Deaths (Obituaries) – The United State Media

Richard Beattie, Early Engineer of Private Equity Takeovers, Dies at 86

Reporter USJune 11, 2025

Richard Beattie, a mergers lawyer who helped pioneer private equity takeovers — work that was immortalized in the much-lauded book “Barbarians at the Gate” — and who served in Washington and New York City government, died on Friday at his home in Manhattan. He was 86. His daughter Lisa Beattie Frelinghuysen said the cause was […]

Barbara Holdridge, Whose Record Label Foretold Audiobooks, Dies at 95

Reporter USJune 10, 2025

Barbara Holdridge, who co-founded the first commercially successful spoken-word record label, one that began with the poet Dylan Thomas reciting his story “A Child’s Christmas in Wales” and that led to today’s multibillion-dollar audiobook industry, died on Monday at home in Baltimore, Md. She was 95. Her daughter, Eleanor Holdridge, confirmed the death. Ms. Holdridge, […]

Elizabeth Pochoda, Journalist Who Traversed the New York Media World, Dies at 83

Reporter USMay 13, 2025

Elizabeth Pochoda, a journalist who widely traversed the media landscape of New York during her 50-year career, editing and writing for publications as diverse as The Nation, Vogue and The Daily News in New York, died on May 8 at her home in Brooklyn. She was 83. Her death, from complications of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, […]

Robert Shapiro, Who Made NutraSweet a Household Name, Dies at 86

Reporter USMay 13, 2025

Robert B. Shapiro, a brash former law professor turned corporate executive who performed a marketing miracle by branding aspartame as the sugar substitute NutraSweet and making it a household name that consumers demanded in thousands of products, died on May 2 at his home in Chicago. He was 86. The cause was pancreatic cancer, his […]

Robert A.G. Monks, Crusader Against ‘Imperial’ C.E.O.s, Dies at 91

Reporter USMay 9, 2025

Robert A.G. Monks, a lawyer and businessman from a prominent Massachusetts family who unsuccessfully ran for the U.S. Senate three times but found a calling in his 40s as an influential defender of shareholder rights, died on April 29 at his home in Cape Elizabeth, Maine. He was 91. The cause was pancreatic cancer, which […]

Kenneth Walker, 73, Journalist Who Bared Apartheid’s Brutality

Reporter USMay 8, 2025

Kenneth Walker, an Emmy Award-winning journalist whose reporting for the ABC News program “Nightline” helped bring the brutality of South Africa’s racist apartheid system to the attention of the American public, propelling it onto the agenda of U.S. policymakers, died on April 11 in Washington. He was 73. His cousin and executor, Jeff Brown, said […]

Clarence O. Smith, a Founder of Essence Magazine, Is Dead at 92

Reporter USMay 7, 2025

Clarence O. Smith, who convinced skeptical mainstream advertisers of the power and worth of the Black female consumer market as a founder of Essence, the first general-circulation magazine directed at Black women, died on April 21. He was 92. Mr. Smith, who lived in Yonkers, N.Y., died in a hospital after a short illness, his […]

Virginia Giuffre, Voice in Epstein Sex-Trafficking Scandal, Dies at 41

Reporter USApril 26, 2025

Virginia Giuffre, a former victim of Jeffrey Epstein’s sex-trafficking ring who said she was “passed around like a platter of fruit” as a teenager to rich and powerful predators, including Prince Andrew of Britain, died on Friday at her farm in Western Australia. She was 41. Ms. Giuffre (pronounced JIFF-ree) died by suicide, according to […]

Virginia Giuffre, Voice in Epstein Sex Trafficking Scandal, Dies at 41

Reporter USApril 26, 2025

Arthur Fleischer Jr., Veteran Corporate Takeover Lawyer, Dies at 92

Reporter USApril 24, 2025

Arthur Fleischer Jr., an art-loving lawyer who for decades was one of the leading deal makers in corporate mergers, died on March 21 at his home in Manhattan. He was 92. The death was confirmed by his wife, Susan. Over a 65-year career at the firm that became known as Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & […]

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Category: Deaths (Obituaries)

Richard Beattie, Early Engineer of Private Equity Takeovers, Dies at 86

Barbara Holdridge, Whose Record Label Foretold Audiobooks, Dies at 95

Elizabeth Pochoda, Journalist Who Traversed the New York Media World, Dies at 83

Robert Shapiro, Who Made NutraSweet a Household Name, Dies at 86

Robert A.G. Monks, Crusader Against ‘Imperial’ C.E.O.s, Dies at 91

Kenneth Walker, 73, Journalist Who Bared Apartheid’s Brutality

Clarence O. Smith, a Founder of Essence Magazine, Is Dead at 92

Virginia Giuffre, Voice in Epstein Sex-Trafficking Scandal, Dies at 41

Virginia Giuffre, Voice in Epstein Sex Trafficking Scandal, Dies at 41

Arthur Fleischer Jr., Veteran Corporate Takeover Lawyer, Dies at 92

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