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Irrfan Khan, Chadwick Boseman: The stars we lost in 2020, in their own words SECTIONS Irrfan Khan, Chadwick Boseman: The stars we lost in 2020, in their own wordsNew York Times Last Updated: Dec 28, 2020, 12:13 PM IST Share Agencies The artists on this list could help us better understand the time we’re living through, or at least help us get through it with a smile or cathartic cry. It’s always difficult to lose a favorite actor or a beloved musician. But in 2020, a year of crisis upon cr...

The Artists We Lost in 2020, in Their Words Dec. 22, 2020 It’s always difficult to lose a favorite actor or a beloved musician. But in 2020, a year of crisis upon crisis, some of those losses were especially painful, brought on by a pandemic that killed hundreds of thousands of people in the United States alone. The artists on this list could help us better understand the time we’re living through, or at least help us get through it with a smile or cathartic cry. Here is a tribute to them, ...

Aileen Passloff and dancers at the 92nd Street Y, 2019. Photo: Arthur Avilés. I MET AILEEN PASSLOFF IN 1981, when I took her barefoot ballet class at Bard College. As a freshman, I wanted to major in theater, but the Drama/Dance department required students to also study dance. I thought since I had an athletic background, it couldn’t hurt. When I stepped into her studio, I didn’t know I was being taught by a legendary member of Judson Dance Theater. Aileen had come through the School of ...