Obituaries
Labor Negotiator Alan Gordon of Scarsdale Dies at 70
He represented singers, dancers and more at leading performing arts companies.
Labor leader Alan Gordon of Scarsdale died Jan. 1 at the age of 70.
A memorial service was held Jan. 3 in Mount Vernon, according to Dignity Memorial.
Gordon died in New Hampshire after having a stroke, his daughter Elizabeth Gordon Rosenfeld told the New York Times.
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The union leader represented performers and stage managers at leading U.S. opera and ballet companies.
Gordon is credited with helping to avoid a strike in 2014 at the Metropolitan Opera.
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