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NYT staff writer. Natl Mag Award finalist. New Yorker, Esquire, etc. Writing book @penguinrandom || ⚾️ Ex-baseball coach || Nova (Fla.) HS baseball HOF 1992 ||

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Colman McCarthy, Journalist Who Waged Peace in the Classroom, Dies at 87

“From his personal choices to political ones, he was a steady and relentless force for good,” the singer Joan Baez, a friend and admirer, said in an interview. “He never veered from the path of nonviolence.” www.nytimes.com/2026/03/09/b...

09.03.2026 16:32 👍 80 🔁 11 💬 1 📌 6
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Rose Lesniak, Poet Who Rescued Children and Trained Dogs, Dies at 70

“You know how they say somebody lights up the room?” the poet Bob Holman said. “Rose was actually the lightbulb. Being with her was like living on another planet. It was the Planet Rose.” www.nytimes.com/2026/02/26/b...

26.02.2026 17:20 👍 40 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 1
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Susan Sheehan, Chronicler of Lives on the Margins, Dies at 88

A brilliant journalist whose unadorned prose neatly told the stories of those with incredibly difficult lives. Also, she helped her husband, Neil, photocopy the files that became known as The Pentagon Papers. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/22/b...

23.02.2026 22:20 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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Alfred Blumstein, Who Transformed the Study of Crime, Dies at 95

He used mathematical models to reveal the systemic patterns of crime, fundamentally reshaping a field that had long relied on anecdotal evidence and sociological theory. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/14/science/alfred-blumstein-dead.html?unlocked_article_code=1.MVA.Glr4.HmDydtNF8zxr&smid=bs-share

15.02.2026 22:25 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Virginia Oliver, Maine’s ‘Lobster Lady’ and Folk Hero, Dies at 105

On the frigid and crustacean-filled waters of Penobscot Bay, Mrs. Oliver was known as the Lobster Lady. She was a folk hero to Mainers — an enduring, if fading, emblem of the state’s hardy, matter-of-fact work ethic. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/03/b...

03.02.2026 23:16 👍 273 🔁 49 💬 5 📌 3
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Gladys West, Unsung Figure in Development of GPS, Dies at 95

She was almost 90 before she received any recognition for her work. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/27/s...

27.01.2026 23:20 👍 309 🔁 99 💬 2 📌 2
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Weight-Loss Drugs Could Save U.S. Airlines $580 Million Per Year

Weight-Loss Drugs Could Save U.S. Airlines $580 Million Per Year www.nytimes.com/2026/01/19/t...

21.01.2026 19:05 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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David Rosen, 95, Dies; Video Game Visionary and Co-Founder of Sega

David Rosen, the co-founder of Sega and a principal figure of my happiness in college, has died. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/20/b...

20.01.2026 20:44 👍 81 🔁 22 💬 2 📌 1
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Hessy Levinsons Taft, Jewish Baby on Cover of Nazi Magazine, Dies at 91

In Nazi Germany, Goebbels picked an infant picture for a magazine cover to show the ideal Aryan baby. The only hitch? The baby was Jewish. Hessy Levinsons Taft's amazing story by @mikerosenwald.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2026/01/09/w...

10.01.2026 02:20 👍 1052 🔁 248 💬 25 📌 10
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Hessy Levinsons Taft, Jewish Baby on Cover of Nazi Magazine, Dies at 91

Without her parents’ knowledge, her portrait was entered as a prank in a contest in 1935 to represent the ideal Aryan infant — and she won. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/09/w...

09.01.2026 22:53 👍 171 🔁 42 💬 6 📌 4
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Janet Fish, Painter of Luminous Still Lifes, Dies at 87

She stubbornly refused to follow popular artistic trends. Instead, she spent decades exploring the effects of light on glass. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/01/a...

01.01.2026 19:44 👍 76 🔁 15 💬 0 📌 1

89 days until Opening Day

26.12.2025 17:50 👍 28 🔁 8 💬 0 📌 0
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John Carey, Literary Eminence Who Excoriated Snobbery, Dies at 91

An Oxford professor and renowned critic, he was pugnacious, fearless and disdainful of the received wisdom of his intellectual milieu. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/25/b...

25.12.2025 20:18 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Theodor Pistek, Oscar-Winning ‘Amadeus’ Costume Designer, Dies at 93

Race car driver, painter, costume designer. A remarkable life. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/19/m...

19.12.2025 19:23 👍 117 🔁 12 💬 2 📌 1
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Robert Samuelson, Award-Winning Economics Columnist, Dies at 79

He was a familiar byline in Newsweek and The Washington Post for decades, explaining the intricacies of economic policy in reader-friendly vernacular. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/15/b...

