Hedda Kleinfeld Schachter Dies at 99; Built an Empire of Tulle and Satin
With her husband, Jack, she expanded I. Kleinfeld & Son into a bridal superstore that became a New York City institution.
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With her husband, Jack, she expanded I. Kleinfeld & Son into a bridal superstore that became a New York City institution.
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For six decades in The New Yorker and elsewhere, his hairy, toothy, long-nosed characters offered witty commentary on the foibles of the American middle class.
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The theatrical games and performance techniques Mr. Johnstone developed became a familiar part of the acting arsenal.
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He was a Special Forces soldier during the Vietnam War then worked for the C.I.A., tracking Osama bin Laden in Sudan and fighting in Afghanistan after 9/11.
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He befriended Rudolf Nureyev in 1961 while the Kirov Ballet was in Paris and witnessed his headline-making defection at the height of the Cold War.
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His newspaper, the East Village Eye, was as scrappy and iconoclastic as the young maverick stars its pages brought to life.
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Known as the mother of the miniskirt, clad in her signature play clothes and boots, with huge painted eyes, fake freckles and a bob, she epitomized London’s Swinging Sixties.
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He focused mostly on the half century before Israeli independence, finding the plight of the early Zionists ripe for affectionate satire.
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Her science fiction writing won awards. Her tarot books won her a devoted following. And she created DC Comics’ first transgender superhero.
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After she died — and just a year after her discovery — another scientist took credit for her work. It would be more than half a century until her story resurfaced.
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The profession was considered unladylike in 1890s England, where she was refused admission to dental school. But she found one in Scotland, and became a notable figure in dentistry.
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She opened Murder Ink, believed to be the nation’s first mystery bookstore, and brought fans together through interactive whodunits and other events.
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She oversaw the Tiffany girls, a group of glass cutters and artisans who created elaborate, colorful lamps that are still in demand.
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One of the best-known Black poets of the 19th century, she was also a renowned orator. “You white women speak here of rights,” she said. “I speak of wrongs.”
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