Novelist Carlos Fuentes dies at 83
Carlos Fuentes, the politically engaged Mexican novelist who stood at the forefront of Latin American letters, died Tuesday in Mexico.
Peter David, Washington bureau chief of the Economist, dies
Journalist Peter David dies at age 60 near Charlottesville.
Mike McGrady, who organized best-selling sex spoof, dies at age 78
Mike McGrady, who organized Newsday journalists in penning best-selling sex spoof, “Naked Came the Stranger,” dies at 78.
Harold ‘Red’ Poling, ex-Ford Motor executive, dies at 86
Harold A. “Red” Poling, former Ford Motor chairman and chief executive officer who helped lead the automaker through two recessions, died May 12 at his home in Pacific Grove, Calif. He was 86.
Donald ‘Duck’ Dunn, bassist for Booker T and the MGs and others, dies
Donald “Duck” Dunn, the bass guitarist whose rhythms helped define the Memphis soul sound of Stax Records and graced recordings by Otis Redding, Wilson Pickett and others, has died.
C. David Heymann, controversial best-selling biographer of famous people
C. David Heymann, a best-selling biographer whose titillating accounts of famous lives often were criticized as inaccurate or dishonest, died May 9 at 67.
Local Obituaries
- Frances MacMaugh Smelser, secretary and homemaker, dies at 99 in Olney
- Lloyd K. Johnson, science education expert
- Trung Binh Ha, poet
- Dortha Lea Tripp, Kennedy Center docent
- Rodney Lay, electrical engineer
- Robert M. Smalley, ambassador
- Vincent M. O’Brien, Jesuit priest
- John M. Martin Jr., Ways and Means Committee counsel
- William Kushlis, Foreign Service officer
- Peter K. Cullins, Navy rear admiral
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Those remembered and those forgot
Seventy years ago, a group of Americans stationed on a tiny island in the Pacific came under attack from Japanese fighter planes and bombers.
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Author Maurice Sendak dies at 83
Author used children’s literature to address the psychological intensity of growing up.
Charles W. Colson dies
Nixon political operative went on to found a worldwide prison fellowship ministry.
Dick Clark, ‘American Bandstand’ legend, dies at 82
Legendary television host died after a massive heart attack.
Journalist Mike Wallace dead at 93
Mike Wallace, whose prosecutorial style transformed television journalism died April 7.
D.C.-born artist Elizabeth Catlett dies
The sculptor and printmaker wanted her art to help black people. Catlett was 96.
Anthony Shadid dies
Shadid was a foreign correspondent for the New York Times and formerly with The Washington Post.
