Nancy Talbot, 89, who co-founded a women’s clothing store with her husband in 1947 that catered to a “country club” set and oversaw its growth into a catalog powerhouse and retail chain, died Aug. 30 of complications from Alzheimer’s disease at her home in Boulder, said her daughter Polly Talbot Donald of Boulder.
When Nancy and her husband, Rudolf Talbot, inherited his father’s cramped clothing store in the Boston suburb of Hingham, Mass., they renamed it “The Talbots.” They also stocked it with classic women’s apparel that reflected Nancy’s affinity for color and personal style.
Eventually, the store became known as Talbots.
“Talbots was like a brand. It stood for something,” Susan Rolontz, a New York City-based fashion analyst, said Friday. “She came up with a lifestyle approach to dressing that worked very, very well. The clothes were more or less traditional with a twist.”
Wycliffe “Steely” Johnson, 47, a Jamaican reggae producer and a keyboardist for Bob Marley, died Tuesday in New York of a heart attack, said fellow producer Cleveland “Clevie” Browne.
Johnson was known for his innovative work on some of the biggest dance-hall hits of the 1980s and 1990s.
As part of “Steely & Clevie,” the two dominated music production in Jamaica for decades. They helped to transform dance-hall music by embracing digital technology in the studio.
