Obituaries
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Put Potato Chips on Your Potato Tart
And supersize your almond croissant.
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In 2023, a Host of Consequential, and Very Long, Lives Lost
Life expectancy averages may be falling, but you might not have been able to tell that from reading the obituaries…
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Herbert Kohl, Former Wisconsin Senator and Milwaukee Bucks Owner, Dies at 88
A member of the family that founded Kohl’s department stores, he guarded federal budgets as a U.S. senator while spending…
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Pope.L, Provocative Performance Artist, Dies at 68
He is best known for crawling along the entirety of Broadway in Manhattan wearing a Superman costume, a work that…
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Jacques Delors, Passionate Architect of European Unity, Dies at 98
As the executive of the European Union for a decade, he oversaw its increasing economic integration and led the drive…
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Jiang Ping, the ‘Conscience of China’s Legal World,’ Dies at 92
Mr. Jiang was removed from his university presidency after supporting pro-democracy protesters at Tiananmen Square. He remained a relentless advocate…
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Gaston Glock, Inventor of the Gun That Bears His Name, Dies at 94
A reclusive Austrian billionaire, he created the handgun worn by two-thirds of America’s police officers and the security forces of…
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Tom Smothers, Comic Half of the Smothers Brothers, Dies at 86
Though he played a naïve buffoon onstage, he was the driving force behind the folk-singing duo’s groundbreaking TV show.
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Wolfgang Schäuble, German Politician Who Helped Forge European Unity, Dies at 81
A key figure in the reunification of East and West Germany, he was a strict fiscal hawk as finance minister…
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Zita Carno, Concert Pianist, Coltrane Scholar and More, Dies at 88
A veteran of 25 years with the Los Angeles Philharmonic, she was known as much for her eccentricities as for…