Obituaries - The Boston Globe (2024)

Kathy Willens, pathbreaking photographer who captured sports and more, dies at 74Ms. Willens was among the Associated Press’s first female staff photographers. She went on to shoot more than 90,000 images.
Dan Collins, 80, author who rejected view of Giuliani as a 9/11 hero, diesThe authors documented how the Giuliani administration had failed to heed the warnings from an earlier attack on the World Trade Center, the bombing in 1993, and rushed to clean up the site after Sept. 11 without consideration of the health of the workers.
Joe ‘Jellybean’ Bryant, father of Kobe, dies at 69The Philadelphia Inquirer, citing La Salle coach Fran Dunphy, reported that Joe Bryant recently had a massive stroke.
Evan Wright, unflinching author of ‘Generation Kill,’ dies at 59To readers interested in the affairs of the world beyond those reported in the columns of more tradition-bound publications, Mr. Wright’s byline carried the promise of a riveting, insightful, visceral read.
James Sikking, costar of ‘Hill Street Blues’ and ‘Doogie Howser, MD,’ dies at 90As the straight-laced Lieutenant Howard Hunter, he was part of a cast of revolving characters in the gritty "Hill Street."
NFLJacoby Jones, whose electric return game helped the Ravens win a Super Bowl, dies at 40Jones played from 2007-15 for the Texans, Ravens, Chargers, and Steelers, making the All-Pro team in 2012.
Russ Morash, the ‘father of how-to TV shows’ like ‘This Old House,’ dies at 88“There would be no public television how-to programs without Russ Morash,” Julia Child once said of her producer and friend. GBH-TV was “lucky to have such a talented and remarkable man.”
Shannen Doherty, who starred in ‘Beverly Hills, 90210’ and ‘Charmed,’ has diedThe tempestuous actress had suffered from battling breast cancer for years.

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Dorothy Lichtenstein, philanthropist and a rare ‘artist’s widow,’ dies at 84

Instead of seeking to sell the work left in her husband’s estate, she gave most of it away.

Richard Simmons, a fitness personality who mixed laughs and sweat, has died

Simmons was television’s hyperactive court jester of physical fitness who built a mini-empire in his trademark tank tops and short shorts by urging the overweight to exercise and eat better.

Tessie Prevost Williams, heroine of school desegregation, dies at 69

On same morning that Ruby Bridges faced white mobs to enter the first grade at a New Orleans elementary school, three other 6-year-old Black girls, including Tessie Prevost, braved the same gauntlet at a school just two miles away.

Joe Engle, last of the X-15 test pilots who touched space, dies at 91

Within the annals of space exploration, Joe Engle was hailed as the first person to reach beyond the atmosphere aboard two different winged craft.

Dr. Ruth Westheimer, America’s diminutive and pioneering sex therapist, dies at 96

Dr. Ruth Westheimer, the diminutive sex therapist who became a media star and best-selling author through her frank talk about once-taboo bedroom topics, has died.

Bengt Samuelsson, Nobel Prize-winning medical scientist, dies at 90

Dr. Samuelsson was part of a group that opened up the study of prostaglandins, which regulate the intricate machinery of the human body.

Shelley Duvall, star of ‘The Shining,’ ‘Nashville’ dies at 75

Ms. Duvall was an intrepid, Texas-born movie star whose wide-eyed, winsome presence was a mainstay in the films of Robert Altman.

Claudia Franc Williams, daughter of Red Sox legend Ted Williams, dies at 52

Williams died in December, but the Red Sox held off announcing it to honor her family’s wish to mourn privately before sharing the news, according to Red Sox president and CEO Sam Kennedy.

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