What reading about dead people tells us about life
The best obituaries, those that are most enjoyable to read, juxtapose obvious public accomplishments with the sheer ...
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They wrote obituaries about Jimmy Carter — but died before he did
“Ex-presidents are always at the top of the advance obituary list,” the elder Eichel told The Washington Post in a phone interview. “These are important people, major historical figure ...
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Bobbye Pratt, news researcher at Washington Post, dies at 89
Bobbye Pratt, who spent 16 years as a news researcher on The Washington Post’s Metro Desk ... correction A previous version of this obituary incorrectly said that Mrs. Pratt's stepfather ...
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David Lynch, who brought surrealism into the cineplex, dies at 78
David Lynch, the surrealist filmmaker who bridged the mainstream and avant-garde, exploring the sinister recesses of the human psyche — and the mysteries behind America’s white picket fences ...
Political cartoons reveal the evolution of Jimmy Carter’s legacy
I t was the summer of 2015 when former president Jimmy Carter revealed a dire diagnosis: melanoma had spread to his liver and ...
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Jules Feiffer, Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist and writer, dies at 95
NEW YORK — Jules Feiffer, a Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist and writer whose prolific output ranged from a long-running comic strip to plays, screenplays and children’s books, died Friday.
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Agnes Keleti, Holocaust survivor who became Olympic gymnast, dies at 103
Agnes Keleti, a Hungarian gymnast who survived the Holocaust and went on to win 10 Olympic medals, including five gold, a record that made her one of the most decorated athletes in the history of ...
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David Lodge, British novelist who satirized campus life, dies at 89
David Lodge, a British novelist and literary critic known for his warm, irreverent satires of academic life, died Jan. 1 in Birmingham, England. He was 89. An assistant to Jonny Geller, his ...
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Aaron Brown, CNN anchor who watched 9/11 attacks unfold, dies at 76
Aaron Brown, a veteran television news anchor whose steady hand helped guide CNN viewers through the unfolding tragedy of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, died Dec. 29 in Washington. He was 76. The ...
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Charles Dolan, cable and sports mogul who started HBO, dies at 98
Charles Dolan, a soft-spoken media mogul who founded HBO and amassed a multibillion-dollar fortune through Cablevision, the small suburban cable company that he grew into a colossus of New York ...
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Warren Upton, oldest survivor of Pearl Harbor attack, dies at 105
Warren Upton was a 22-year-old Navy radioman assigned to the USS Utah, a demilitarized battleship moored at Pearl Harbor, when the first of two torpedoes struck the vessel the morning of Dec. 7 ...
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Linda Lavin, Broadway actress who starred as TV’s ‘Alice,’ dies at 87
The role “totally politicized me,” Ms. Lavin told The Washington Post in 2011. She became involved in women’s causes including equal pay — an issue addressed in the sitcom when Mel hires a ...