Credited with opening the first disco, she built an empire of glittering playgrounds for the Beautiful People in Paris, New York and beyond.
Tag: Deaths (Obituaries)
Kane Tanaka, World’s Oldest Person, Dies at 119 in Japan
Kane Tanaka, who died in Japan this month, survived two world wars, the 1918 influenza outbreak, paratyphoid and two rounds of cancer. She loved chocolate and hated losing at board games.
Mwai Kibaki, Former President of Kenya, Dies at 90
He came to power promising to root out corruption and improve government transparency. But his tenure was blighted by widespread graft and a violent upheaval.
Mikhail Vasenkov Dies at 79; His Spy Ring Inspired ‘The Americans’
He and his wife were among 10 Soviet sleeper agents who blended into American society before being exposed and deported in 2010. The TV series sprung from the episode.
Rosario Ibarra de Piedra, 95, Dies; Fought for Mexico’s ‘Disappeared’
When her son vanished in 1975, she began a crusade on behalf of him and hundreds of others and became a voice of moral authority on the left.
Letizia Battaglia, Photographer of Mafia Brutality, Dies at 87
Her images of victims on the streets of Palermo were stamped on the nation’s consciousness as she challenged the grip mobsters had on her native Sicily.
Peng Ming-min, Fighter for Democracy in Taiwan, Dies at 98
He endured Japanese imperial rule, a lost limb in World War II, Chinese martial law and decades in exile to become a leading force for Taiwanese self-determination.
Mimi Reinhard, Who Typed Up Schindler’s List, Dies at 107
As a secretary in a forced-labor camp in World War II, she added her own name to the list of 1,100 Jews who would be spared from the gas chambers.
Gerda Weissmann Klein, Honored Holocaust Survivor, Dies at 97
Her story was told in an Oscar-winning documentary, and her message of hope and love in the face of overwhelming evil was an inspiration to millions.
Vladimir V. Zhirinovsky Dies at 75; Ultranationalist Russian Politician
His antics kept him at center stage in Russia for three decades, and his once fringe views on imperial expansion had gone mainstream with the invasion of Ukraine.