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Tributes: Jeanne-Claude
The Leonard Lopate Show
Jeanne-Claude created environmental works of art with her husband and fellow-conspirator/collaborator Christo. Together, they wrapped the Reichstag in Berlin, the Pont-Neuf in Paris, and created The Gates, with billowy orange drapes, in Central Park. Jeanne-Claude just died at the age of 74. You can hear Leonard Lopate’s last interview with them both, from July 19, 1999.
Patrick Swayze
The Leonard Lopate Show
Patrick Swayze mixed grace with athleticism in his movies – and rose to stardom with roles in “Dirty Dancing” and “Ghost.” He died just recently after a battle with pancreatic cancer. And you can hear his interview with Leonard Lopate from July 16, 2002, when he came by to discuss appearing in the film, “Green Dragon.”
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Roy DeCarava
The Leonard Lopate Show
February 14, 1996
During a career that spanned almost 60 years, Roy DeCarava portrayed the lives of ordinary people, and jazz giants. And, in the process, he became one of our most important photographers. Roy DeCarava was the first black photographer to win a Guggenheim Fellowship, in 1952. He died recently at the age of 89. You can hear Leonard’s last interview with him from 1996.
Michael Galasso
New Sounds Live
Composer and violinist Michael Galasso, well-known for his film score to Wong Kar-Wai's film "In the Mood for Love," and the groundbreaking "Scenes," died in Paris on September 10, 2009. Listen to Galasso's works for theatre, dance, and film from the very first New Sounds Live in September 1986 at Merkin Hall.
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Sheila Lukins, Author of The Silver Palate
The Leonard Lopate Show
Sheila Lukins was one half of a partnership that helped popularize gourmet cooking throughout America with the cookbook, The Silver Palate, which remains one of the top-selling cookbooks of all time. She died recently from brain cancer at the age of 66, and you can listen to her 2007 conversation with Leonard Lopate and her business partner Julee Rosso about the 25th Anniversary of the publication of The Silver Palate.
Dominick Dunne
The Leonard Lopate Show
Dominick Dunne was a famous novelist and Hollywood producer. But he may be best remembered for covering trials of the rich and famous – from Claus von Bulow to O. J. Simpson. He died just recently at the age of 83. But you can still hear his interview with Leonard from November 23, 2001, when he was discussing crimes, trials, and punishments.
Robert Novak, Prince of Darkness
The Leonard Lopate Show
Journalist, columnist and conservative commentator Robert Novak was a Washington insider who was no stranger to controversy. In the course of his 50-year career, he was at the center of numerous scandals, including his decision in 2003 to identify CIA officer Valerie Plame in one of his columns. He died earlier this week at the age of 78, after a battle with brain cancer. You can listen to his 2007 interview with Leonard Lopate about his memoir, which he called The Prince of Darkness, a nickname that his friend and fellow reporter John Lindsay gave him.
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Charles Gwathmey
The Leonard Lopate Show
Architect Charles Gwathmey showed his love of Modernism and geometrical complexity in his designs for both private homes and public buildings like the 1992 addition to the Guggenheim, the International Center of Photography, and the Museum of the Moving Image. He died recently at the age of 71. You can hear his 1996 interview with Leonard Lopate and Paul LeClerc about his design for the new Library of Science, Industry, and Business.
Budd Schulberg
The Leonard Lopate Show
Budd Schulberg may be best-known for his Oscar-winning screenplay for "On the Waterfront," but he wrote many short stories and novels, collaborated with F. Scott Fitzgerald, helped to arrest Nazi filmmaker Leni Riefenstahl, and named names to the House Un-American Activities Committee. He died earlier this week at the age of 95 and you can listen to his 1990 conversation with Leonard Lopate.
Merce Cunningham
The Leonard Lopate Show
Merce Cunningham had many fans – among them Mikhail Baryshnikov – who raved about the avant-garde dancer and choreographer when he came on the show recently. Merce Cunningham had revolutionized modern dance by creating works of pure movement – divorced from not only storytelling, but musical accompaniment. He died at the age of 90. And you can hear not only Leonard’s interview with Baryshnikov from earlier this year, but one he did with one of Cunningham’s longtime dancers, Viola Farber, from December of 1997.
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