Obituaries

Contralto Lili Chookasian dies at ninety; Hungarian soprano Sari Barabas; NYCO stalwart William Chapman; designer Rolf Langenfass; administrator Edward Purrington; mezzo Margarita Lilova; arts advocate Jeannette Rohatyn

Chookasian in Rome in 1962
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LILI CHOOKASIANChicago, Illinois, August 1, 1921 — April 9, 2012 ...

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