Philip Roth, Tom Wolfe and other notable celebrity deaths

We remember them for their comedy routines — Dick Gregory and Jerry Lewis — their shows — John Mahoney’s patriarch on “Frasier” — the characters they portrayed — Lois Lane in “Superman” (Margot Kidder), Mini Me in “Austin Powers” (Verne Troyer) — the films they helmed — “Rocky” director John Avildsen — the music that will remain in rotation — Vic Damone, Malcolm Young — the businesses they ran — Andrew Balducci — and the sports they dominated on the field or behind the microphone — Giant Y.A. Tittle, Keith Jackson. Here are the actors, musicians, athletes, politicians and other well-known names we’ve recently said goodbye to. Philip Roth Author Philip Roth died on Tuesday, May 22, 2018, his agent said. He was 85. Roth, who died in New York City of congestive heart failure, wrote more than 30 books. “Patrimony,” a memoir published in 1991, nabbed him the National Book Critics Circle Award. Roth won the Pulitzer Prize for 1997’s “American Pastoral.” Tom Wolfe Tom Wolfe, author and journalist behind the New Journalism movement, died on May 15, 2018, his agent said. He was 87. Wolfe was the bestselling author of “The Right Stuff” and “Bonfire of the Vanities.” A Virginia native,… Read full this story

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