Peter Serkin, 1947–2020
The pianist known for seamlessly connecting classic and contemporary elements in his work died on February 1 at the age of 72
Werner Doehner
The last survivor of the Hindenburg disaster
Nancy Lewis
A charming, tenacious music-biz publicist who established Monty Python in the United States
Maurice Bailey
Lost at sea with his wife in 1973. The couple survived on a raft for 117 days
How to Be Cool and Warm at Once
The irreplaceable publisher Sonny Mehta, who died on December 30, possessed the rare ability to unite style and sincerity
John Lorimer
A war hero who survived a seemingly hopeless mission to eliminate a Nazi warship with a midget submarine
Lucette Destouches
Céline’s muse tended to the author’s rather complicated legacy during 58 years of widowhood
Split Waterman
Charismatic, risk-taking, gun- and gold-smuggling motorcycle star lived on the edge
Keith Schellenberg
The reliably colorful laird of Eigg who married often and liked to view the world from an open-top Bentley
Terry O’Neill
The photographer who once wanted to be a priest captured Swinging London’s cultural revolution in the 1960s
Marjorie Blamey
Britain’s most prolific wildflower painter, and a serious world traveler
Joyce Cansfield
Revered Times crossword creator also excelled at Scrabble and Alpine skiing
Irene Shubik
The television producer who gave us Rumpole of the Bailey and The Jewel in the Crown
Pierre Le-Tan
An illustrator who blended whimsy and shadow in his palette
“He Was the Spirit of Musical Theater. Irreplaceable.”
Hal Prince, as remembered by his longtime choreographer Pat Birch
Michael Maor
Holocaust survivor who joined the Mossad and helped convict Adolf Eichmann
Norman Stone
Waspish, iconoclastic British historian was a man of the right in a field of mostly left-wingers
Karl-Ludwig Rehse
Couturier to the Queen
