Obituaries articles
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Steve Albini obituary
Frontman for ‘noise rock’ bands Big Black and Shellac acclaimed for his production of albums by Nirvana, Pixies and PJ HarveySteve Albini, the musician and frontman of the alternative rock bands Big Black and Shellac, who has died from a heart attack aged 61, was more widely known for his huge list of credits as a producer, or – as he preferred to be called – recording engineer, of albums by independent artists from the mid-1980s to the present.Notable recordings bearing the Albini imprint...
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Frank Stella obituary
One of the most influential US abstract artists who started out as a minimalist but constantly reinvented his workIn February 2015, a pair of enormous stars, one in polished aluminium and the other unvarnished teak, appeared in the courtyard of the Royal Academy in London. These were by the American artist and honorary Academician Frank Stella, who has died aged 87.For all their differences, the two stars were part of a single work called, with deadpan literalness, Inflated Star and Wooden Star....
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Peter Oosterhuis obituary
British golfer who was No 1 in Europe in the 1970s and compiled one of the finest records in the Ryder CupIn the gap during the 1970s between the pre-eminence of Tony Jacklin and the emergence of Nick Faldo, Peter Oosterhuis, who has died aged 75, was Britain’s best and most successful golfer. He was No 1 in Europe for four consecutive years and compiled one of the finest records in the Ryder Cup, winning an unusually high percentage of his matches during an era when the US exercised total...