Larry N Deutsch

Larry Nathan Deutsch, 84, of Tucson, Arizona, passed away on June 28, 2025, from Parkinson’s Disease complications. He was cared for at home by his husband and daughters.

Larry became a proud Tucsonan after his family moved from Plainfield, New Jersey to Tucson, Arizona in 1945. He graduated from Tucson High School in 1959 and from the University of Arizona in 1963. For more than two decades, he was “the glue,” of the Class of 1959, chairing reunions and maintaining regular communications with his classmates. Larry served on the University of Arizona Art Advisory Board and Fine Arts Board and was recognized with the University of Arizona Alumni Service Award and as Alumnus of the Year from the University of Arizona College of Fine Arts.

A successful interior designer, Larry founded Larry N. Deutsch Interiors, Ltd. in Chicago, earning national recognition and being named “Dean of Design” by Chicago’s Merchandise Mart. He was a member and leader in the American Society of Interior Designers. He later formed Deutsch/Parker Design, Ltd. with his husband of 36 years, William F. Parker (Bill). Larry was a connoisseur and avid collector of fine and decorative art and he and Bill enjoyed traveling the world in support of their shared passion.

Larry is predeceased by his parents, Belle and Samuel Deutsch, and his sister Francine Silver Deutsch. He is survived by his husband Bill, his daughters Loren, Cathy (Robert Auchinleck), and Leigh (Thane Hecox), his stepchildren Julie Parker McGill (Marvin) and John Parker, grandchildren Gertie, Ella, Leopold, and Golda, step-grandchildren Blaine, Brooke, Gemma, and Ian, as well as his former wife of 27 years, Julie Deutsch of Highland Park, Illinois, and former son-in-law Jason Harris.

With a strong commitment to community and justice, Larry will be remembered for his creativity, leadership, and generosity. His enduring influence lives on in the spaces he designed, the causes he supported, and the hearts of friends and family.

A celebration of his life will be held at 11:00 a.m., Wednesday, July 23, 2025, at East Lawn Palms Cemetery, 5801 E Grant Road, in Tucson. Memorial contributions can be made to the Sam and Belle S. Deutsch Endowment Supporting the University of Arizona Museum of Art, at the University of Arizona Foundation, 1111 North Cherry Avenue, Tucson, AZ 85721, or online at https://give.uafoundation.org/deutschendowment or to the Tucson High Badger Foundation, P.O. Box 5424, Tucson, AZ 85703, www.badgerfoundation.org.