Obituary

Mugler, French fashion icon known for sculpted designs, dies

Toronto-born singer-songwriter R. Dean Taylor became a surprise Motown star

Pioneering fashion journalist André Leon Talley dies at 73

Tuskegee Airman Charles McGee broke barriers in U.S. military

Architect Eberhard Zeidler brought a Bauhaus sensibility to a burgeoning Toronto

Ronnie Spector, 1960s rock ’n’ roll icon and leader of Ronettes, dies at 78

Theatre veteran Barbara Chilcott played tragic heroines with brooding intensity

Influential Alberta Report publisher Ted Byfield gave voice to a nascent Reform Party

Actor and producer Dwayne Hickman, who played Dobie Gillis, has died

Tributes pour in for groundbreaking actor Sidney Poitier

Sidney Poitier, first Black actor to win best actor Oscar, dies at 94

Peter Bogdanovich, director of The Last Picture Show, dies at 82

D-Day veteran was also the last survivor of the tragic SS Caribou sinking

Advocate Cherry Kingsley drew on the pain of her own childhood to speak up for exploited children and Indigenous youth

Betty White, legend of the small screen, is dead at 99, three weeks before 100th birthday

Former Shaw Festival artistic director Christopher Newton paved exciting new path for Canadian theatre

Harvey Evans, who landed roles in Broadway classics ‘West Side Story,’ ‘Follies,’ dies at 80

The Marvelettes’ Wanda Young, of ‘Please Mr. Postman’ fame, dies at 78

Joan Didion, author and essayist, dies at 87

‘Chitty Chitty Bang Bang’ actor Sally Ann Howes dies at 91

‘Binner’ Ken Lyotier led recycling initiatives in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside

Alberta teacher Darren Lund fought hate through empowerment

Shirley Zussman, indefatigable sex therapist, dies at 107

Ken Kragen, who helped organize ‘We Are the World,’ dies

Idiosyncratic Globe and Mail wordsmith Larry Orenstein ‘was a gem’

Halifax feminist Brigitte Neumann fought tirelessly for equal rights

bell hooks, Black feminist writer and intellectual, dies at 69

Scientist June Lindsey played little-known role in helping crack the mystery of DNA’s structure

Mel Lastman, Toronto’s gaffe-prone mayor, was a salesman like nooooo-body! else

Anne Rice, author of gothic novels including Interview With the Vampire, dies at 80

Monkees singer and guitarist Michael Nesmith dies at 78

Innovative pediatrician Dr. Richard Goldbloom made parents part of the care team

Olympic high jumper became a force in the Canadian sports world

Windsor radio legend Rosalie Trombley was ‘the most powerful woman in popdom’