Obituaries - The Boston Globe (2024)

Geri Taylor, a voice for Alzheimer’s, is dead at 81Geri Taylor, whose openhearted disclosures about the ravages of Alzheimer’s were so striking that they made her a public spokesperson for people with the disease, died Aug. 4 in Danbury, Connecticut. She was 81.
Hall of Famer Al Attles, one of NBA’s first Black head coaches, dies at age 87Attles coached the 1975 NBA champion Warriors and spent more than six decades with the organization as a player, general manager, and team ambassador.
Myron E. Ullman III, executive who remade Macy’s and J.C. Penney, dies at 77In a business of grandiose personalities, Mr. Ullman stood out for being a measured executive with a keen analytical mind and an intense focus on customer satisfaction,
John Lansing, broadcast executive who led NPR, dies at 67His tenure at NPR spanned turbulent times, including the pandemic and internal strife and layoffs at the broadcaster.
Charles R. Cross, biographer of Cobain and Hendrix, dies at 67Mr. Cross was the editor of The Rocket, a biweekly magazine, from 1986 through 2000, a period when Seattle bands Nirvana, Soundgarden, and Pearl Jam redefined rock.
Maria Branyas Morera, world’s oldest person, dies at 117Having been born before the emergence of the telephone, Ms. Morera came to embrace the digital revolution, fashioning herself on social media as “Super Catalan Grandma.”
Harold Meltzer, composer of impossible-to-pigeonhole works, dies at 58His compositions intertwined melodic themes and rich ensemble textures with the sharp-edged angularity of modernism.
Ruth Colvin, who founded global literacy corps, dies at 107Beginning in her basem*nt in Syracuse, N.Y., she created a tutoring service that would, years later, become Literacy Volunteers of America.

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John Aprea, actor in ‘Godfather, Part II’ and ‘Full House,’ dies at 83

In “The Godfather, Part II” (1974), Mr. Aprea played a young version of Salvatore “Sal” Tessio, an earnest mobster.

French actor and heartthrob Alain Delon dies at 88

An angel-faced tough guy of cinema, Mr. Delon worked with some of the top European film directors in the 1960s and '70s.

Jerry Fuller, writer of ‘Young Girl’ and other hit songs, dies at 85

A songwriter who helped give the sexual revolution a Top 40 soundtrack, Jerry Fuller also had a brief solo career as a crooner, starting in the late 1950s, a decade before he would become well known as a songwriter.

Maurice Williams, whose ‘Stay’ was a hit for him and others, dies at 86

With his doo-wop group the Zodiacs, Mr. Williams cranked out several hits in the late 1950s and early 1960s but none stuck in the annals of pop culture like "Stay."

Brazilian entertaining legend Silvio Santos dies at 93

A Brazilian television executive and presenter, Silvio Santos was known for his beaming smile and catchphrase “Who wants money?”

Greg Kihn, who scored hits with ‘Jeopardy’ and ‘The Breakup Song,’ dies at 75

A low-key singer-songwriter, Greg Kihn drew from Buddy Holly and the Beatles while carving out a place for no-nonsense power pop at the height of the synth-pop era of the 1980s.

Hettie Jones, publisher, educator and award-winning poet and former wife of Amiri Baraka, dies at 90

Hettie Jones, an award-winning author, publisher and educator who was the first wife and early muse of the author-poet-activist Amiri Baraka and one of the few women in the Beat literary community, has died at age 90.

Wally Amos, creator of Famous Amos cookies, dies at 88

Mr. Amos was an indefatigable entrepreneur who in 1975 took a $25,000 loan from a few friends to start Famous Amos, one of the first brands to push high-quality cookies in its own stores and one of the world’s best-known names in baked goods.

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