Visits: 27 He was one of the stars of the Cockettes, a psychedelic collective formed at the turn of the 1970s in San Francisco, that was short-lived but inspired generations. Rumi Missabu, an avant-garde drag performer who was best known …
Alice Mason, Real Estate Fixer and Hostess to the Elite, Dies at 100
Visits: 24 She was the queen of Manhattan real estate when power brokers jockeyed for places in stately co-op buildings. Her dinners for them made the gossip columns. Alice Mason, a real estate broker and hostess whose talent at social …
Mica Ertegun, Glamorous Interior Designer and Philanthropist, Dies at 97
Visits: 34 She and her longtime husband, the music magnate Ahmet Ertegun, were once called “the virtual definition of sophistication.” Mica Ertegun, the New York doyenne of interior design who fled from Communism in postwar Romania, ran a chicken farm …
Helen Williams, Top Model in a Segregated Era, Is Dead at 87
Visits: 43 She was one of the most photographed Black models of the 1950s and ’60s, seen mainly in magazines, like Ebony and Jet, aimed at the Black middle class. Swan-necked and with an arched-eyebrow hauteur, Helen Williams was the …
Florence Berger, Who Helped People Find Enduring Love, Dies at 83
Visits: 36 A tenured professor at Cornell with a feel for human chemistry, she found a second calling as a successful matchmaker. Almost all of her pairings lasted. Florence Berger, a Cornell University professor who found a second calling as …
Paco Rabanne, Couturier of the Space Age, Dies at 88
Visits: 25 He burst onto the French fashion scene in 1966 and, with dresses made from metal, plastic and paper, changed the definition of couture. Paco Rabanne, the Spanish designer whose futuristic creations gave shape to the dreams of the …
Jule Campbell, 96, Dies; Architect of the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue
Visits: 20 Be it objectification or celebration, the annual rite she created earned millions for the magazine and helped usher in the supermodel era. Jule Campbell, the mastermind of the Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue, the annual paean to cheesecake — …
Latisha Chong, Hair Stylist Who Helped Change Fashion, Dies at 32
Visits: 25 In work seen, among other places, on the cover of Vogue, she was part of a vanguard of Black talent that altered an industry and expanded the canon of beauty. When Telfar Clemens, the mischievous Liberian American designer, …
Derek Khan, Onetime Stylist for Hip-Hop Stars, Dies at 63
Visits: 55 There he waited on Jackie Onassis and Bunny Mellon, the heiress to the Listerine fortune and horticulturist (who famously designed the White House Rose Garden). He recalled admiring the way they chatted in French as they shopped, as …
Maxine Cheshire, Who Chronicled Beltway Scandals, Dies at 90
Visits: 34 The family announced her death late last month. Her son Marc Cheshire said the cause was heart disease. “We’ve had more bloody trouble with gossip columns,” Mr. Bradlee told Katharine Q. Seelye of The New York Times in …