A collection of tributes to some of the artists, innovators and thinkers we lost in the past year.
These lists can never cover everyone, so there are always going to be people miffed at who’s left out. There was and will be no shortage of tributes to Tom Petty or Chris Cornell and other famous deceased. But DeMarlon Thomas? Tragic. S. Allen Counter? How amazing! I’m so happy to read about these people I didn’t know about so I can learn about new things instead of reading even more about those we all already know.
Thank you for this excellent, diverse and thoughtful roundup. So many I didn’t know but whose lives deserved to be recognized. And I for one like the choices of photographs — sometimes an item says more about a person than an actual portrait. Regan Wood, Brooklyn
As a onetime patient of Dr. John Sarno, I’m a Sarno believer. Dr. Sarno was clearly onto something I doubt any physician would deny: A mind-body connection exists, and health status might be involved. But Sarno had his claws into it. When I saw him, his required therapy was appearance at a series of follow-up lectures. At the same time, I guess his success had eliminated some…