Recent notable deaths Newsday. Tommy Page, Bill Paxton, Chuck Berry and more recent notable deaths around the world. Credit Newsday Mitsu YasukawaJ. P. Donleavy, the incorrigible Irish American author and playwright whose ribald debut novel The Ginger Man met scorn, censorship and eventually celebration as a groundbreaking classic, has died at age 9. Drunkard+poster.png?format=500w' alt='Around June Cartoon Theatre ' title='Around June Cartoon Theatre ' />He is shown in a March 1. Credit AP Elizabeth FloresFormer Husker Du drummer Grant Hart, above in 2. Husker Du with guitarist and lead singer Bob Mould, and bassist Greg Norton in 1. Minneapolis. Credit The LIFE Images CollectionGetty Suzanne OptonCharles Knight, who led the technology and engineering company Emerson as CEO from 1. ADVERTISEMENTADVERTISE HEREPete DomeniciCredit AP Mark LennihanPete V. Domenici, the son of Italian immigrants who rose to become a power broker in the U. A mask is an object normally worn on the face, typically for protection, disguise, performance, or entertainment. Masks have been used since antiquity for both. Timothy James Curry born 19 April 1946 is an English actor, voice actor, comedian, and singer. He is known for his work in a diverse range of theatre, film, and. A collection of articles about 20 from The New Yorker, including news, indepth reporting, commentary, and analysis. Home to the National Symphony Orchestra, Washington National Opera and Washington Ballet. Presents classical, jazz, choral, dance and family programs, as well as. S. Senate, died Sept. He was 8. 5. He is seen on Oct. Newsdays obituary for Pete Domenici. Frank VincentCredit Getty Images Paul HawthorneFrank Vincent, a veteran character actor who often played tough guys, including mob boss Phil Leotardo on The Sopranos, died Sept. He was 8. 0. He is seen on June 6, 2. Newsdays obituary for Frank Vincent. Xavier AtencioCredit Los Angeles Times Annie WellsXavier X Atencio, an animator behind early Disney movies including Pinocchio and Fantasia and imagineer behind beloved Disneyland rides like Pirates of the Caribbean and The Haunted Mansion, died Sept. Jack Dold on June 19, 2007 at 814 pm. Rialto Reminisce. The people In 1950, an offer of 40 per hour, as an usher at the Rialto Theatre sounded pretty good to. Around June Cartoon Theatre BumpersHe was 9. The Full Last Order: Final Fantasy VII Cartoon there. Newsdays obituary for Xavier Atencio. Edith WindsorCredit AP Richard DrewEdith Windsor, the plaintiff whose case led to a landmark U. S. Supreme Court ruling recognizing same sex marriage, died Sept. Windsor, seen in a 2. Newsdays obituary for Edith Windsor. Len WeinCredit Getty Images Frederick M. BrownLen Wein, a former Levittown resident who co created the comic book characters Wolverine and Swamp Thing and served as a Marvel Comics editor in chief, died Sept. Wein, seen on Aug. Newsdays obituary for Len Wein. Around June Cartoon Theatre OutroJoin me as I travel, play, eat, live and work in cities and places around the world. Theatremonkey. com Lyceum Theatre Box Office booking details. ADVERTISEMENTADVERTISE HERESir Peter HallCredit AP David ZalubowskiPeter Hall, a visionary theater director and impresario who founded the Royal Shakespeare Company and helped build Britains National Theatre into a producing powerhouse, died Sept. Hall, seen on Sept. Newsdays obituary for Sir Peter Hall. Don OhlmeyerCredit APDon Ohlmeyer, the Monday Night Football producer who came up with the phrase Must See TV in leading NBC to the No. Sept. 1. 0, 2. 01. He was 7. 2. He is shown in a 1. Newsdays obituary for Don Ohlmeyer. Pierre PiloteCredit APHall of Fame defenseman Pierre Pilote, a three time Norris Trophy winner who helped the Chicago Blackhawks win the Stanley Cup in 1. Sept. 9, 2. 01. 7. He was 8. 5. Newsdays obituary for Pierre Pilote. Holger CzukayCredit Getty Images KeystoneHolger Czukay, the co founder and bassist of avant garde band Can and a one time student of composer Karlheinz Stockhausen, was found dead Sept. He was 7. 