixon, 86, Is Dead; U.S. Senator Who Championed Illinois
By DOUGLAS MARTIN
Mr. Dixon was a two-term United States senator from Illinois in the
1980s and early ’90s who was known for keen attention to constituents’
needs.
David Truong, Figure in U.S. Wiretap Case, Dies at 68
By PAUL VITELLO
His conviction on espionage charges in 1978 raised alarms about the
federal government’s use of wiretaps without court orders and spurred
passage of the 1978 Federal Intelligence Surveillance Act.
Louis Brown Jr., Nicole Simpson’s Father, Dies at 90
By ANITA GATES
Mr. Brown was a familiar presence at the murder trial of O.J. Simpson and became a public voice against domestic violence.
Jim Brosnan, Who Threw Literature a Curve, Dies at 84
By BRUCE WEBER
Brosnan’s 1960 book, “The Long Season,” a candid account of his
experience as a pitcher, helped change the way baseball was chronicled.
Frank M. Robinson Dies at 87; Author and Adviser to Harvey Milk
By PAUL VITELLO
Mr. Robinson made his mark in science fiction, film and politics.
Bruno Zumino Dies at 91; Sought to Tie Together Laws of Universe
By KENNETH CHANG
Mr. Zumino proposed a theory called supersymmetry that promised to help
tie together the fundamental laws of the universe but that has yet to be
borne out in experiments.
Emilio Álvarez Montalván, Nicaragua’s Pro-Democracy Sage, Dies at 94
By STEPHEN KINZER
Dr. Álvarez was an ophthalmologist, former guerrilla, political
prisoner, diplomat and trenchant critic of dictatorship, and he was
often called the wisest man in Nicaragua.
Richard Mellon Scaife, Influential U.S. Conservative, Dies at 82
By ROBERT D. McFADDEN
Mr. Scaife, an heir to the Mellon banking fortune, laid the foundations
for modern conservatism and fueled the impeachment of President Bill
Clinton.
Gerald Robinson, Priest Convicted of Killing Ohio Nun, Dies at 76
By JOHN SCHWARTZ
Father Robinson was convicted in 2006 of murdering a nun more than 20
years earlier in the hospital where they worked together in Toledo,
Ohio.
Louis Zamperini, Olympian and ‘Unbroken’ War Survivor, Dies at 97
By IRA BERKOW
Mr. Zamperini’s experiences as an airman who crashed into the Pacific
and spent 47 days adrift before his capture by the Japanese were told in
a best-selling biography.
Paul S. Amos, a Co-Founder of Aflac, Dies at 88
By STEVEN GREENHOUSE
Mr. Amos pushed the company to market its insurance policies at companies, not door to door.
Walter Dean Myers Dies at 76; Wrote of Black Youth for the Young
By FELICIA R. LEE
Mr. Myers’s fiction for young readers often centered on African-Americans struggling in tough environments.
Bob Hastings, Actor on ‘McHale’s Navy,’ Dies at 89
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Mr. Hastings played Lt. Elroy Carpenter, a bumbling yes-man on that
1960s sitcom, and he also had roles on many popular TV series of the
’60s, ’70s and ’80s.
Stephen Gaskin, Hippie Who Founded an Enduring Commune, Dies at 79
By DOUGLAS MARTIN
Mr. Gaskin was a Marine veteran and hippie leader who founded the Farm,
an archetypical hippie commune that has lasted longer than its
counterparts while accepting elements of capitalism.
Paul Mazursky Dies at 84; Director Showed ‘Me’ Era’s Strength and Foibles
By ROBERT D. McFADDEN
Mr. Mazursky traced an era of moral shifts and uncertainties in films
like “Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice” (1969) and “An Unmarried
Woman” (1978).
Anatoly Kornukov, Who Led Russian Air Force, Dies at 72
By MARGALIT FOX
Gen. Anatoly Kornukov ordered Korean Air Lines Flight 007, a commercial
jet with 269 people aboard, shot down in 1983 after it strayed into
Soviet airspace.
Lillian B. Rubin, 90, Dies; Wrote on Impact of Gender and Class Norms
By PAUL VITELLO
Dr. Rubin explored identity crises of middle-aged women, life in a working-class family and why marriages often fail.
Christian Führer, East German Whose Prayers Inspired Protests, Dies at 71
By MELISSA EDDY
Pastor Führer’s “prayers for peace” meetings in Leipzig grew into mass
demonstrations that helped bring about the fall of Communism in East
Germany.
