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Burying the Kirkpatrick doctrine
Former U.N. ambassador Jeane Kirkpatrick died today -- but her big idea was discredited long ago.
Scott Rosenberg Dec 8, 2006
King Kaufman's Sports Daily
Numbers -- like politicians -- don't lie: Kerry can't win in November! Plus: Remembering Ruben Gomez, whoever he was.
Jul 27, 2004
Without you
George Harrison could be surly and cantankerous, but without him the Beatles would never have been themselves.
By Stephanie Zacharek Dec 1, 2001
Gentle epitaphs for lives interrupted
The "Portraits of Grief" in the New York Times give us a chance to be loved ones to complete, and wrongfully dead, strangers.
By Jennifer Foote Sweeney Oct 12, 2001
The critic: Pauline Kael, R.I.P.
She was hard as nails. She was funny as hell. And she taught me everything I know about beauty.
By Stephanie Zacharek Sep 3, 2001
Remembering the king of zydeco
Whenever I had Boozoo on my ass I felt good.
By Christen Clifford May 16, 2001
Joey Ramone, R.I.P.
He had no voice, no looks, no chest, butt or knees. But he kicked a generation in the ass, hard.
By Bill Wyman Apr 15, 2001
"Fame at Last" by John C. Ball and Jill Jonnes
A lethally serious book tells who scores a New York Times obituary and why.
By Mike Albo Nov 29, 2000
Penelope Fitzgerald dies at 83
The award-winning author of "The Blue Flower" published her first book in 1975.
May 2, 2000
Edward Gorey
The artist-author and jocular creator of a poisonous and poetic world dies at 75.
Apr 17, 2000
Anthony Powell
In his 12-volume masterpiece, "A Dance to the Music of Time," he manipulated hundreds of characters through seven decades, creating a social history of the 20th century.
By John Perry Apr 15, 2000
Author Anthony Powell dead at 94
By AUDREY WOODS Mar 31, 2000
The decorous libertine
At the heart of Roger Vadim's films was a guiltless celebration of the pleasures of sex, love, food, sea and sun.
By Charles Taylor Mar 6, 2000
Screamin' Jay Hawkins
The high priest of voodoo jive put a spell on us with his fiery brand of psychotic rock 'n' roll.
By Whitman McGowan Feb 18, 2000
Cartoonist Charles Schulz dies at 77
"Peanuts" made its debut in 1950 and eventually ran in more than 2,600 newspapers in 75 countries.
By Mary Ann Lickteig Feb 13, 2000
Actor Jim "Ernest" Varney dies at 50
Feb 10, 2000
Ex-Attorney General for Nixon dies
Feb 3, 2000
30s, 40s film star Hedy Lamarr dies
By MIKE SCHNEIDER Jan 19, 2000
Don Martin
Remembering the Mad magazine cartoonist who created characters like Fester Bestertester and Karbuncle, yet still had the time to invent National Gorilla Suit Day.
By Steve Burgess Jan 15, 2000
Patrick O'Brian
The author of the wildly popular 18th century seagoing saga created, out of his own life, a fiction nearly as elaborate.
By Ian Williams Jan 13, 2000
MAD cartoonist Don Martin dies
The humor artist known for wacky words and sick jokes succumbs to cancer at age 68.
Jan 7, 2000
Curtis Mayfield
A brilliant songwriter, vocalist, instrumentalist, producer and arranger, he had the aphoristic grace of a natural poet who was steeped in the rhetoric of the black church.
By Jody Rosen Jan 7, 2000
Desmond Llewelyn
"Yes, I know Q is beloved," Desmond said. "But for God's sake, don't make him some kind of sentimental grandfather -- that's what I am in real life."
By Bruce Feirstein Dec 23, 1999
Country singer Hank Snow dies at 85
The rhinestone-clad music legend known for hits such as "I'm Movin' On" passes away in his Nashville home.
By JIM PATTERSON Dec 20, 1999
"Catch-22" author Joseph Heller dies at 76
"A calamity for American letters," says Kurt Vonnegut.
Dec 13, 1999
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