obituaries

obituaries (26 articles)

steve jobs 1955-2011

technology | 10.06.11
apple has announced that the company's co-founder steve jobs has died aged 56 following a long battle with pancreatic cancer.

richard hamilton 1922 - 2011

art | 09.13.11
richard hamilton, the british pop artist has died at age 89.

tobias wong 1974-2010

design | 06.03.10
canadian-born designer tobias wong passed away sunday, may 30th, 2010 at the age of 35.

louise bourgeois 1911 - 2010

art | 06.01.10
the french born artist and sculptor louise bourgeois has died aged 98.

mustang car creator donald nelson frey

design | 03.29.10
the mustang design is one of the world's most popular cars and was introduced to the public on april 17, 1964 at the new york's world fair.

lucienne day 1917 - 2010

design | 02.04.10
on january 30th, 2010 designer lucienne day died aged 93. she was one of the foremost british textile designers of her period.

david levine 1926 - 2009

art | 01.04.10
illustrator and artist, david levine, known for creating literary caricatures for the pages of the new york review of books, for more than 50 years passed away on december 29th, 2009 at the age of 83.

jeanne-claude 1935 - 2009

art | 11.19.09
the wife and artistic partner of christo, jeanne-claude passed away on novmber 18th as a result of complications due to a ruptured brain aneurysm

les paul 1915 - 2009

scoop | 08.14.09
one of the most revered guitarists and the inventor of the electric body guitar, les paul has passed away at the age of 94.

julius shulman 1910 - 2009

architecture | 07.17.09
photographer julius shulman had died at the age of 98. shulman's most famous image was a 1960 photo titled case study house #22

pierre paulin 1927-2009

design | 06.15.09
french designer pierre paulin, best-known for designing seats shaped like mushrooms and tongues, has died this past weekend at the age of 81.

arthur erickson 1924 - 2009

architecture | 05.22.09
the canadian architect arthur erickson, known for his ground-breaking designs has passed away at the age of 84

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