
Hal Prince, Giant of Broadway and Reaper of Tonys, Dies at 91
Mr. Prince helped bring to life a stunning lineup of shows: “Cabaret,” “Sweeney Todd,” and Broadway’s longest-running spectacle — “The Phantom of the Opera.”
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Mr. Prince helped bring to life a stunning lineup of shows: “Cabaret,” “Sweeney Todd,” and Broadway’s longest-running spectacle — “The Phantom of the Opera.”
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With his renderings of Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt, Fiorello La Guardia, John F. Kennedy and others, he strove for realism (as he once did with a doll).
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Since the 1950s, she had been a thorn in the side of authoritarian governments on the left and the right, including Viktor Orban’s today.
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He had recently stepped down as a United States attorney when he dived into the water to try to find Mary Jo Kopechne, who had been riding in Mr. Kennedy’s car.
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Thought to be the first black designer to run a Seventh Avenue design room, he worked ancient influences into contemporary styles.
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In a stunning performance, Lincoln accounted for 349 yards as a runner, receiver and passer in the team’s only championship victory in its history.
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A self-described reprobate turned evangelical minister, he found a global congregation beside Pat Robertson on the Christian Broadcasting Network.
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Ms. Taylor had done work for numerous animated series and also voiced Donald Duck’s nephews, Huey, Dewey and Louie.
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Dr. Lane saw the deaf as part of a distinct ethnic group with their own vibrant culture, and he opposed the use of cochlear implants for deaf children.
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Benham climbed more than 300 peaks in her lifetime to satisfy a “spirit of wanderlust that has entered my soul.”

Her pioneering approach involved quietly examining birds in their natural habitat, rather than shooting them, as people had previously done.

Ury’s books about a German girl were so beloved, readers clung to them through the upheaval of World War II and passed them on to their children. But few knew that the author had died at Auschwitz.

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