Lloyd Garrison, 83, Journalist; Covered Africa for The Times
By DANIEL E. SLOTNIK
Mr. Garrison covered conflicts in Nigeria, Congo and Angola for The Times in the 1960s, and later taught African history.
Frank Cashen, Who Turned Lowly Mets Into Swaggering Champions, Dies at 88
By RICHARD GOLDSTEIN
Mr. Cashen assembled World Series champions in Baltimore and New York by nurturing farm systems and making shrewd trades.
Nancy Garden Dies at 76; Wrote Young-Adult Novel of Lesbians
By MARGALIT FOX
In 2000, School Library Journal named “Annie on My Mind,” for which Ms.
Garden remained best known, to its list of 100 books that shaped the
20th century.
Ana María Matute, Spanish Novelist Marked by Civil War, Dies at 88
By WILLIAM YARDLEY
Ms. Matute’s explorations of alienation and the loss of innocence that
children experienced during and after the Spanish Civil War made her one
of Spain’s most acclaimed writers.
Michael Brown, 93, Dies; Industrial Musicals Gave Wings to ‘Mockingbird’
By MARGALIT FOX
Mr. Brown wrote industrial musicals for American corporations, which
were meant to rally employees, and used some of his earnings to support
Harper Lee while she wrote “To Kill a Mockingbird.”
Diana McLellan, Gossip Columnist With an Ear to Washington, Dies at 76
By PAUL VITELLO
The British-born Mrs. McLellan, who wrote for three Washington papers,
gained a devoted readership by skewering the powerful in the nation’s
capital.
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Allen Grossman, a Poet’s Poet and Scholar, Dies at 82
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Meshach Taylor, an Actor on TV’s ‘Designing Women,’ Dies at 67
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Robert Gardner Dies at 88; Filmed Cultural Practices
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Bobby Womack, Royalty of the Soul Era, Dies at 70
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Leslie Manigat, Overthrown in a Coup in Haiti, Dies at 83
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Mira Slovak, a Daring Pilot Who Won Freedom, Then Races, Dies at 84
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Rollin King, Texas Pilot Who Helped Start Southwest, Dies at 83
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Howard H. Baker Jr., ‘Great Conciliator’ of the Senate, Dies at 88
Notable Deaths of 2014
Casey Kasem, Wholesome Voice of Pop Radio, Dies at 82
By PAUL VITELLO
Mr. Kasem, the longtime host of “American Top 40,” was known for his
homey sentiment and an optimism that ran headlong into the prevailing
spirit of rebellion in 1970s music culture.
Tony Gwynn, Hall of Fame Batting Champion, Dies at 54 of Cancer
By RICHARD GOLDSTEIN
In his 20-year major league career, all with the San Diego Padres, Gwynn
had a batting average of .338, including .394 in 1994. He was inducted
into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 2007.
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From the Archives
Anna Howard Shaw, Suffragist, Dies at 72
(July 2, 1919)
Ernest Hemingway, Author, Dies at 61
(July 2, 1961)
Andrey Gromyko, Face of Postwar Soviet Diplomacy, Dies at 79
(July 2, 1989)
James Stewart, the Hesitant Hero, Dies at 89
(July 2, 1997)
Louis Armstrong, Jazz Trumpeter, Dies at 71
(July 6, 1971)
Earl Warren, Who Led High Court, Dies at 83
(July 9, 1974)
Arthur Fiedler, Conductor of Boston Pops, Dies at 84
(July 10, 1979)
Adlai Ewing Stevenson, Politician and Diplomat, Dies at 65
(July 14, 1965)
James McNeill Whistler, Celebrated American Artist, Dies at 69
(July 17, 1903)
Billie Holiday, Jazz Singer, Dies at 44
(July 17, 1959)
Alan B. Shepard, First American in Space, Dies at 74
(July 21, 1998)
Ulysses S. Grant, Soldier and President, Dies at 63
(July 23, 1885)
Hassan II, Monarch of Morocco, Dies at 70
(July 23, 1999)
Eva Peron, First Lady of Argentina, Dies at 33
(July 26, 1952)
Gertrude Stein, Writer, Dies at 72
(July 27, 1946)
Robert Moses, Master Builder, Dies at 92
(July 29, 1981)
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