16.12.2025 00:34 👍 125 🔁 19 💬 2 📌 0
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Chocolate-Chip Banana Bread Recipe This recipe uses four bananas, which is more than is typical for a single loaf The natural sugars from the ripe, brown bananas keep the bread incredibly moist for up to one week, even sliced The high moisture of the batter can make it tricky to determine doneness, so take care not to underbake the the loaf

"We've eaten it for breakfast. We've eaten it for dessert. No matter how I make it or when we eat it, it's heavenly."

11.12.2025 23:50 👍 50 🔁 5 💬 5 📌 1
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George Altman, Slugger in Negro Leagues, M.L.B. and Japan, Dies at 92

The first player to hit two home runs in a game off Sandy Koufax #Cubs #MLB www.nytimes.com/2025/12/10/s...

11.12.2025 04:25 👍 89 🔁 22 💬 3 📌 1
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Erik Bulatov, Russian Painter Who Undermined Soviet Propaganda, Dies at 92

For years he lived a double life, secretly making anti-Communist paintings. He found fame in the late 1980s, once his work was shown outside the Soviet Union. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/a...

06.12.2025 18:01 👍 55 🔁 11 💬 0 📌 0
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Erik Bulatov, Russian Painter Who Undermined Soviet Propaganda, Dies at 92

For years he lived a double life, secretly making anti-Communist paintings. He found fame in the late 1980s, once his work was shown outside the Soviet Union. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/a...

06.12.2025 18:01 👍 55 🔁 11 💬 0 📌 0
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Erik Bulatov, Russian Painter Who Undermined Soviet Propaganda, Dies at 92

Erik Bulatov, Russian Painter Who Undermined Soviet Propaganda, Dies at 92 www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/a...

05.12.2025 21:02 👍 3 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
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Stephen Anderson, Linguist Who Refuted Doctor Dolittle, Dies at 82

“Every animal has a trick,” Professor Anderson said. “Language is our trick.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/20/s...

20.11.2025 20:05 👍 59 🔁 6 💬 0 📌 2
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William Rataczak, Co-Pilot of Flight Hijacked by D.B. Cooper, Dies at 86

As one of the most riveting unsolved crimes in American history, the audacious incident inspired decades of conspiracy theories, prompted scores of amateur sleuths to chase down leads and turned Mr. Cooper into an unlikely folk hero www.nytimes.com/2025/11/12/u...

12.11.2025 23:28 👍 59 🔁 12 💬 0 📌 2
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John Cleary, Wounded in Kent State Shooting, Dies at 74 A photo of him lying on the ground and bleeding made the cover of Life magazine after the 1970 shooting.

John Cleary, who was shot in the chest by Ohio National Guard troops during an antiwar protest at Kent State University in 1970, a moment captured in a Life magazine cover photo, died last month. He was 74.

07.11.2025 18:20 👍 217 🔁 76 💬 22 📌 8
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John Cleary, Wounded in Kent State Shooting, Dies at 74

A shocking moment in American history. This photo appeared on the cover of Life magazine. The wounded man on the ground recently died. Here is his obituary. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/u...

07.11.2025 16:52 👍 162 🔁 43 💬 15 📌 3
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Patricia Crowther, Who Brought Witchcraft Out of the Shadows, Dies at 97

She promoted an image of witches as benevolent and spiritual, trailblazers in the feminism movement. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/30/s...

30.10.2025 18:08 👍 72 🔁 23 💬 5 📌 2
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Ruth A. Lawrence, Doctor Who Championed Breastfeeding, Is Dead at 101

As a pediatrician, she helped elevate breastfeeding from a medical afterthought to a specialty of its own. As a mother of nine, she practiced what she preached www.nytimes.com/2025/10/23/h...

23.10.2025 22:54 👍 176 🔁 32 💬 1 📌 9
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Ruth A. Lawrence, Doctor Who Championed Breastfeeding, Is Dead at 101

Ruth A. Lawrence, Doctor Who Championed Breastfeeding, Is Dead at 101 www.nytimes.com/2025/10/23/h...

23.10.2025 19:55 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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Derek Rose, Impeccable Purveyor of Luxury Pajamas, Dies at 93

Made with colorful, high-end silks and cottons, Mr. Rose’s pajamas were a lot like the bespoke suits stitched on Savile Row in London — elegant, impeccable, pricey — except they were rarely seen beyond the bedroom. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/15/s...

15.10.2025 19:46 👍 28 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 2
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Derek Rose, Impeccable Purveyor of Luxury Pajamas, Dies at 93

Made with colorful, high-end silks and cottons, Mr. Rose’s pajamas were a lot like the bespoke suits stitched on Savile Row in London — elegant, impeccable, pricey — except they were rarely seen beyond the bedroom. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/15/s...

15.10.2025 19:46 👍 28 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 2
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Jonathan Lear, Philosopher Who Embraced Freud, Dies at 76

Defying scholarly norms, he took a hands-on approach to research. To study resilience, he visited the Crow Nation; to explore Freudian theory, he became a psychoanalyst. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/b...

08.10.2025 19:21 👍 48 🔁 4 💬 16 📌 0