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The energetic scion of a storied wealthy family, Peggy Mellon Hitchcock funded Timothy Leary’s psychedelic adventures — and famously helped him find the spot to do so, at her brothers’ estate in Millbrook, N.Y.
She was an enthusiastic supporter of the counterculture. And when she suggested that her brothers rent Mr. Leary a mansion, she made psychedelic history.
An editor and publisher, Marc Jaffe turning out best-sellers like “Jaws,” “The Exorcist,” and “The Catcher in the Rye.”
Peter Schickele, an American composer whose career as a writer of serious concert music was often eclipsed by that of his antic alter ego, the thoroug
Life expectancy averages may be falling, but you might not have been able to tell that from reading the obituaries this year.