obituaries

Milford Graves, circa 2000, in front of his house in South Jamaica, Queens, N.Y.

Milford Graves, Visionary Drummer Who Mapped The Music Of The Heart, Dead At 79

7:02pm February 16, 2021

by Joshua Jackson

Graves spent a lifetime exploring the fundamental rhythms of life – human or otherwise – and spreading those lessons, over nearly four decades, to his students.

Johnny Pacheco, seen here in 2007, died at the age of 85 on Monday.

Music & Culture

Fania Records Co-Founder Johnny Pacheco Dies At 85

5:39pm February 15, 2021

by Felix Contreras

Pacheco was a prolific songwriter and musical arranger whose work helped fuel the careers of Celia Cruz and Ruben Blades.

Chick Corea, seen here performing in Turin, Italy, in 2018, died Feb. 9.

Music & Culture

Chick Corea, Jazz Fusion Pioneer, Has Died Of Cancer At 79

8:37am February 12, 2021

The wide-ranging keyboardist, composer and bandleader died Feb. 9 of cancer. He was one of the fathers of jazz fusion, with his work spanning from acoustic jazz to his own interpretations of Mozart.

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Jazz Fusion Pioneer, Chick Corea, Dies Of Cancer At 79

8:34am February 12, 2021

Chick Corea was a towering figure in jazz for over 50 years — at home in straight ahead jazz, electric jazz fusion, Latin music and more. He won 23 Grammy awards.

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Larry Flynt talks about the 40th anniversary of Hustler magazine at his offices in Beverly Hills, Calif., on Aug. 26, 2014.

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Larry Flynt, Porn Mogul And 'Hustler' Founder, Dies At 78

1:42pm February 11, 2021

by Neda Ulaby

Larry Flynt was a pornographer whose Supreme Court case in 1988 made him a free speech folk hero. Admire him, despise him — or both — Flynt left a singular mark on culture and politics.

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Mary Wilson performs onstage during Project Angel Food's Annual Angel Awards in 2019.

Mary Wilson, Founding Member Of The Supremes, Dies At 76

7:21pm February 09, 2021

by Jaclyn Diaz

The Supremes was Motown's most successful group in the 1960s, reaching 12 No. 1 hits. The cause of her death has not yet been released.

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Remembering Mary Wilson, A Founding Member Of The Supremes

4:27pm February 09, 2021

by Elizabeth Blair

Mary Wilson, one of the founding members of The Supremes, died at her home in Henderson, Nevada on Monday. She was 76 years old.

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Original Member Of The Supremes, Mary Wilson, Dies At Age 76

8:59am February 09, 2021

Mary Wilson began her career in Detroit in 1959 as a singer in what was then called the Primettes. The group went on to become The Supremes, with members Diana Ross and Florence Ballard.

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Mary Wilson Of The Supremes Dies At 76

8:31am February 09, 2021

Mary Wilson, Diana Ross and Florence Ballard made up the first successful configuration of The Supremes. Wilson stayed with the group until it was disbanded by Motown in 1977.

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A portrait of the late Dr. Li Wenliang at his hospital in Wuhan, China. Li was a whistleblower in the early days of the country's coronavirus pandemic and died of COVID-19 on Feb. 7, 2020.

Dear Dr. Li: Chinese Netizens Confess To The Late Coronavirus Whistleblower

6:20am February 08, 2021

by Emily Feng

Feb. 7 marks the one-year anniversary of Dr. Li Wenliang's death from the virus he'd warned about. His legacy lives on through his Weibo page, which has become a kind of confessional.

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