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Harry Keough, Member of U.S. Soccer Team That Shocked England, Dies at 84
Mr. Keough, a defender who had one goal in 19 appearances for the United States from 1949 to 1957, coached St. Louis University to four N.C.A.A. soccer titles and a share of a fifth. ![]() Robert Maycock: Classical music critic for 'The Independent'
 The music critic and sometime Music Editor of The Independent, Robert Maycock, who has died in a car accident, was among the most principled and independent-minded writers on classical and contemp... Bingham Ray: Film producer with a maverick streak
 Non-Hollywood films need nurturing in America. The producer-distributor Bingham Ray spotted potential hits, brought them to the screen and, with canny marketing, made them commercially and critica... Air Marshal: Sir Alfred Ball Daring photo-reconnaissance pilot in the Second ...
 Alone, five miles up, in an unarmed, pale pastel-painted Spitfire, 22-year-old Flying Officer Freddie Ball proved himself a master of one of the RAF's most dangerous wartime duties, photo-reconnai... Robert B. Cohen Dies at 85; Founded the Hudson News Chain
Mr. Cohen was president of the Hudson County News Company, a newspaper distributorship, when it went into the retail field in the mid-1970s by taking over a newsstand at the Newark airport. ![]() Florence Green, Last World War I Veteran, Dies at 110
Mrs. Green, a teenage officers’ mess waitress, signed up in the last months of the war and recalled the officers’ courtly behavior. ![]() Norton D. Zinder, Researcher in Molecular Biology, Dies at 83
Dr. Zinder helped lay the basis for molecular biology in the 1950s and ’60s. ![]() Frank Cioffi, Philosopher and Critic of Freud, Dies at 83
Mr. Cioffi’s scathing critique of Sigmund Freud’s work was one of the opening salvos in the bitter debate in recent decades over the legitimacy of psychoanalytic theories. ![]() John Christopher, Science Fiction Writer, Dies at 89
Mr. Christopher was author of the “Tripods” trilogy among many other books under many other names. ![]() Antoni Tàpies, Spanish Abstract Painter, Dies at 88
Mr. Tàpies grounded his work in the brute reality of the Spanish street and in the turbulent political dramas of his youth in Catalonia. ![]() Ray Honeyford
Headmaster whose attack on multiculturalism attracted death threats and left his career in ruins  Bill Anderson
Editor whose drive allowed The Sunday Post to boast of being (per capita) the world's best-selling newspaper  Oliver Fox-Pitt
Banker who made his mark in the equestrian world and sailed across the Atlantic when he was in his sixties  Terry Weiler
Former Chindit and civil servant who helped to establish the parole system  Una Mulzac, Harlem Bookseller With a Passion for Black Politics, Dies at 88
Known for a bold and cantankerous personality, Ms. Mulzac built Liberation Bookstore over four decades into a Harlem landmark. ![]() Ben Gazzara, Actor of Stage and Screen, Dies at 81
Mr. Gazzara’s long acting career included playing Brick in the original “Cat on a Hot Tin Roof” on Broadway and roles in influential films by John Cassavetes. ![]() Antoni Tapies: Catalan artist celebrated for his use of found materials
 Antoni Tapies was the most important Catalan artist of the 20th century. He was a self-taught painter and sculptor, his later works instantly recognisable for their stark contrasts of colour, inco... Frederick Treves: Actor best known as Colonel Laytonin 'The Jewel in the Crown'
 A prolific screen character actor for half a century, Frederick Treves was most often seen as authorityfigures, from military types, barons and professors to doctors and headmasters. A doctor's so... Winston Riley: Prolific songwriter and producer
 The record producer, songwriter and singer Winston Riley was a mainstay of the Jamaican music scene and one of its most successful figures for close to five decades. In the 1960s he formed The Tec... Mike deGruy, Documentary Filmmaker and Marine Biologist, Dies at 60
Mr. deGruy was an Emmy Award-winning documentary filmmaker and marine biologist. ![]() Steven Leiber, Dealer in Artists’ Ephemera, Dies at 54
Mr. Leiber founded a San Francisco gallery that is a prime source for brochures, posters, fliers and the like produced by artists. ![]() Gianpiero Moretti, Modernizer of Racecar Steering Wheels, Dies at 71
Mr. Moretti started his automotive accessories company Momo in 1966, and it expanded to make an array of racing products. ![]() Roger Boisjoly, 73, Dies; Warned of Shuttle Danger
Mr. Boisjoly wrote a portentous memo six months before the Space Shuttle Challenger’s explosion, warning that if it was too cold, seals connecting sections of the shuttle’s rocket boosters could fa...
Dorothy Gilman, Spy Novelist, Dies at 88
Ms. Gilman was best known for her “Mrs. Pollifax” series of books about a widow who goes to work as a secret agent. ![]() Sir Simon Marsden, Bt
Photographer whose spooky images of abbeys and graveyards found a following worldwide  Roger Boisjoly
Rocket engineer whose warnings of catastrophe on the eve of the Challenger disaster went unheeded  Derek Hunt
Former policeman and tight head prop who became the driving force at MFI  Florence Green
Last veteran of the First World War  Dr. Richard K. Olney, A.L.S. Researcher, Dies at 64.
Dr. Olney, a leading researcher of A.L.S., commonly known as Lou Gehrig’s disease, learned in 2004 that he himself had it. ![]() Clare Fischer, Arranger and Keyboardist, Is Dead at 83
Mr. Fischer was influential in jazz and arranged pop and R&B compositions for the likes of Paul McCartney, Michael Jackson, Prince and Celine Dion. ![]() Ben Gazzara: Intense and powerful actor best known for his work with John Cas...
 Ben Gazzara managed a career that embraced critically acclaimed independent and art-house films, popular movies, television and stage. He may be best known for three searing performances in John C... Nigel Doughty: Businessman and football club owner
 Twin imperatives drove the public life of Nigel Doughty. A venture capitalist who was co-founder of Europe's largest private equity firm, he also espoused left-of-centre views that inspired a stro... Professor Frank Cioffi: Philosopher and authority on Freud
 Frank Cioffi was a remarkable member of the early-1950s Oxford generation of philosophers. In his later career he was known for the fresh, original, combative precision of his essays and lectures,... Betty Parsons
Childbirth guru to the Sloane Set whose reassuring philosophy was 'relax for pregnancy and life'  Jean Jülich
Last of the Edelweiss Pirates - Germany's long-haired teenage tearaways who stuck up two fingers to Hitler  Frederick Treves
Character actor who made his mark in television series such as Jewel in the Crown and Kavanagh QC  King Stitt
Jamaican 'Toaster' whose slang-driven musical exhortations inspired US rap  John H. Davis, Chronicler of Kennedys and Others, Dies at 82
Mr. Davis’s eight books included tomes on the Kennedys, the Guggenheims, the Gambinos and the Bouviers, to whom he was related. ![]() John Rich, Director of ‘All in the Family,’ Dies at 86
Mr. Rich, who won Emmys for his work on “All in the Family” and “The Dick Van Dyke Show,” broke interracial boundaries with a simple kiss. ![]() Homai Vyarawalla, Indian Photojournalist, Dies at 98
Ms. Vyarawalla was hailed as the first Indian woman to work as a photojournalist and for chronicling the country’s march toward independence. ![]() Pierre Sudreau: Politician and hero of the Resistance
Pierre Sudreau was the youngest leader of a French Resistance network during the Second World War and later had ministerial roles in the governments of Charles de Gaulle and Georges Pompidou.  |
