Sean Driscoll
The impresario behind Glorious Food who fed (and dished with) New York’s finest
June Newton
Helmut Newton was “the King of Kink,” but his wife, who died at 97 in Monte Carlo, was the mastermind behind the camera
She Netted a Fortune with a Tiny Cod Trawler
Doreen Lofthouse built the humble Fisherman’s Friend lozenge into a multi-million-dollar empire
Charles Hill
Over 45 years, the art detective helped recover stolen paintings by Titian, Vermeer, and Goya, plus Munch’s The Scream
Richard David Story
A magazine editor who savored life and all its adventures, he was part of the AIR MAIL family
Sylvia Horowitz
From Brooklyn to jobs in fashion, to becoming a valued member of the United Nations family
Danny Ray
For 46 years, he told ’em all to “get on up!” for the Godfather of Soul, James Brown
François Catroux
Married to Saint Laurent’s muse, in the 1970s he made any room he touched in Paris sizzle
John Heilpern
Over a 50-year career, the journalist proved that in criticism there is no skill more powerful than a good sense of humor
Katharine Whitehorn
Witty insights and brisk, clear thinking were hallmarks of a writer who broke down journalistic barriers in the U.K.
Sir Brian and Lady Urquhart
They died a day apart, and embodied the great spirit of the 20th century
Dyslexia’s Dynamic Champion
Patience Thomson was a pioneer for misunderstood children
A Friend Among Spies
For 60 years, real-life spy turned author John le Carré wrote elegant best-sellers that used the world of espionage to expose the complexities of human nature
The Girl Who Outsmarted the Nazis
Janine de Greef spirited Allied airmen out of German territory
The High-Society Inventor
Peter Florjancic’s life may have been his best creation
Isa Stoppi
She was Italy’s first great model. Richard Avedon called her “the most beautiful woman in the world”
Mademoiselle’s Literary Glam Girl
Edie Locke encouraged Ralph Lauren and Donna Karan while publishing Truman Capote and John Updike
“A Bit of a Clever Dick”
Scottish actor-comedian John Sessions voiced Laurence Olivier, acted with Meryl Streep, and channeled Keith Richards
The Southern Heroine
Charismatic, witty, and determined, Marguerite Littman was a moving force in the early fight against AIDS and counted David Hockney, Bianca Jagger, and Princess Diana among her closest friends
Into Thin Air
Buddhist and bon vivant Ang Rita Sherpa—known as “the Snow Leopard”—led first-class expeditions (and an elusive life)
California Girl
Ann Getty was a stunning bi-coastal socialite who rescued Grove Press, the radically chic publisher of D. H. Lawrence, Henry Miller, and Samuel Beckett, because she loved to read
“The Best Eyes in the Business”
During the Swinging 60s, Valerie Askew ran the largest modeling agency in Europe and partied with the Beatles
The Woman in Black
Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s unanswerable power of argument
The Way We Live Now
How Sir Terence Conran Turned Bauhaus into Your House
