- Jerry Miller, 81, Lauded Guitarist With ’60s Band Moby Grape, Diesby Alex Williams on 27 July 2024 at 2:08 AM
He drew praise for his blues-inflected fretwork as his critically acclaimed band rode high, if briefly, during San Francisco’s Summer of Love.
- Gail Lumet Buckley, Chronicler of Black Family History, Dies at 86by Richard Sandomir on 27 July 2024 at 1:59 AM
She wrote two books about multiple generations of her forebears, including her mother, Lena Horne.
- Opening Ceremony Misses the Boatby Mike Hale on 26 July 2024 at 11:45 PM
The Paris Games began with a new look and sparkled with Celine Dion. But the show suffered from bloat similar to TV’s other spectacles.
- Darryl ‘Joe Cool’ Daniel, Illustrator of Snoop Dogg’s First Album Cover, Dies at 56by Emmett Lindner on 26 July 2024 at 9:16 PM
The 1993 album “Doggystyle” went on to sell millions of copies around the world and solidified the career of Mr. Daniel, known as Joe Cool, as a hip-hop illustrator.
- Celebrities Support Plan to Reopen Upper West Side Movie Theaterby Annie Aguiar on 26 July 2024 at 8:54 PM
Martin Scorsese, Ethan Hawke and John Turturro are all listed as advisers to a new proposal to buy the former Metro Theater, which closed in 2005.