The New York Times Magazine: The Lives They Lived

Remembering some of the artists, innovators and thinkers we lost in the past year. View in [Browser]( | Add nytdirect@nytimes.com to your address book. [The New York Times]( [The New York Times]( Friday, December 29, 2017 [NYTimes.com »]( Every winter, in the magazine's The Lives They Lived issue, we look back at some of the public figures we've lost over the past 12 months. This year, some of those figures were household names, like [Mary Tyler Moore]( [Adam West]( [Sam Shepard]( and [Glen Campbell](. Others were best known in their own fields: [Royal Robbins]( to rock climbers; [Maryam Mirzakhani]( to mathematicians; [Herbert R. Alexrod]( to tropical-fish enthusiasts. But with each, the magazine's writers have tried to reveal something surprising about the life behind the public image. Jenna Wortham writes about the Chinese art photographer [Ren Hang]( whose shoots could be electrified by the illicit feeling of being nude in a nation in which such things could land you in jail. Jon Mooallem considers [Enrico L. Quarantelli]( who proved that disasters bring out the best in us. And James Ryerson writes about the philosopher [Delia Graff Fara]( who challenged our thinking about language, knowledge and the nature of reality — all with a heap of sand. Also in this issue, the photographer John Pilson travels to capture a selection of beloved objects belonging to those we lost, including the poet [John Ashbery's collage-making desk]( the filmmaker [Jonathan Demme's bird-watching book]( and the choreographer [Trisha Brown's exercise balls](. Happy reading, Jake Silverstein Editor in Chief [The Lives They Lived]( By THE NEW YORK TIMES MAGAZINE Remembering some of the artists, innovators and thinkers we lost in the past year. [The unstoppable Gregory in February.]( Jefry Andres Wright [Dick Gregory]( By ADRIAN NICOLE LEBLANC Legendary comic, put civil rights above all else. [Moran as Joanie in “Happy Days,” in 1975.]( ABC Photo Archives, via Getty Images [Erin Moran]( By SUSAN DOMINUS A sheltered daughter on TV, she had to fend for herself when the cameras were off. The Things They Loved [Harry Dean Stanton’s Couch]( Photographs by JOHN PILSON A selection of beloved objects from those we lost. The Things They Loved [Chuck Berry’s Guitar Case]( Photographs by JOHN PILSON A selection of beloved objects from those we lost. ADVERTISEMENT [The writer Sam Shepard’s hat, at his son Walker’s home in Louisville, Ky.]( The writer Sam Shepard’s hat, at his son Walker’s home in Louisville, Ky. John Pilson for The New York Times [The Things They Loved]( [Sam Shepard’s Hat]( Photographs by JOHN PILSON A selection of beloved objects from those we lost. [A career defined, inevitably, by three seasons in a cape and cowl.]( Silver Screen Collection/Getty Images [Adam West]( By ROB HOERBURGER A superhero for his life and times. [Roche in New York in 1979, the year she and her sisters released ‘‘The Roches.’’]( Irene Young [Maggie Roche]( By JOHN LINGAN The songs she sang with her sisters were full of joy and harmony — the exact things she struggled to wring out of life. [Giant Sequoia]( By HELEN MACDONALD When we can no longer pass through. [Glen Campbell]( By ANTHONY GIARDINA His essential loneliness transcended the rhinestone image. ADVERTISEMENT If you enjoy our newsletter forward this email to a friend and help the magazine grow. Getting this from a friend? [Sign up to get the magazine newsletter](. Let us know how we can improve at: [newsletters@nytimes.com]( Check out our [full list of free newsletters]( including [Smarter Living]( A weekly roundup of the best advice from The Times on living a better, smarter, more fulfilling life. Illustration by Alvaro Dominguez. FOLLOW NYTimes [Twitter] [@nytmag]( Get more [NYTimes.com newsletters »]( | Get unlimited access to NYTimes.com and our NYTimes apps. [Subscribe »]( ABOUT THIS EMAIL You received this message because you signed up for NYTimes.com's The New York Times Magazine newsletter. [Unsubscribe]( | [Manage Subscriptions]( | [Change Your Email]( | [Privacy Policy]( | [Contact]( | [Advertise]( Copyright 2017 The New York Times Company 620 Eighth Avenue New York, NY 10018