obituaries

Abdul Alim, one of Pakistan's oldest COVID survivors, died of natural causes on Jan. 27. He was 104 years old.

A 104-year-old COVID survivor has died. He wanted to keep people safe until the end

5:14pm February 01, 2022

by Benazir Samad

In his final days, Alim asked people not to visit him or his family due to rising COVID cases in his community. "Even in death he wanted to keep people and our family safe," says his son.

Norma Waterson receives the Lifetime Achievement award at the BBC Folk Awards at Royal Albert Hall on April 27, 2016, in London.

Norma Waterson of English folk royalty has died at 82

2:00pm January 31, 2022

by Elizabeth Blair

Waterson was from the renowned English folk family The Watersons. She was married to musician Martin Carthy. Her daughter, singer and fiddler Eliza Carthy, announced her mother's death.

Voice actor Peter Robbins and the character he voiced, Charlie Brown, attend a DVD release party in Hollywood, Calif., in 2008.

Peter Robbins, who voiced Charlie Brown in the 1960s, has died

2:45pm January 26, 2022

by Bill Chappell

As a child actor, Robbins voiced one of Charlie Brown's most famous lines — "I got a rock" — in It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown.

Remembering trailblazing fashion designer Thierry Mugler, dead at 73

5:23pm January 25, 2022

French fashion designer Thierry Mugler reshaped the fashion world, centering wildly inventive concepts and creating space for queer voices. On Sunday, he died at the age of 73.

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Bobbe "Beegie" Adair. The prolific pianist and community builder died Jan. 23, 2022 at the age of 84.

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Bobbe 'Beegie' Long Adair, a formative center of Nashville's jazz scene, dies at 84

2:58pm January 25, 2022

by Ron Wynn

Adair was a superb soloist and tremendous accompanist, as well as the bedrock of Nashville's jazz scene after first relocating there in the early '60s.

Rapper Cardi B wears a Thierry Mugler design as she arrives with rapper Offset at the Grammy Awards in 2019.

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A pioneer in architectural style, designer Manfred Thierry Mugler delivered drama

6:13pm January 24, 2022

by L. Carol Ritchie

The legendary designer's highly constructed creations and outlandishly dramatic aesthetic made him a favorite of stars such as Cardi B, Lady Gaga and Beyoncé. Mugler died Sunday at 73.

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Co-founder of the guitar group The Ventures, Don Wilson, dies at 88

9:34am January 24, 2022

The Ventures were a 1960s surf-rock group. The band's hits included "Walk, Don't Run" and the theme song for "Hawaii Five-O." They were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2008.

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