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 strangeness of people’s lives.
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Loretta Ford, co-founder of nurse practitioners, dies at 104
correction A previous version of this obituary gave an incorrect name of an organization of nurse practitioners. It is the American Association of Nurse Practitioners, not the American Academy of ...
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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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Marianne Faithfull, singer-songwriter and 1960s pop star, dies at 78
Marianne Faithfull, a British singer-songwriter and 1960s pop star who reinvented herself as a new-wave artist and smoky-voiced chanteuse, channeling her struggles with drug abuse and personal ...
Readers critique The Post: A most unwelcome inauguration guest
Every week, The Post runs a collection of letters of readers’ grievances — pointing out grammatical mistakes, missing ...
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Mauro Morandi, ‘Robinson Crusoe’ of remote Italian island, dies at 85
Mauro Morandi was born in Modena on Feb. 12, 1939, the New York Times reported in an obituary. He described himself to CNN as a “rebellious child” and said that he ran away from home for the ...
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Myra Sklarew, meditative poet and writing teacher, dies at 90
Ms. Sklarew prepared for her death by writing her own obituary in 2015, referring to herself in the third person. The obit, which ran in The Washington Post with additions from her family ...
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André Soltner, chef whose Lutèce became pacesetter, dies at 92
An earlier version of this obituary incorrectly reported that André Soltner's restaurant, Lutèce, received a Michelin star. The obituary has been corrected. André Soltner, the Alsatian-born ...
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Charles Phan, evangelist for modern Vietnamese cuisine, dies at 62
I was 13,” Mr. Phan recalled in a 2017 interview with The Washington Post. “My childhood ended that day.” The family lived in a refugee camp before coming to San Francisco in 1977 ...
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Anita Bryant, pitchwoman who crusaded against gay rights, dies at 84
She was 84. Her death was announced on Jan. 9 in an obituary her family placed in the Oklahoman newspaper. They did not cite a cause. Ms. Bryant enjoyed a successful career in show business before ...
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John Countryman, child actor who became diplomat, dies at 91
John Countryman, a prolific Hollywood child actor of the 1930s and ’40s who worked under the name Johnny Russell and then built a long career as a U.S. diplomat in North Africa, the Middle East ...