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The photographer died in Queens from complications from COVID-19.
Gaining fame in the early 1970s when Black women finally got starring roles, she refused parts simply for a paycheck and remained choosey.
King, a fixture on CNN and the longtime host of "Larry King Live," died after he was recently hospitalized for COVID-19.
Howard Rubenstein, who died Tuesday, was a publicist whose client list over decades helped shape the city.
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VP of marketing at Atlantic Records who's motto was "leave everyone better than you found them", dies at the age of 34.
David Dinkins, who led New York City for one term, was found dead in his apartment on Monday. His wife, Joyce, died last month.
Crouch was a columnist for the Village Voice and the New York Daily News, a jazz drummer and a founder of Jazz at Lincoln Center.
Jack "Murf the Surf" Murphy, who was also a champion surfer, stole the Star of India sapphire.
Robert Trump died Saturday night, according to a statement from the White House.
Steve Tisch said his family is "utterly heartbroken and is mourning its tragic loss."
For 60 years, Pete Hamill told the story of New York, inspiring generations of reporters. He died Wednesday. The lessons he taught live on.
Pete Hamill was one of the city's last great crusading columnists.
Philbin, known for his iconic career as the host of "Live! with Regis and Kathie Lee" and "Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?" died on Friday.
Stephen Cooper had been photographed sprinting from the collapsing south tower of the World Trade Center.
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The filmmaker said New York City's streets were his education.
Bob Woodward, in an email to The Associated Press, called her “one of the great publishers and book people of all time.”
Barry Farber was a talk radio host long before talk radio was big.
Don Imus, who started his radio career in the days of AM and went on to become an international celebrity, is dead. He was 79 years old.
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A history buff, Art had an appreciation for WWII programs, trains and the music of Fleetwood Mac.
Robert Morgenthau spent 34 years as Manhattan's district attorney overseeing scores of cases against mobsters, bankers, rapists, murderers.
Prominent area real estate attorney was recipient of Illinois Bar Associations Lifetime Achievement Award.
Philip Roth, whose novels delved into the heart of American culture and morals and who won every prize but the Nobel, died Tuesday.
The best-selling author of "Bonfire of the Vanities" died on Monday in Manhattan.
A million people were buried on Hart Island and erosion is disturbing their graves.
Carroll was the spokesman for the Quinnipiac Polling Institute and a long time reporter in New York.
Hawthorne was found dead of a self-inflicted wound on Saturday evening in his factory in the Bronx.
From Frank Sinatra to Donald Trump, she dished on the biggest names, was a tireless reporter and helped define the modern gossip column.
"I was 66 and glad to be done with the damn disease," he wrote of prostate cancer in his own obit –"My Last Byline."
He was considered the Edward R. Murrow of local news.
Along with Rupert Murdoch, Ailes built the news network from the ground up.
The Oscar-winning director of "Silence of the Lambs" died in his Manhattan home on Wednesday, according to his publicist.
He uncovered political corruption, police brutality and gave voice to ordinary people, winning numerous accolades along the way. He was 88.
McDonald famously remained on duty and served as an NYPD ambassador in the years after a 1986 shooting in Central Park left him paralyzed.
"I became a philosopher so that I would have more time to think about what matters," he wrote.
He rose from Bronx beat cop to help lead three of the largest departments in the country.
Schanberg won the Pulitzer Prize for covering Cambodia’s fall to the Khmer Rouge and inspired the movie "The Killing Fields."