South Africa's giant playwright Athol Fugard, whose searing works challenged apartheid, dies aged 92
Athol Fugard, South Africa’s foremost dramatist who explored the pervasiveness of apartheid in such searing works as “The ...
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Roy Prosterman, who fought poverty through land rights, dies at 89
Roy L. Prosterman, a lawyer who abandoned a lucrative corporate practice in the 1960s and dedicated the rest of his life to a campaign against global poverty, founding and leading a ...
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Lincoln Díaz-Balart, congressman who fought Castro regime, dies at 70
He kept a framed photo of Nicaraguan immigrants lifting him into the air after the bill passed, once telling The Washington Post that it was “the most emotionally impactful moment” of his ...
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Laura Sessions Stepp, writer who explored adolescent life, dies at 73
Laura Sessions Stepp, a former Washington Post journalist who sensitively explored the inner lives of adolescents and wrote a best-selling book examining the consequences of “hookup culture ...
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Shirley Duncan, whose wanderlust led her around the world, dies at 99
“Who’s interested in London, Paris or the Leaning Tower of Pisa?” Ms. Duncan had remarked to The Washington Post in 1968 in an off-the-cuff statement of her credo. “Everybody’s been ...
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Jack Vettriano, artist of enigmatic ‘The Singing Butler,’ dies at 73
Jack Vettriano, a onetime coal mine apprentice who taught himself to paint and became one of Britain’s most commercially successful artists with works such as “The Singing Butler” that ...
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Matt Schudel has been an obituary writer at The Washington Post since 2004. He previously worked for publications in Washington, New York, North Carolina and Florida. In addition to writing ...
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Gene Hackman, actor who dazzled in spectrum of Everyman roles, dies at 95
Officers suspected that Mr. Hackman may have “suddenly fallen,” according to an affidavit obtained by The Washington Post. A 6-foot-2 former Marine, Mr. Hackman was an imposing man with a ...