He had All-Star years, won three Gold Gloves, hit with power and was a fan favorite, but as the team’s fortunes dimmed, his renegade lifestyle had its costs.
Tag Archives: Nineteen Hundred Sixties
Can the United Farm Workers of California Rise Again?
Decades after Cesar Chavez made the union a power, it has lost much of its clout. Membership dropped precipitously, from 60,000 to 5,500. It hopes a new law will turn the tide.
Raquel Welch, Actress and ’60s Sex Symbol, Is Dead at 82
Beginning with a doeskin bikini in “One Million Years B.C.,” she built a celebrated show business career around sex appeal and, sometimes, a comic touch.
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Is Greater Than Any Basketball Record
His N.B.A. career scoring record has been broken, but his legacy of activism and his expansion of Black athlete identity endure.
Paco Rabanne, Couturier of the Space Age, Dies at 88
He burst onto the French fashion scene in 1966 and, with dresses made from metal, plastic and paper, changed the definition of couture.
The Last Boeing 747 Leaves the Factory
The plane known as “Queen of the Skies” helped make air travel more affordable, but it has been supplanted by smaller, more efficient aircraft.
David Crosby, Mainstay of Two Classic Rock Bands, Dies at 81
He was an original member of the Byrds and a founder of Crosby, Stills & Nash. But he was almost as well known for his troubled personal life as for his music.
John F. Kennedy Assassination: US Releases Trove of Related Documents
Researchers said they were just beginning to comb through the 13,173 documents, hoping they might shed further light on the government’s actions before and after Nov. 22, 1963.
Lee Bontecou, Acclaimed Creator of Wall-Mounted Art, Dies at 91
Her use of what one critic called “a three-dimensional form that was neither painting nor sculpture” earned the kind of praise typically reserved in the 1960s for male art stars.
Barbra Streisand on Her Early Recordings: ‘That Girl Can Sing’
“Live at the Bon Soir,” a restored set of songs from November 1962, allows listeners today — and Streisand, herself — to rediscover the sounds of a star being born.
My Teenage Years With the Black Panthers
A photographer is reunited with images he made as a young man in the turbulent 1960s.
When Segregationists Offered One-Way Tickets to Black Southerners
The “reverse freedom rides” of 1962 were meant to provoke Northern politicians, and have drawn comparisons to the recent flights of migrants to Martha’s Vineyard.
Jean-Luc Godard, Daring Director Who Shaped the French New Wave, Dies at 91
The Franco-Swiss filmmaker and provocateur radically rethought motion pictures and left a lasting influence on the medium.
Tim Page, Gonzo Photographer of Vietnam War, Is Dead at 78
Fearless and free-spirited, he pushed the boundaries of life and photography, recording intimate images of combat that helped shift the course of the war.
What I’m reading
The seismic shifts of the 1960s are still reverberating in the Democratic Party.
Bill Russell, Who Led the Celtics to 11 Championships, Dies at 88
A Hall of Fame center whose former coach, Red Auerbach, called “the single most devastating force in the history of the game.”
We Are Living in Richard Nixon’s America, and Trump Wants to Keep Us There
Remember when there was talk of Joe Biden as a transformational figure?
Tony Dow, Big Brother Wally on ‘Leave It to Beaver,’ Dies at 77
He went on to a varied career as an actor, director, producer and sculptor, but he could never shake his association with the sitcom that brought him stardom.
David Dalton, Rock Writer Who Lived the Scene, Dies at 80
An early writer for Rolling Stone, he traveled in the same circles as the Beatles, Janis Joplin and other stars, witnessing and documenting a time of cultural transformation.
Arnold Skolnick, Whose Poster Embodied Woodstock, Dies at 85
On short notice, he created the bird-on-a-guitar design that advertised the 1969 festival — and became a symbol of the era.
The $10 Million Bob Dylan Center Opens Up His Songwriting Secrets
A new space in Tulsa, Okla., built to display Dylan’s vast archive, celebrates one of the world’s most elusive creators, and gives visitors a close-up look at notebooks and fan mail.
Kathy Boudin, Radical Imprisoned in a Fatal Robbery, Dies at 78
She had a role in the Brink’s heist by the Weather Underground that left two police officers dead. But she became a model prisoner and, after being freed, helped former inmates.
The Man Who Made Thinking Sexy
Jerry Z. Muller’s “Professor of Apocalypse” tells the story of Jacob Taubes, who is largely forgotten today but was at the center of intellectual life after the war.
U.T. Austin Acquires Archives That Give Insight Into the 1960s
The papers of Richard Goodwin, a speechwriter to John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson, and his wife Doris Kearns Goodwin, a presidential historian, shed light on decision-making at crucial moments in American history.
