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Former Vice President Dick Cheney Dies at 84 (Tue, 04 Nov 2025)
A former defense secretary and congressman, he held the nation’s No. 2 job under President George W. Bush and was an architect of policies in an era of war and economic change.
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Diane Ladd, Oscar-Nominated Actress and Mother of Laura Dern, Dies at 89 (Tue, 04 Nov 2025)
She was a three-time Oscar contender playing strikingly different characters, in one case starring alongside her daughter and fellow nominee, Laura Dern.
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Donna Jean Godchaux-MacKay, Grateful Dead Singer, Dies at 78 (Mon, 03 Nov 2025)
She helped shape the band’s sound in the 1970s, a decade that took the band to new heights.
>> Read more
George Banks, Convicted Mass Murderer, Dies at 83 (Mon, 03 Nov 2025)
He fatally shot 13 people in Pennsylvania in September 1982 in what was then one of the nation’s worst mass shootings. Five of the victims were his own children.
>> Read more
Maria Riva, Dietrich Daughter Who Demystified the Legend, Dies at 100 (Mon, 03 Nov 2025)
She was her mother’s handmaiden and aide-de-camp. In 1993, her blockbuster biography told of the awful price she paid.
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Martha Layne Collins, 88, Dies; Kentucky’s First Female Governor (Mon, 03 Nov 2025)
She rose from a junior high school teacher to the state’s top official, and helped persuade Toyota to build its first American factory in Georgetown, Ky.
>> Read more
Marcyliena Morgan, Founder of Harvard’s Hip-Hop Archive, Dies at 75 (Sat, 01 Nov 2025)
Her university’s vast collection of albums, scholarly essays and other ephemera helped establish rap as a course of serious study on a par with classical music.
>> Read more
Rabbi Alvin Kass, N.Y.P.D. Chaplain for Nearly Six Decades, Dies at 89 (Sun, 02 Nov 2025)
The youngest and longest-serving chaplain in New York City history, he was also the first Jewish chief chaplain in the modern era.
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Zoë Wicomb, Acclaimed South African Author, Dies at 76 (Sun, 02 Nov 2025)
In novels and short stories, she delivered sharp observations of the constraints and contradictions of apartheid and its aftermath.
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Dick Cheney: A Vice President’s Life in Photos (Tue, 04 Nov 2025)
The former vice president helped shaped the role of the United States around the world.
>> Read more
Juan Ramón Matta Ballesteros, 80, Dies; Cartel Kingpin Fed Cocaine Boom (Sun, 02 Nov 2025)
Before being imprisoned in the late 1980s, he made a fortune as a Honduran power broker connecting Colombian and Mexican cartels.
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Overlooked No More: Hannah Senesh, Poet and Paratrooper Who Defied the Nazis (Sat, 01 Nov 2025)
Senesh fled Hungary just before World War II. But unlike most Jews who escaped the Nazis, she went back to fight. Today, she is regarded as a hero in Israel.
>> Read more
Alison Knowles, Artist Who Took Lunch to New Levels, Dies at 92 (Fri, 31 Oct 2025)
An early participant in the eccentric collection of artists known as Fluxus, she was perhaps best known for pieces centered on a humble tuna sandwich and a giant salad.
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Kelvin LaVerne, Creator of Enigmatic Furnishings, Dies at 88 (Fri, 31 Oct 2025)
With his father, Philip, he made idiosyncratic, often monumental bronze work influenced by ancient themes. But was it art or was it furniture?
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Selma van de Perre, Dutch Jew Who Resisted Nazis, Dies at 103 (Fri, 31 Oct 2025)
“It is impossible not to marvel at her steadiness and courage,” one reviewer wrote after reading her memoir.
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Marthe Gautier, 96, Dies; Had Key Role in Down Syndrome Breakthrough (Thu, 30 Oct 2025)
She had to fight for recognition after a male colleague took credit for her work in identifying an extra chromosome as the cause of that genetic condition.
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Patricia Crowther, Who Brought Witchcraft Out of the Shadows, Dies at 97 (Thu, 30 Oct 2025)
As a high priestess of Wicca, a branch of modern paganism founded in England, she promoted an image of witches as early feminists who were benevolent and spiritual.
>> Read more
Pierre Robert, Philadelphia’s ‘Citizen’ D.J., Dies at 70 (Fri, 31 Oct 2025)
He became a stalwart of Philadelphia’s rock airwaves after moving from California, broadcasting a live show for more than 40 years.
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Bjorn Andresen, Reluctant ‘Most Beautiful Boy,’ Dies at 70 (Thu, 30 Oct 2025)
At 15, he played the muse to an ailing composer in Luchino Visconti’s film “Death in Venice.” He later said he’d felt sexualized by the director.
>> Read more
Edward J. Blakely, 87, Dies; Hired to Oversee Katrina Recovery in New Orleans (Wed, 29 Oct 2025)
An urban planner who specialized in disaster recovery, he was brought in to revive the city after the 2005 storm. The task proved larger than one man could handle.
>> Read more
Annabel Goldsmith, a Queen of British High Society, Dies at 91 (Sat, 01 Nov 2025)
Annabel’s, the club that Ms. Goldsmith’s first husband named after her, opened in the 1960s and is still one of London’s most exclusive nightspots.
