In memoriam.Jan. 25: PHILIP JOHNSON See Phillip Johnson for others with a similar name Philip Cortelyou Johnson (July 8, 1906– January 25, 2005) was an influential American architect. With his thick, round-framed glasses, Johnson was the most recognizable figure in American architecture for decades. , 98, a highly regarded, openly gay architect who set design trends for much of the 20th century, dies at his famous Glass House in New Canaan New Canaan (kā`nən), town (1990 pop. 17,864), Fairfield co., SW Conn.; settled c.1700, inc. 1801. It is mainly a residential town and suburb of nearby New York City. Silvermine Guild Arts Center is located there. , Conn. March 16: WANDA WANDA Wireless Any Network Digital Assistant WANDA Washington Area New Automobile Dealers Association ALSTON, 45, a prominent gay rights activist and high-ranking member of Washington, D.C., mayor Anthony A. Williams's cabinet, is stabbed to death in her apartment by a neighbor looking for Looking for In the context of general equities, this describing a buy interest in which a dealer is asked to offer stock, often involving a capital commitment. Antithesis of in touch with. money to buy crack cocaine. April 9: ANDREA DWORKIN, 58, a lesbian and radical feminist known for her campaigns against pornography, dies of unspecified causes at her home in Washington, D.C. May 25: ISMAIL MERCHANT, 68, an out film producer known for the highly acclaimed period dramas he made with his partner, James Ivory, dies of complications from stomach surgery at a London hospital. June 4: JEAN O'LEARY, 57, a prominent gay rights activist who helped launch National Coming Out Day and in 1977 organized the first White House meeting of gay rights leaders, succumbs to lung cancer lung cancer, cancer that originates in the tissues of the lungs. Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer death in the United States in both men and women. Like other cancers, lung cancer occurs after repeated insults to the genetic material of the cell. at her partners home in San Clemente, Calif. July 1: LUTHER VANDROSS, 54, a Grammy Award-winning R&B singer whose homosexuality was a known secret in the recording industry, dies of a heart attack at a New Jersey hospital. Oct. 9: LEROY WHITFIELD, 36, a prominent AIDS activist and columnist, dies of AIDS-related complications at a New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. hospital. Nov. 26: PIERRE SEEL, 82, the last known surviving French gay victim of the Nazi concentration camps--who recounted his arrest and torture for being gay, in the 1994 autobiography Moi, Pierre Seel, Deporte Homosexual and in the 2000 documentary Paragraph 175--dies of cancer in Paris. |
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