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Bill Russell
As the winner of 11 N.B.A. titles and the first Black head coach in a U.S. major league, the basketball star broke barriers on the court and off
Michel David-Weill
For 25 years, the French-born investment banker directed Wall Street’s most prestigious firm with the touch of an enlightened monarch
Duncan Hannah
The acclaimed artist, writer, and AIR MAIL contributor is remembered by two of his friends
Micky Burn
The W.W. II British P.O.W. saved the life of a girl who became one of Hollywood’s greatest leading ladies
Dirck Halstead
From Saigon’s fall to Reagan’s shooting to Monicagate, the photographer was at the center of history as it happened
A Publisher and a Gentleman
Jason Epstein, a co-founder of The New York Review of Books, always seemed to know everything—and be everywhere
Patricia Hitchcock
She had a crush on Laurence Olivier and appeared in Psycho and Strangers on a Train. Being the daughter of the Master of Suspense had its perks
Hiro
The photographer escaped the devastation of postwar Japan to create surreal images of indelible beauty
Stories We Tell
The most erudite man in Italy, Roberto Calasso lived for literature—and re-invented it
Heaven on Earth
Before Ann Russell Miller entered the convent, she was a swinging socialite in San Francisco
Eva Sereny
From Fellini to Brando to Burton and Taylor, the self-taught photographer captured stars in intimate on-set shots
Barbara Stone
The modeling agent made stars of Cybill Shepherd, Cheryl Tiegs, and a young Martha Stewart
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
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.
