- Matt Schudel
- Reporter
Matt Schudel has been an obituary writer at The Washington Post since 2004. He grew up on a farm in Nebraska and attended country school. He has degrees in English from the University of Nebraska and the University of Virginia. He worked for a now-defunct book division of U.S. News & World Report and was a copy editor for The Washington Post for two years before moving on to journalism jobs in Raleigh, N.C., New York City and Fort Lauderdale, Fla. He has been a feature writer, magazine writer, jazz critic and art critic and has covered everything from murder cases to the space program to wild armadillos. He is the author of a photo-biography of Muhammad Ali’s years in Miami. He enjoys obituaries because there is nothing more interesting than people’s lives.
Otis G. Clark, survivor of 1921 Tulsa race riot, dies at 109
Otis G. Clark, who survived deadly Tulsa race riot of 1921 and then became a Hollywood butler and evangelist, dies at 109.
Veteran took to writing out of boredom
Paul Fussell, author of ‘The Great War and Modern Memory,’ who was a literary scholar and curmudgeonly essayist, dies at 88
Author Henry Danker dies at 99
The prolific playwright and novelist, who wrote and produced “The Greatest Story Ever Told” for radio in the 1940s and 1950s, dies at 99.
Archie Peck, croquet champion
Archie Peck, the Babe Ruth of croquet, who won seven national championships in his sport, dies at 76.
- James Abdnor, GOP congressman and senator from South Dakota, dies at 89
- Mike McGrady, journalist and leader of ‘Naked Came the Stranger’ spoof, dies
- Carroll Shelby, driver and designer of high-speed sports cars, dies at 89
- Roman Totenberg, violin master and renowned teacher, dies at 101
- Albert Falco, diver and ship captain for Jacques Cousteau, dies at 84
- Louis Armstrong’s memorable National Press Club performance to be rereleased
- Bert Weedon, British guitarist whose how-to guide taught rock-and-roll royalty, dies at 91
- Dora Saint, who wrote English village novels as ‘Miss Read,’ dies at 98
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