The Halston legacy; Designer combined comfort with chic; His name epitomized true style
March 28, 1990
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Celebrity fashion designer Halston, confidant and couturier to scene-stealers of the pop era, died late Monday from complications associated with AIDS. He was 57.
Famed as much for his limo-driven partying as for his revolutionary pared-down clothing (he introduced U.S. women to tunics, sweater sets, zipperless dresses and Ultrasuede), he and his entourage - including Truman Capote, Liza Minnelli and Bianca Jagger - epitomized the New York chic of the '70s.
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Garbo; '30s film siren dies; Sultry star long admired from afar
Apr. 16, 1990
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She wanted to be alone.
But Greta Garbo was never left alone by the legions of film fans who continued to be fascinated by the icy mystique of the "Swedish Sphinx" long after her movie heyday.
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Like deaths in the family; Fans of all ages mourn Jim Henson, Sammy Davis Jr.; To blacks and whites, Davis was inspiring
May 17, 1990
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The Muppets will live on in movies and television despite the death Wednesday of the gentle spirit who spoke to the world as Kermit the Frog.
Jim Henson died at age 53, 20 hours after arriving at New York Hospital early Tuesday with advanced pneumonia. He was given antibiotics, but his heart and kidneys failed. He went into shock and died at 1:21 a.m. EDT, said hospital spokesman Jonathan Weil.
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Like deaths in the family; Fans of all ages mourn Jim Henson, Sammy Davis Jr.; To blacks and whites, Davis was inspiring
May 17, 1990
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LOS ANGELES - Sammy Davis Jr. was the ultimate. The ultimate entertainer, the ultimate swinger, the ultimate lover of life.
Davis, who died Wednesday at 64 after an eight-month battle with throat cancer, overcame many barriers - not the least of them racial. He was a dancer, musician, impressionist, actor and a star of vaudeville, theater, nightclubs and television.
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Vaughan's last blues; His final chords rang with passion
Aug. 28, 1990
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Stevie Ray Vaughan's last performance, a stellar jam with his brother and other blues guitar heroes, might have been the most memorable of his career. But he didn't have time to savor it.
The legendary guitarist, a two-time Grammy winner who brought pure blues to the pop mainstream, died in a helicopter crash Monday morning in East Troy, Wis. The crash followed the second show of a two-night bill with Eric Clapton, Vaughan's brother Jimmie, Robert Cray and Buddy Guy at the Alpine Valley Music Theater. The guitarists had convened for a climactic finale, Sweet Home Chicago.
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His music plays on
Dec. 4, 1990
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For years, Aaron Copland was the king of his own discography, having conducted and recorded his most important pieces.
Now, however, there's a new generation of Copland recordings, many eclipsing the composer's own versions. Here are the best:
- Symphony No. 3, conducted by Leonard Bernstein with the New York Philharmonic (Deutsche Grammophon). Copland's greatest work, which contains the Fanfare for the Common Man, is given a towering performance by his greatest interpreter.
- Appalachian Spring, conducted by Andrew Schenck with the Atlantic Sinfonietta (Koch).
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Passages 1990
Dec. 27, 1990
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We knew them from politics, movies, TV, commerce and sports. In death they leave a void.
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Thomas touched all; Millions of viewers made room for TV pioneer; He created an empire of sitcoms
Feb. 7, 1991
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LOS ANGELES - Tuesday afternoon, Danny Thomas autographed 150 copies of his new book Make Room for Danny before leaving Davis-Kidd Booksellers in Memphis to fly home.
"He said he hadn't slept well the night before and had a pain in his shoulder," said Davis-Kidd's Barbee Smith. "But we were shocked when we heard that he died."
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Michael Landon; The actor fit the openhearted part; 'America's family man' to the end
July 2, 1991
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LOS ANGELES - Late last year, Michael Landon told CBS Entertainment chief Jeff Sagansky he wanted to do a new series about a family that was re-connecting.
"He thought it was going to be a big issue in the '90s," said Sagansky, who bought the show because "the kind of values Michael embodied were missing from network TV."
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Dr. Seuss; A genius of rhyme and gentle reason
Sept. 26, 1991
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There will be no more fresh orders for green eggs and ham. Or elephants in trees. Or cats in hats.
Sneetch and Horton and Yertle and Bartholomew Cubbins and Lorax and the Grinch - are in mourning.
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Gene Roddenberry; Heart and soul of 'Star Trek' dead at 70; His visionary Enterprise will carry on
Oct. 25, 1991
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One day, there'll be a star named for Gene Roddenberry.
It should shine bright, radiate hope for the future of the human condition, and be able to evolve in a way that will remain relevant for generations to come.
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Joseph Papp, the theater's champion
Nov. 1, 1991
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NEW YORK - Whatever came his way, producer Joseph Papp was a nearly indestructible force in American theater for 25 years.
He was the founder of the New York Shakespeare Festival and the producer of shows such as "A Chorus Line" and "Hair," which collectively won 23 Tonys, 91 Obies and three Pulitzer Prizes. His fame came from pushing theatrical innovation in just about every possible direction, whether confronting social issues such as AIDS in Larry Kramer's "The Normal Heart" or adding some glitter to Shakespeare by casting Michelle Pfeiffer in "Twelfth Night."
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Passages 1991
Dec. 31, 1991
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Lee Atwater, 40, GOP's ruthless strategist and passionate blues musician. Ran 1988 Bush campaign. Near death, he mellowed: "What was missing in me: a little heart, a lot of brotherhood." Brain tumor March 29.
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Rooted in history; Alex Haley 1921-1992; 'He was like a modern prophet'
Feb. 11, 1992
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Alex Haley was history's own alchemist.
He turned loss into pride, history into heritage and helped make black America a family again, an extended clan that stretched from North American shores to Mother Africa.
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Isaac Asimov; 1920-1992; A storyteller who explored many worlds
Apr. 7, 1992
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Isaac Asimov gave robots a human touch.
Before his science fiction stories, writers often let robots run amok like Frankenstein's monster, causing harm to their makers.
But Asimov's robots followed laws that had been programmed into them. They sometimes became more human than humans. They faced prejudice. They got lost. They had jobs. They even got drunk.
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Marlene Dietrich; 1901 - 1992; The legend who created the standard
May 7, 1992
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Marlene Dietrich was a Blonde Venus with a brain, a Blue Angel who promised a bounty of earthly delights, a tough saloon tart with a heart of tarnished gold.
She was liberated lust in the flesh. And what flesh it was.
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Sevareid, broadcasting's sage; He brought a flair for words to news
July 10, 1992
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Words were Eric Sevareid's passion during his 38-year career at CBS News. Yet, when he died Thursday of cancer at 79, words did not seem quite adequate to describe what Sevareid meant to broadcasting.
"He was the best writer and only true sage ever produced by broadcast news," says CBS anchor Dan Rather. "Beyond that, he was a good fly fisherman, a good friend and a helluva man."
