The first Japanese designer to show in Paris, he was known for his origami-like designs, creating pleated skirts, dresses and trousers that afforded freedom.
Tag: Deaths (Obituaries)
Issey Miyake, Japanese Fashion Designer, Dies at 84
He was known for his innovative origami-like designs, creating skirts, dresses and trousers with prisms of unfolding shapes.
Christopher Meyer, Vocal British Envoy to the U.S., Dies at 78
He served loyally during the 9/11 attacks and Iraq invasion. But in a 2005 memoir, he faulted the “conception and execution” of the Iraq war.
Ayman al-Zawahri, Killed at 71, Led a Life of Secrecy and Violence
A radicalized physician, he was seen as the intellectual spine of Osama bin Laden’s terrorist organization and ran it after Bin Laden was killed in 2011.
Fidel Ramos, Philippine President Who Broke With Marcos, Dies at 94
Considered a ruthless Marcos henchman, he was later hailed as a national hero for breaking with the dictator, and went on to preside over an economic boom.
Phyo Zeya Thaw, Burmese Pro-democracy Rapper, 41, Is Executed
The hip-hop star became a democracy activist in military-ruled Myanmar, and then a lawmaker. After the latest military coup, he joined the resistance, and was hanged for it.
Lily Safra, Star-Crossed Socialite and Philanthropist, Dies at 87
Her life was marked by tragedy, including the bizarre death of her fourth husband, but that did not stop her from giving away millions.
Eugenio Scalfari, Leading Italian Journalist, Dies at 98
As a founder of La Repubblica, one of the country’s major newspapers, and later as a columnist, he left a mark on civic life.
Cardinal Cláudio Hummes, Close Ally of Pope Francis, Dies at 87
An advocate for the poor, he was a force behind the progressive turn taken by many Latin American Catholics in the 1970s and ’80s.
Luis Echeverría Alvarez, Former President of Mexico, Dies at 100
He had faced accusations that, as interior secretary, he was responsible for repressing protests before the 1968 Olympics that ended in a massacre.