>> Read more
A former defense secretary and congressman, he held the nation’s No. 2 job under President George W. Bush and was an architect of policies in an era of war and economic change.
>> Read more
Diane Ladd, Oscar-Nominated Actress and Mother of Laura Dern, Dies at 89 (Tue, 04 Nov 2025)
She was a three-time Oscar contender playing strikingly different characters, in one case starring alongside her daughter and fellow nominee, Laura Dern.
>> Read more
Donna Jean Godchaux-MacKay, Grateful Dead Singer, Dies at 78 (Mon, 03 Nov 2025)
She helped shape the band’s sound in the 1970s, a decade that took the band to new heights.
>> Read more
George Banks, Convicted Mass Murderer, Dies at 83 (Mon, 03 Nov 2025)
He fatally shot 13 people in Pennsylvania in September 1982 in what was then one of the nation’s worst mass shootings. Five of the victims were his own children.
>> Read more
Maria Riva, Dietrich Daughter Who Demystified the Legend, Dies at 100 (Mon, 03 Nov 2025)
She was her mother’s handmaiden and aide-de-camp. In 1993, her blockbuster biography told of the awful price she paid.
>> Read more
Martha Layne Collins, 88, Dies; Kentucky’s First Female Governor (Mon, 03 Nov 2025)
She rose from a junior high school teacher to the state’s top official, and helped persuade Toyota to build its first American factory in Georgetown, Ky.
>> Read more
Marcyliena Morgan, Founder of Harvard’s Hip-Hop Archive, Dies at 75 (Sat, 01 Nov 2025)
Her university’s vast collection of albums, scholarly essays and other ephemera helped establish rap as a course of serious study on a par with classical music.
>> Read more
Rabbi Alvin Kass, N.Y.P.D. Chaplain for Nearly Six Decades, Dies at 89 (Sun, 02 Nov 2025)
The youngest and longest-serving chaplain in New York City history, he was also the first Jewish chief chaplain in the modern era.
>> Read more
Zoë Wicomb, Acclaimed South African Author, Dies at 76 (Sun, 02 Nov 2025)
In novels and short stories, she delivered sharp observations of the constraints and contradictions of apartheid and its aftermath.
>> Read more
Dick Cheney: A Vice President’s Life in Photos (Tue, 04 Nov 2025)
The former vice president helped shaped the role of the United States around the world.
>> Read more
Juan Ramón Matta Ballesteros, 80, Dies; Cartel Kingpin Fed Cocaine Boom (Sun, 02 Nov 2025)
Before being imprisoned in the late 1980s, he made a fortune as a Honduran power broker connecting Colombian and Mexican cartels.
>> Read more
Overlooked No More: Hannah Senesh, Poet and Paratrooper Who Defied the Nazis (Sat, 01 Nov 2025)
Senesh fled Hungary just before World War II. But unlike most Jews who escaped the Nazis, she went back to fight. Today, she is regarded as a hero in Israel.
>> Read more
Alison Knowles, Artist Who Took Lunch to New Levels, Dies at 92 (Fri, 31 Oct 2025)
An early participant in the eccentric collection of artists known as Fluxus, she was perhaps best known for pieces centered on a humble tuna sandwich and a giant salad.
>> Read more
Kelvin LaVerne, Creator of Enigmatic Furnishings, Dies at 88 (Fri, 31 Oct 2025)
With his father, Philip, he made idiosyncratic, often monumental bronze work influenced by ancient themes. But was it art or was it furniture?
>> Read more
Selma van de Perre, Dutch Jew Who Resisted Nazis, Dies at 103 (Fri, 31 Oct 2025)
“It is impossible not to marvel at her steadiness and courage,” one reviewer wrote after reading her memoir.
>> Read more
Marthe Gautier, 96, Dies; Had Key Role in Down Syndrome Breakthrough (Thu, 30 Oct 2025)
She had to fight for recognition after a male colleague took credit for her work in identifying an extra chromosome as the cause of that genetic condition.
>> Read more
Patricia Crowther, Who Brought Witchcraft Out of the Shadows, Dies at 97 (Thu, 30 Oct 2025)
As a high priestess of Wicca, a branch of modern paganism founded in England, she promoted an image of witches as early feminists who were benevolent and spiritual.
>> Read more
Pierre Robert, Philadelphia’s ‘Citizen’ D.J., Dies at 70 (Fri, 31 Oct 2025)
He became a stalwart of Philadelphia’s rock airwaves after moving from California, broadcasting a live show for more than 40 years.
>> Read more
Bjorn Andresen, Reluctant ‘Most Beautiful Boy,’ Dies at 70 (Thu, 30 Oct 2025)
At 15, he played the muse to an ailing composer in Luchino Visconti’s film “Death in Venice.” He later said he’d felt sexualized by the director.
>> Read more
Edward J. Blakely, 87, Dies; Hired to Oversee Katrina Recovery in New Orleans (Wed, 29 Oct 2025)
An urban planner who specialized in disaster recovery, he was brought in to revive the city after the 2005 storm. The task proved larger than one man could handle.
>> Read more
Annabel Goldsmith, a Queen of British High Society, Dies at 91 (Sat, 01 Nov 2025)
Annabel’s, the club that Ms. Goldsmith’s first husband named after her, opened in the 1960s and is still one of London’s most exclusive nightspots.
>> Read more
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