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News Articles: Obituaries

Horst Koehler, Personal Envoy of the Secretary General of the United Nations to the parties to the conflict in Western Sahara, arrives for a round table on Western Sahara at the European headquarters of the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, Wednesday, Dec. 05, 2018.

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  • Europe

Former German President Horst Köhler dies at 81

Köhler, a onetime head of the International Monetary Fund who became a popular German president before resigning abruptly in a flap over comments about the country's military, has died at 81.

February 01, 2025
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  • The Associated Press
English singer Marianne Faithfull in her Kensington flat in 1965.

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  • Music

Marianne Faithfull, '60s icon and evolving pop star, has died at 78

The 1964 hit "As Tears Go By," penned by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards, made her a star, but Marianne Faithfull demonstrated a remarkable ability to change with the times.

January 31, 2025
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  • Annie Zaleski
Dick Button smiles next to a painting of him while honored at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships in San Jose, Calif., Thursday, Jan. 4, 2018.

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  • Obituaries

Dick Button, Olympic great and voice of skating, dies at 95

The winner of two Olympic gold medals and five consecutive world championships, Button died Thursday in North Salem, New York, at age 95.

January 30, 2025
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  • The Associated Press
Garth Hudson performs in 2012 at the Love For Levon benefit concert in East Rutherford, N.J., a memorial tribute to his bandmate Levon Helm.

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  • Music

Garth Hudson, The Band's last founding member, dies at 87

The Canadian musician played keyboard, organ and saxophone on some of group's most memorable songs.

January 24, 2025
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  • Isabella Gomez Sarmiento
In this file photo, then-Planned Parenthood President Cecile Richards speaks during a rally opposing repeal of the Affordable Care Act outside of the Capitol Building on July 27, 2017 in Washington, DC.

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  • Obituaries

Former head of Planned Parenthood Cecile Richards has died

Cecile Richards, the longtime activist for women's rights and former head of Planned Parenthood, died Monday after battling brain cancer.

January 21, 2025
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  • Sarah McCammon
<em>Jules Feiffer at work on proof sheets from his first book,</em> Sick, Sick, Sick <em>in New York in 1958.</em>

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  • Obituaries

Jules Feiffer, Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist and playwright, dies at 95

Feiffer was best known for illustrating the children's classic "The Phantom Tollbooth." His loopy lines left a lasting mark on art, literature and film.

January 21, 2025
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  • Etelka Lehoczky
Joan Plowright has died at the age of 95. She's pictured above in 1975.

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  • Obituaries

Joan Plowright, acclaimed British actress and wife of Laurence Olivier, dies at 95

Plowright brought stage and screen characters to vibrant life for more than six decades in such works as A Taste of Honey, Tea with Mussolini and Enchanted April.

January 17, 2025
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  • Bob Mondello
Director David Lynch has died at the age of 78. He's pictured above at the Cannes Film Festival in 2017.<br>

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  • Obituaries

David Lynch, who directed off-kilter classics, dies at 78

His sinister, surreal vision of America made him a leading counterculture auteur — with movies such as Blue Velvet, Wild at Heart and Mulholland Drive, and the groundbreaking TV series Twin Peaks.

January 16, 2025
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  • Kyle Norris
Milwaukee Brewers radio announcer Bob Uecker tips his cap before a baseball game between the Brewers and the Miami Marlins on July 28, 2024, in Milwaukee.

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  • Obituaries

'Mr. Baseball' Bob Uecker, Brewers announcer and 'Major League' actor, dies at 90

Uecker was the voice of his hometown team who after a short playing career earned the moniker "Mr. Baseball" and honors from the Hall of Fame.

January 16, 2025
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  • The Associated Press
Leslie Charlson played Dr. Monica Quartermaine on <em>General Hospital. </em>She's shown above in 1982.

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  • Obituaries

Leslie Charleson, who starred on 'General Hospital' for nearly 50 years, dies at 79

Colleagues are remembering the soap opera star for her "quick wit" and presence on set. She died after a long illness.

January 13, 2025
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  • Isabella Gomez Sarmiento
Singer Sam Moore performs during the Memphis Music Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony at the Cannon Center on October 17, 2015 in Memphis, Tennessee.

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  • Obituaries

Sam Moore, who sang 'Soul Man' in Sam & Dave duo, dies at 89

Moore, the surviving half and higher voice of the 1960s duo Sam & Dave, died Friday morning in Coral Gables, Florida, due to complications while recovering from surgery, his publicist said.

January 11, 2025
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  • The Associated Press
Peter Yarrow (left) in the early 1960s with his Peter, Paul and Mary bandmates, Mary Travers and Noel Paul Stookey.

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  • Obituaries

Peter Yarrow of the folk trio Peter, Paul and Mary has died at 86

Yarrow wrote or co-wrote some of the group's biggest 1960s hits, including "Puff, the Magic Dragon" and "Day Is Done."

January 07, 2025
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  • Jeff Lunden
Jimmy Carter accepts the presidential nomination of his party at the Democratic National Convention, August 14, 1980.

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  • Pop Culture

Though best known as a politician and humanitarian, Jimmy Carter is also remembered as a film buff

Georgia’s film and TV industry can, in part, thank Carter for its booming success. 

January 07, 2025
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  • Sofi Gratas
Former far-right National Front party leader Jean-Marie Le Pen clenches his fist at the statue of Joan of Arc in Paris in 2017

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  • Europe

Jean-Marie Le Pen, French fiery far-right leader, dies at 96

Le Pen was convicted numerous times of antisemitism, discrimination and inciting racial violence. But the nativist ideas that propelled his popularity remain ascendant in today's France and beyond.

January 07, 2025
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  • The Associated Press
Writer/director Jeff Baena and actress Aubrey Plaza pose for a portrait during Sundance NEXT FEST in Los Angeles on Aug, 8, 2014.

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  • Obituaries

Film director and screenwriter Jeff Baena, husband of Aubrey Plaza, dead at 47

The co-writer of I Heart Huckabees and director of The Little Hours was found dead at a Los Angeles residence on Friday. The Los Angeles Police Department is investigating the case.

January 04, 2025
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  • Chloe Veltman
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