Bobby Rydell, Teenage Idol With Enduring Appeal, Dies at 79
He had his first hit in 1959. Six decades later, teamed with his fellow singers Frankie Avalon and Fabian, he was still drawing crowds.
Tommy Davis, Batting Star With the ’60s Dodgers, Dies at 83
A two-time batting champion, he helped power a dominant Los Angeles team, but a serious injury derailed his career, and he fell short of the Hall of Fame.
Stewart Brand, Who Coined the Term ‘Personal Computer,’ Says He’s Still an Optimist
Stewart Brand coined the term “personal computer” and was one of the first to envision what digital technology would become. He knows it got messy. He thinks tech can clean itself up.
Why This Silicon Valley Prophet Says He’s Still an Optimist
Stewart Brand coined the term “personal computer” and was one of the first to envision what digital technology would become. He knows it got messy. He thinks tech can clean itself up.
‘Summer of Soul’ Reclaims a Concert Documentary Tradition
As music stars turn to movies as promotional tools, the Questlove project looks back to a golden age of filmed performances that the academy rarely acknowledges.
The Radical Experimentation of Black Psychedelia
One of the most lasting and influential artistic movements of the 20th century was created with and for Black artists. Why has their contribution been so overlooked?
Requiem for a Liberal Giant
Todd Gitlin never left the left.
Older Americans Fight to Make America Better
We don’t want to leave the world a worse place than we found it.
Todd Gitlin, a Voice and Critic of the New Left, Dies at 79
He earned his stripes in the antiwar movement of the 1960s. In his later years, he was often critical of his erstwhile kindred spirits.
Thich Nhat Hanh, Zen Master and Political Reformer, Dies at 95
A monk with global influence and an ally of Martin Luther King, he championed what he called “engaged Buddhism,” applying its principles in pressing for peace.
Michael Lang, a Force Behind the Woodstock Festival, Dies at 77
He and his partners hoped their weekend of “peace and music” would draw 50,000 attendees. It ended up drawing more than 400,000 — and making history.
I’ve Spent 25 Years as a Joan Didion Thief
Didion inspired at least two generations of impostors.
Joan Didion Inspired Generations of Impostors
Didion inspired at least two generations of impostors.
Graeme Edge, Drummer and Co-Founder of the Moody Blues, Dies at 80
Many of their songs incorporated his spoken-word poetry, making them pioneers in the prog-rock movement of the late-1960s and ’70s.
Think You Know the 1960s? ‘The Shattering’ Asks You to Think Again.
The historian Kevin Boyle weaves stories of war, sex and civil rights into a narrative that argues for a different view of a momentous decade and the years that preceded it.
Edgar Wright on ‘Last Night in Soho’ and the Trap of Nostalgia
The “Baby Driver” director’s latest film is a thriller that explores the darker side of 1960s London and questions stories that glamorize the era.
Mort Sahl, Whose Biting Commentary Redefined Stand-Up, Dies at 94
A self-appointed warrior against hypocrisy, he revolutionized comedy in the 1950s by addressing political and social issues.
The Creative Collectives Finding Strength in Numbers
Born out of the American civil rights movement, Black artists’ coalitions thrived in the 1960s and ’70s. Now, a new generation is discovering their power.
‘Greater New York,’ a Show of the Moment, Dwells in the Radical Past
In the wake of an election, pandemic, protest movement, extreme climate and rising debt ceilings, MoMA PS1 comes back with a cautious display of art.
‘Buena Vista Social Club’ at 25: Memories of Memories
A group of older Cuban musicians recorded some of their favorite songs in 1996, and the album became an unlikely blockbuster. How do we hear it a quarter-century later?
When the ‘Silent Majority’ Isn’t White
The new media obsession with moderate minorities.
Allen Midgette, an Ersatz Andy Warhol, Dies at 82
In a prank, or perhaps a piece of performance art, Mr. Midgette pretended to be the famed artist on a lecture tour in 1967.
How One Epic Document Exposed the Secrets of the Vietnam War
With the Pentagon Papers revelations, the U.S. public’s trust in the government was forever diminished.
Patrick Sky, ’60s Folk Star and Later a Piper, Dies at 80
He was a part of the folk revival emanating from Greenwich Village, mixing melodic songs and satire. Then he became infatuated with the uilleann pipes.
It’s Police Violence That Spurs Black Rebellion
The history of Black rebellion demonstrates a fundamental reality. Police violence precipitates community violence in a vicious cycle.
Bob Fass, Pioneer of Underground Radio, Dies at 87
His provocative “Radio Unnameable,” long a staple of the New York station WBAI, offered a home on the FM dial to everyone from Abbie Hoffman to Tiny Tim.