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Tag: Deaths (Obituaries)
Desmond Tutu, Whose Voice Helped Slay Apartheid, Dies at 90
His words seemed prophetic when, in 2016, an alliance of religious leaders in South Africa joined other critics in urging…
Joan Didion, ‘New Journalist’ Who Explored Culture and Chaos, Dies at 87
Joan Didion, whose mordant dispatches on California culture and the chaos of the 1960s established her as a leading exponent…
Carlos Tejada, Deputy Asia Editor for The New York Times, Dies at 49
“Carlos always pushed me and other journalists to do more stories that showed the human side of China,” Ms. Yuan…
Johnny Isakson, Longtime Senator From Georgia, Is Dead at 76
Johnny Isakson, a Georgia Republican who succeeded Newt Gingrich in the House of Representatives, and in 15 years in the…
bell hooks, Pathbreaking Black Feminist, Dies at 69
“I think of bell hooks as being pivotal to an entire generation of Black feminists who saw that for the…
Masayuki Uemura, 78, Dies; Designed the First Nintendo Console
TOKYO — Masayuki Uemura, an engineer who developed the Nintendo Entertainment System, which helped start a global revolution in home…