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News Articles: Obituaries

Julian Sands is best known for starring opposite Helena Bonham Carter in the 1985 film <em>A Room with a View</em>. He's pictured above in Mexico City in May 2012.

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Actor Julian Sands found dead in California after going missing on hike

The English actor was best known for starring opposite Helena Bonham Carter in the 1985 film A Room with a View. He was 65.

June 27, 2023
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  • Andrew Limbong
Broadway lyricist Sheldon Harnick at the Tony Awards in May 2016.

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Broadway lyricist Sheldon Harnick, who wrote 'Fiddler on the Roof,' dies at 99

The Tony- and Pulitzer Prize-winning lyricist was one of the last masters of Broadway's Golden Age. His career extended over 60 years.

June 23, 2023
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  • Jeff Lunden
Peter Brötzmann, photographer in Buffalo, N.Y., in 2010.

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Peter Brötzmann, the heart — and lungs — of European free jazz, dead at 82

The indefatigable saxophonist who helped redefine jazz in the late 1960s died in his sleep Thursday.

June 23, 2023
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  • Nate Chinen
GPB  NPR

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What we know about the 5 men who were aboard the wrecked Titan sub

The five people who died while trying to catch a glimpse of the wrecked ocean liner included a Guinness World Record holder, a deep sea entrepreneur, wealthy businessmen and "Mr. Titanic."

June 23, 2023
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  • Ayana Archie
GPB  NPR

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Remembering acclaimed editor Robert Gottlieb

Gottlieb, who died June 14 at 92, edited Joseph Heller, Toni Morrison, John le Carré and, for more than 50 years, Robert Caro. We listen back to an interview with Gottlieb from just a few months ago.

June 21, 2023
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  • Terry Gross
GPB  NPR

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Donald Triplett, the 1st person diagnosed with autism, dies at 89

The Mississippi man known as "Case 1" was the first person to be diagnosed with autism. Triplett was the subject of a book and documentary titled In a Different Key and many medical journal articles.

June 17, 2023
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  • The Associated Press
In this July 28, 1971 file photo, Daniel Ellsberg, former Defense Department researcher who leaked top-secret Pentagon papers to the press, speaks to an unofficial House panel investigating the significance of the war documents.

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History-making whistleblower Daniel Ellsberg has died at 92

Ellsberg's release of what were called the "Pentagon Papers" hastened the end of the Vietnam war, prompted a landmark Supreme Court ruling and contributed to the downfall of President Richard Nixon.

June 16, 2023
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  • Ron Elving
British actor Glenda Jackson in April, 1974.

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British star Glenda Jackson has died at age 87

Jackson was one of the finest British actors of her generation, winning Oscar, Emmy and Tony Awards. Fiercely political, she also served as a member of Parliament for decades.

June 15, 2023
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  • Jeff Lunden
This image released by Knopf shows Robert Gottlieb. Gottlieb, the inspired and eclectic literary editor whose brilliant career was launched with Joseph Heller's<em> Catch-22</em> and continued for decades with such Pulitzer Prize-winning classics as Toni Morrison's <em>Beloved</em> and Robert Caro's <em>The Power Broker</em>, has died at age 92.

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Robert Gottlieb, celebrated editor of Toni Morrison and Robert Caro, has died at 92

Gottlieb, whose work helped shape the modern publishing canon, edited fiction by future Nobel laureates, spy novels by John le Carré, essays by Nora Ephron and Caro's nonfiction epics.

June 14, 2023
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  • The Associated Press
Cormac McCarthy attends the New York premiere of <em>The Road</em>, the film adaptation of his Pulitzer Prize-winning novel of the same name, in 2009.

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Cormac McCarthy, American novelist of the stark and dark, dies at 89

The author of The Road, Blood Meridian and No Country For Old Men embodied a strong Southwestern sensibility, writing often about men grappling with the existence of evil.

June 13, 2023
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  • Wade Goodwyn
Tori Bowie, who captured gold as a sprinter in the Olympics and the world championships, died at age 32 from complications of childbirth, according to an autopsy report.

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Tori Bowie, an elite Olympic athlete, died of complications from childbirth

An autopsy report underscores the tragedy of Tori Bowie's death at age 32. The 2016 Olympic medalist was eight months pregnant, according to the report.

June 13, 2023
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  • Bill Chappell
Silvio Berlusconi meets journalists at the Quirinale presidential palace in Rome in 2018.

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Silvio Berlusconi, Italy's former prime minister, has died at the age of 86

The media mogul turned prime minister left a mark on popular culture, while his coarseness and constant legal woes trashed political norms and tainted Italy's image in the world.

June 12, 2023
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  • Sylvia Poggioli
U.S. Marshals prepare to take Theodore Kaczynski down the steps at the federal courthouse to a waiting vehicle on June 21, 1996, in Helena, Mont. A spokesperson for the Bureau of Prisons told The Associated Press on Saturday that Kaczynski, known as the "Unabomber," has died in federal prison.

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Ted Kaczynski, known as the 'Unabomber,' has died in prison at age 81

Kaczynski, the Harvard-educated mathematician who retreated to a dingy shack in the Montana wilderness and ran a 17-year bombing campaign that killed three people and injured 23 others, died Saturday.

June 10, 2023
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  • The Associated Press
Reagan administration Interior Secretary James Watt, pictured on Dec. 23, 1980, has died at age 85.

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James Watt, sharp-tongued interior secretary under Reagan, dies at 85

The Reagan administration's sharp-tongued, pro-development interior secretary was beloved by conservatives but ran afoul of environmentalists. Watt even managed to offend Beach Boys fans.

June 09, 2023
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  • The Associated Press
Wade Goodwyn reported for NPR for three decades and was known for his deep Texas bass and keen reporting observations and sharp writing. He's pictured here at NPR headquarters in Washington, D.C., in 2018.

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Wade Goodwyn, longtime NPR correspondent, dies at age 63

Wade Goodwyn had one of public radio's most recognizable voices, but it was his rich writing and keen observations that made him a listener favorite over decades at NPR.

June 08, 2023
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  • Debbie Elliott
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