RIP Betty White

 

E.O. Wilson, famed entomologist and pioneer in the field of sociobiology, dies at 92

Pioneering biologist, environmental activist and Pulitzer Prize-winning author Edward O. Wilson has died. He was 92.

The influential and sometimes controversial Harvard professor first made his name studying ants — he was often known as "the ant man." But he later broadened his scope to the intersection between human behavior and genetics, creating the field of sociobiology in the process. He died on Sunday in Burlington, Mass., the E.O. Wilson Biodiversity Foundation said in an announcement on its website.

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Desmond Tutu: South Africa anti-apartheid hero dies aged 90

Archbishop Desmond Tutu, the Nobel Peace prize laureate who helped end apartheid in South Africa, has died aged 90.

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Joan Didion obituary

Detached observer of American society and political life through her collections of journalism, novels and screenwriting

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R.I.P. Mensi

singer for Angelic Upstarts

 

FW de Klerk: South Africa's former president dies at 85

FW de Klerk, the former president of South Africa and the last white person to lead the country, has died at the age of 85.

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Melvin Van Peebles, Influential Director, Actor and Writer, Dies at 89

Melvin Van Peebles, the groundbreaking filmmaker behind “Sweet Sweetback’s Baadassss Song,” and father of director and actor Mario Van Peebles, has died. He was 89.

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Richard H Kirk, founding member of Cabaret Voltaire, dies aged 65

Influential member of experimental Sheffield band, known for their provocative performances, also maintained a prolific solo career

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Abimael Guzmán, Leader Of Shining Path Insurgency In Peru, Dies At 86

LIMA, Peru — Abimael Guzmán, the leader of the brutal Shining Path insurgency in Peru who was captured in 1992, died on Saturday in a military hospital after an illness, the Peruvian government said.

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Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry, 1936-2021: eccentric, brilliant dub legend who heard what we couldn’t

The hugely influential, legendarily idiosyncratic and vastly quotable music icon has sadly died at the age of 85. RIP

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Can a Book Kill You?

 

literary discussion by Plagued by Visions

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Donald H. Rumsfeld, Defense Secretary During Iraq War, Is Dead at 88

Mr. Rumsfeld, who served four presidents, oversaw a war that many said should never have been fought. But he said the removal of Saddam Hussein had “created a more stable and secure world.”

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Jon Hassell, Avant-Garde Composer and Trumpet Player, Dead at 84

“Fourth World” explorer collaborated with Brian Eno, Talking Heads, Peter Gabriel and Ry Cooder

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Tempest Storm, legendary burlesque star, dies at 93

Tempest Storm, the legendary burlesque star who blazed a trail for strip-tease artists for more than a half-century, has died. She was 93.

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Monte Hellman, Cult Director of ‘Two-Lane Blacktop,’ Dead at 91

Ride in the Whirlwind and The Shooting filmmaker dies after fall in his home

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Larry Flynt, ‘Hustler’ Founder and First Amendment Activist, Dead at 78

His famed legal battles — which he took to the Supreme Court — are memorialized in the 1996 film ‘The People Versus Larry Flynt’

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Phil Spector, Famed ‘Wall of Sound’ Producer Convicted of Murder, Dead at 81

Revolutionary producer behind some of pop music’s most enduring songs dies from natural causes while serving prison sentence

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New York Dolls Guitarist Sylvain Sylvain Dead at 69

R.I.P. Sylvain Sylvain

“His role in the band was as lynchpin, keeping the revolving satellites of his bandmates in precision,” Lenny Kaye writes of pioneering musician who had been battling cancer

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R.I.P. Harold Budd

R.I.P. Harold Budd

ambient musician

1936 - 2020

 

Pilot Chuck Yeager Dies At 97, Had 'The Right Stuff' And Then Some

One of the world's most famous aviators has died: Chuck Yeager — best known as the first to break the sound barrier — died at the age of 97.

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