Tag: Deaths (Obituaries)
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Xavier Le Pichon, Who Modeled Movement of Earth’s Crust, Dies at 87
Xavier Le Pichon, a French geophysicist whose pioneering model of the earth’s tectonic plates helped revolutionize how scientists understand movements of the earth’s...
Marcia Marcus, Painter Rediscovered in Her Last Decade, Dies at 97
Marcia Marcus, a figurative and conceptual artist with a steely will and a bold contemporary style who found fame in the 1960s and...
John Peck, Underground Cartoonist Known as The Mad Peck, Dies at 82
John Peck, a cultural omnivore known as The Mad Peck whose dryly humorous style as an underground cartoonist, artist, critic, disc jockey and...
Sam Keen, Philosopher of the Men’s Movement, Is Dead at 93
Sam Keen, a pop psychologist and philosopher whose best-selling book “Fire in the Belly: On Being a Man” urged men to get in...
Gai Gherardi, Who Made Eyeglass Frames Fashion Statements, Dies at 78
Gai Gherardi, a Los Angeles optician who with a partner attracted a celebrity clientele by pioneering the notion that eyeglass frames did not...