9. He is shown, left, with members of Can Michael Karoli, Damo Suzuki, Irmidt Schmidt and Jaki Leibzeit in 1. Newsdays obituary for Holger Czukay. Michael FriedmanCredit AP Andy KropaMichael Friedman, an Obie winning composer and lyricist known for the musicals Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson and Loves Labours Lost, died Sept. HIVAIDS. Friedman, seen on June 6, 2. Newsdays obituary for Michael Friedman. ADVERTISEMENTADVERTISE HERENancy Hatch DupreeCredit APNancy Hatch Dupree, an American historian who spent decades in Afghanistan working to preserve the heritage of the war torn country, died Sept. Dupree, seen on Dec. Newsdays obituary for Nancy Hatch Dupree. Joe De. NucciCredit AP Steven SenneJoe De. Nucci, a former world class middleweight boxing contender who became a politician and the longest serving state auditor in Massachusetts history, died Sept. De. Nucci, seen on Jan. Newsdays obituary for Joe De. Nucci. Don WilliamsCredit AP Mark HumphreyDon Williams, an award winning country singer with love ballads like I Believe in You, died Sept. Williams, seen in April 2. Newsdays obituary for Don Williams. Troy GentryCredit AP Evan AgostiniTroy Gentry, right, who, as one half of Montgomery Gentry, helped the country music duo become a successful act in the genre, launching countless hits, winning multiple awards and reaching platinum status throughout the 2. Sept. 8, 2. 01. 7 in a helicopter crash. Genry, seen with Eddie Montgomery in a 2. Newsdays obituary for Troy Gentry. Kate MillettCredit AP Ron FrehmKate Millett, the activist, artist and educator whose best selling work Sexual Politics was a landmark of cultural criticism and a manifesto for the modern feminist movement, died of a heart attack Sept. She was 8. 2. She is shown, right, with niece Kristan Vigard in New York on May 2. Newsdays obituary for Kate Millett. Gene MichaelCredit Newsday Ken SawchukGene Michael, the architect of the Yankees last dynasty in the 1. Sept. 7, 2. 01. 7. He was 7. 9. He is shown in a Sept. Newsdays obituary for Gene Michael. Murray LernerCredit Getty Images Jason KempinOscar winning documentary filmmaker Murray Lerner, who captured Bob Dylan going electric at the 1. Newport Folk Festival and preserved legendary music acts like Jimi Hendrix and Leonard Cohen forever on film, died Sept. Lerner, seen on July 1. Newsdays obituary for Murray Lerner. Jack KeilCredit APJohn Jack Keil, the advertising executive who led the team that created Mc. Gruff the Crime Dog and who voiced the character, died Aug. He was 9. 4. He is show as Mc. Gruff, right, with President Ronald Reagan in a Feb. Newsdays obituary for Jack Keil. Simeon WrightCredit AP M. Spencer GreenSimeon Wright, who was with his cousin Emmett Till when the Chicago boy was kidnapped in 1. Mississippi, died Sept. He was 7. 4. He is seen in 2. Newsdays obituary for Simeon Wright. John AshberyCredit AP Tina FinebergJohn Ashbery, an enigmatic giant of modern poetry whose energy, daring and boundless command of language raised American verse to brilliant and baffling heights, died of natural causes on Sept. He was 9. 0. Ashbery is seen on Nov. Newsdays obituary for John Ashbery. Velichko CholakovCredit AP Charles KrupaVelichko Cholakov, a former European champion who was part of the Bulgarian weightlifting team that withdrew from the 2. Beijing Olympics after a doping scandal, died on Aug. He was 3. 5. Cholakov is seen on Aug. Newsdays obituary for Velichko Cholakov. Walter BeckerCredit AP Nick UtWalter Becker, the guitarist, bassist and co founder of the rock group Steely Dan, died on Sept. He was 6. 7. Becker, left, and fellow Steely Dan bandmate Donald Fagen are seen on Oct. Newsdays obituary for Walter Becker. Shelley BermanCredit Getty Images Stephen ShugermanComedian Shelley Berman, who won gold records and appeared on top television shows in the 1. Alzheimers disease on Sept. He was 9. 2. Berman, left, and Larry David are seen in 2. Newsdays obituary for Shelley Berman. Richard AndersonCredit EPA Paul BuckRichard Anderson, the actor best known for co starring simultaneously in the popular 1. The Six Million Dollar Man and The Bionic Woman, died of natural causes on Aug. He was 9. 1. Anderson is seen on April 4, 2. Newsdays obituary for Richard Anderson. Louise HayCredit Getty Images Frederick M. BrownLouise Hay, a self help guru and AIDS advocate whose 1. You Can Heal Your Life, preached the power of love and affirmation, sold tens of millions of copies and made her a leading voice of the New Age movement in the 1. Aug. 3. 0, 2. 01. She was 9. 0. Hay is seen on Aug. Newsdays obituary for Louise Hay. Michael FeldmanCredit APMichael Feldman, a top photo editor whose 4. Philadelphia to major international sporting events including the Olympics and soccers World Cup, died Aug. He was 7. 0. Newsdays obituary for Michael Feldman.