Ronny Whyte, Cabaret Singer Who Personified Elegance, Dies at 88

Like his friend and mentor Bobby Short, he exuded haute style while imbuing American standards with grace and wit.

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Ronny Whyte, Cabaret Singer Who Personified Elegance, Dies at 88

Like his friend and mentor Bobby Short, he exuded haute style while imbuing American standards with grace and wit.

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June Wilkinson, Pinup Star and Screen Siren, Is Dead at 85

Christened “the Bosom” by Playboy magazine, she rode her voluptuous figure to fame and became known as “the most photographed nude in America.”

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Richard Lee, Activist Who Founded a Pot ‘University,’ Dies at 62

After he was paralyzed in an accident, his use of marijuana for medical purposes led him to become one of the nation’s most influential cannabis activists.

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Peter Phillips, Who Was at the British Pop Art Frontier, Dies at 86

Known as the tough guy in a scene that produced David Hockney and others, he filled his paintings with gleaming car parts and sex symbols. Some of them landed on album covers.

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Dan Storper, Founder of Putumayo World Music Label, Dies at 74

His record label, Putumayo, gathered sounds from around the globe and pushed them into the mainstream, selling 35 million compilation CDs worldwide.

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Sacha Jenkins, Filmmaker Who Mined the Black Experience, Dies at 53

Shaped by early hip-hop culture, his documentaries put race in the foreground, whether the topic was hip-hop fashion, the Capitol riots or Louis Armstrong.

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Shane Doyle, Founder of a Storied East Village Venue, Dies at 73

An Irish expatriate, he created Sin-é, a bare-bones cafe that became an unlikely magnet for stars like Sinead O’Connor, Bono of U2 and Iggy Pop.

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John Thornton, Venture Capitalist Who Founded The Texas Tribune, Dies at 59

An idealist, he founded The Texas Tribune, a model for nonprofit grass-roots news organizations nationwide, and the American Journalism Project, which supports them.

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Mark Grossich, Who Opened Campbell Apartment and More Lux NYC Bars, Dies at 74

His upscale cocktail lounges in landmark Manhattan settings like Grand Central Terminal and the Empire State Building conjured the elegance of a bygone era.

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