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DIED. TED CRONER, 82, experimental photographer whose ghostly, blurred images of nighttime New York City in the 1940s and '50s have been showcased at the Museum of Modern Art and the Whitney Museum; in Manhattan...
DIED. IBRAHIM FERRER, 78, Cuban singer whose global fame came late in life with the hit 1997 album Buena Vista Social Club, which introduced new generations of fans to the island's traditional son music of the 1940s and '50s; in Havana. Plucked from obscurity--when asked to sing on the Ry Cooder-- produced album, Ferrer was shining shoes to supplement his retirement income--the septuagenarian was named Best New Artist in 2000 at the Latin Grammys for his first solo album...
...DIED. CHRISTOPHER FRY, 97, wry British playwright of the 1940s and '50s who, along with T.S. Eliot, was responsible for a brief, mid-century revival of verse drama; in Chichester, England. His plays?most notably The Lady's Not for Burning, a comedy about a suspected witch and an ex-soldier?created roles for the era's greatest actors, including Laurence Olivier, John Gielgud and Richard Burton. Fry reached his biggest audience, however, as a script doctor who did a rewrite for the epic 1959 film...
DIED. JUNE HAVER, 79, wholesome actress of such 1940s film musicals as The Dolly Sisters and Look for the Silver Lining, promoted briefly as the next Betty Grable; in Los Angeles. A tumultuous personal life led her in 1953 to join a convent briefly, before returning to Hollywood and marrying actor Fred MacMurray in 1954. Their marriage lasted until his death...
DIED. CHRISTOPHER FRY, 97, wry British playwright of the 1940s and '50s who, along with T.S. Eliot, was responsible for a brief, midcentury revival of verse drama; in Chichester, England. While celebrated for plays like The Lady's Not for Burning, he reached his biggest audience when he was hired by director William Wyler as a script doctor and did a rewrite for the epic 1959 film...