Obituaries

Physicist Mildred Dresselhaus, ‘Queen of Carbon,’ dies at 86

Pioneering research by the daughter of impoverished Jewish immigrants was foundational to the field called nanoscience.

February 24, 2017 1:29 pm

Leah Adler, mother of Steven Spielberg and popular restaurateur, dies at 97

Although invariably linked to her famous son, Adler also earned renown as proprietor of The Milky Way restaurant in Los Angeles popular with Orthodox rabbis, show biz luminaries and tourists.

February 22, 2017 6:47 am

Edgar Krasa, a Holocaust survivor who sang in the Theresienstadt chorus, dies at 95

Krasa was part of the 1944 performance of Verdi's "Requiem" for a group of high-ranking Nazi officials and representatives of the International Red Cross.

February 8, 2017 1:19 pm