Paris, we are told early on, "had died under the German occupation, the French heartbroken, grieving, silent".
His wife, Saskia, lost three children early on, and died herself in 1642, a year after she had their son, Titus.
It had to be difficult to lose not only his brother but his singing partner so early on [Ira died in a car accident in 1965] but Charlie still loves to sing and he's going great.
Charles E. Andrews, a writer at the dawn of television who helped create an informal, intimate approach to programming for Dave Garroway, Studs Terkel and other early stars, died on Friday at his home on the Upper East Side of Manhattan.
Bill Skowron, the slugging first baseman who played on seven pennant-winning teams with the Yankees in the 1950s and early '60s, died on Friday in Arlington Heights, Ill.
Bert Schneider, a producer of "Easy Rider" and other films that reflected and helped define the social unrest of the late 1960s and early '70s, died on Monday in Los Angeles.
Alvin Lee, whose fire-fingered guitar playing drove the British blues-rock band Ten Years After to stardom in the 1960s and early '70s, died on Wednesday in Spain.
Martin Rushent, a prolific record producer who helped define the sound of British rock in the late 1970s and early '80s, died on June 4 at his home in Berkshire, England.
Polly Platt, a Hollywood producer, designer and screenwriter who was responsible for the aesthetic of several of Peter Bogdanovich's early films, died on Wednesday at her home in Brooklyn.
Maxine Powell, the Miss Manners of Motown, who as the director of the label's in-house finishing school in the 1960s was considered in no small part responsible for its early success, died on Monday in Southfield, Mich.
