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December 24, 2021 at 7:56 pm

Grace Mirabella, influential Vogue editor who launched her own magazine, dies at 92

Grace Mirabella, an influential voice in fashion, who reshaped Vogue before launching a rival magazine bearing her name, has died at 92.

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December 19, 2021 at 7:14 am

Eve Babitz, who chronicled and reveled in Hollywood hedonism, dies at 78

Eve Babitz was in her teens when she declared to her mother, "I think I'm going to be an adventuress." Then she added, "Is that...

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October 9, 2021 at 2:04 pm

Raymond Odierno, Army general who helped devise Iraq War strategy, dies at 67

An imposing figure, at 6-foot-5 and 250 pounds, with a shaved head, Gen. Odierno had an affable nature and developed a strong rapport with his...

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September 13, 2021 at 5:22 pm

George Wein, Newport music festival founder and innovative promoter, dies at 95

George Wein, an impresario whose Newport jazz and folk festivals were the scenes of musical milestones, including the revival of Duke Ellington's career and Bob...

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August 24, 2021 at 10:38 am

Charlie Watts, Rolling Stones drummer and band’s rhythmic mainstay, dies at 80

Charlie Watts, the longtime drummer of the Rolling Stones who provided a steady rhythmic hand for decades behind the band's fiery leaders, Mick Jagger and...

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FILE — John Sweeney, president of the AFL-CIO, prepares to address the National Press Club in Washington, Jan. 18, 2006. Sweeney, a New York union researcher who climbed to the pinnacle of the American labor movement in the 1990s, leading the AFL-CIO for 14 years through an era of fading union membership but rising political influence, died on Feb. 1, 2021, at his home in Bethesda, Md. He was 86. (Andrew Councill/The New York Times) XNYT80 XNYT80

February 2, 2021 at 4:26 pm

John Sweeney, AFL-CIO leader who raised unions’ political clout, dies at 86

John Sweeney, a labor official who led the AFL-CIO for 14 years, expanding the union federation's national reach in politics while presiding over a steady...

January 28, 2021 at 6:40 pm

Maxine Cheshire, Post reporter and columnist with ‘the guts of a cat burglar,’ dies at 90

Maxine Cheshire applied for her first reporting job in her hometown of Harlan, Ky. "I know everything that goes on in this town," Cheshire told...

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FILE – Baseball Hall of Famer Hank Aaron smiles as he is honored with a street named after him outside CoolToday Park, the spring training baseball facility of the Atlanta Braves, in North Port, Fla., in this Tuesday, Feb. 18, 2020, file photo. Hank Aaron, who endured racist threats with stoic dignity during his pursuit of Babe Ruth but went on to break the career home run record in the pre-steroids era, died early Friday, Jan. 22, 2021. He was 86. The Atlanta Braves said Aaron died peacefully in his sleep. No cause of death was given. (Curtis Compton/Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP, File) GAATJ201 GAATJ201

January 22, 2021 at 8:42 am

Hank Aaron, baseball great who became voice for civil rights, dies at 86

The Atlanta Braves confirmed Friday morning that Hank Aaron had died. Aaron was admired as a model of steely excellence on the baseball diamond, breaking...

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December 13, 2020 at 3:16 pm

John le Carré, who lifted the spy novel to literature, dies at 89

John le Carré, a British author who drew on the enigma of his incorrigibly criminal father and his own experiences as a Cold War-era spy...

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November 20, 2020 at 10:46 am

Jan Morris, artful travel writer who broke many boundaries, dies at 94

As a young reporter, Jan Morris was on the mountainside, at 22,000 feet, when the first expedition in history reached the top of Mount Everest....

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