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"Obituaries, really, are summations of lives — of people," said William McDonald, the Obituaries editor.
Overlooked obituaries: For Black History Month, our Overlooked series is focusing on prominent black men and women who didn't receive obituaries in The Times when they died.
In celebration of International Women's Day on Thursday, the paper published a series of obituaries for famous women who should've received obituaries on its pages when they died, but didn't.
For those still unidentifiable, we were left to estimate the male-female ratio after rereading many of the obituaries one by one, though we still have not done so for every year's obituaries.
"Since I've been doing this job, for 10 years, we've never used this many obituaries," Nick Serpell, the BBC's obituary editor, said in a recent telephone interview, referring to obituaries written in advance.
Our obituaries editor chronicles the heartbreak of an Iraqi archaeologist.
OBITUARIES Because of an editing error, an obituary on Aug.
OBITUARIES An obituary in some editions on Friday about Gen.
I've since read the obituaries of many of my patients.
On average, we publish obituaries on about three of them.
Trade retaliation, murmurs of dissent in China and overlooked obituaries.
We want unambiguous superheroes, easy obituaries, stories with tidy morals.
Obituaries posted online said Jesse, like his father, loved history.
Here are our obituaries of Ms. Spade and Mr. Bourdain.
Obituaries ___ Are there many subspecies of tiger, or only two?
There are more than a million paid obituaries created annually.
He was bald, as all of those obituaries prominently noted.
"Obituaries are one of the best things out there," Holes said.
Obituaries are not the place for that kind of … SR: Information.
Obituaries are meant to praise the dead and comfort the living.
However, they also accept obituaries, memorial cards and other similar documentation.
Advances are what we call these obituaries written in, well, advance.
Obituaries heralded him as one of the heroes of those negotiations.
More than 200,000 obituaries have appeared in The Times since 1851.
Learning these facts from Brookner's obituaries in 2016, I was intrigued.
Obituaries in The Times have been long dominated by white men.
Legacy claims to publish 1 in every 3 obituaries in America.
They won't have obituaries that run in newspapers like this one.
"We don't do it routinely," explained William McDonald, editor for obituaries.
For the obituaries desk, though, it's all part of the routine.
Use this form to nominate a candidate for future Overlooked obituaries.
Every morning, with her cup of coffee, she reads the obituaries.
Linnea Crowther is the author of celebrity obituaries for the site Legacy.com.
Lately, I have pangs of fear in anticipation of certain octogenarians' obituaries.
Below, our heartfelt obituaries to all the tech that died in 2018.
That's one thing that distinguishes writing obituaries from anything else in journalism.
The obituaries have been published in a recurring feature in the paper.
Several of his obituaries written in advance have yet to be published.
Below are the most-read obituaries of 2016, in order of readership.
Obituaries appeared in all of those publications as well as many others.
A number of obituaries highlighting her achievements appeared in the Western press.
Some newspapers, recognizing the need to start charging for obituaries, started condensing death notices a few years ago down to just a very few short words for free, with the hopes that people would pay extra for fuller obituaries.
In journalism and polling, premature obituaries of Trump have been one common problem.
At the beginning of this decade, obituaries poured forth for the romantic comedy.
The movie is structured around individual deaths and the obituaries that followed them.
A practice harder to quantify is the omission of sexual orientation in obituaries.
The paper has since published obituaries of notable women in its "Overlooked" section.
She's the latest in our series of obituaries that The Times originally overlooked.
Here's what we learned: We can shelve the New England obituaries for now.
Our editor explained why most obituaries we publish are still of white men.
Obituaries ____ Maureen Dowd sits down with Fox Mulder, um, I mean David Duchovny.
Students will need to refer to the Obituaries section to find their subjects.
OBITUARIES An obituary on Monday about the photographer Michael Wolf misstated his age.
TV executives hope that's a sign that obituaries for their industry remain premature.
News Analysis Mr. Roberts is an obituaries reporter at The New York Times.
Like many obituaries, the one for Mr. Lewis's was prepared well in advance.
It is, after all, some distance from the obituaries, and priorities are priorities.
"It's not Tom," said the obituaries editor, William McDonald, reading the company's statement.
The most gushing obituaries for Motorola have been written by Russian tabloid reporters.
His family reported the death on Facebook, but few if any obituaries followed.
OBITUARIES An obituary on Monday about the conservationist Bud Lilly omitted several survivors.
Every day, I scan the obituaries to see why or how people die.
More recently, I had begun to clip mentions of it from the obituaries.
He would have died to see the obituaries calling him an "experimental" filmmaker.
Overlooked obituaries: Mitsuye Endo was the lead plaintiff in a Supreme Court case that successfully challenged mass internment of American citizens during World War II. She's the latest entry in our series about people who didn't receive obituaries in The Times.
The victims were identified by the paper in obituaries published later in the day.
She taught me to read the newspaper every day, particularly the editorials and obituaries.
People submit obituaries to the local paper, and the paper sends them to Legacy.
This past month has been a time of obituaries for unsuccessful Republican presidential bids.
"You won't find it in obituaries, because people are still hiding out," Trish said.
OBITUARIES An obituary on Monday and in some editions on Sunday about the Rev.
Trump's political obituaries will celebrate the role of the press in his final humiliation.
The obituaries were respectful, and Abraham Lincoln's eldest son was one of his pallbearers.
Obituaries written by journalists have been better about at least not including such euphemisms.
Since 19973, obituaries in The New York Times have been dominated by white men.
Since 21894, obituaries in The New York Times have been dominated by white men.
Since 225, obituaries in The New York Times have been dominated by white men.
Since 21985, obituaries in The New York Times have been dominated by white men.
Since 22016, obituaries in The New York Times have been dominated by white men.
Since 21950, obituaries in The New York Times have been dominated by white men.
Obituaries varied widely in length and selection criteria over the course of different eras.
These extraordinary women, and so many others, did not get New York Times obituaries.
Since 1851, obituaries in The New York Times have been dominated by white men.
Since 23, obituaries in The New York Times have been dominated by white men.
Since 21967, obituaries in The New York Times have been dominated by white men.
Since 19333, obituaries in The New York Times have been dominated by white men.
Since 21944, obituaries in The New York Times have been dominated by white men.
Three years ago, pundits were writing obituaries for the conference in its signature sport.
Since 21912, obituaries in The New York Times have been dominated by white men.
Since 171, obituaries in The New York Times have been dominated by white men.
Since 250, obituaries in The New York Times have been dominated by white men.
Since 19, obituaries in The New York Times have been dominated by white men.
Obituaries The critics used to hate him, but he worked in defiance of them.
Since 218, obituaries in The New York Times have been dominated by white men.
Since 22, obituaries in The New York Times have been dominated by white men.
Go deeper: The fight over small-town TV Obituaries help keep local newspapers afloat
OBITUARIES An obituary on Thursday about the fashion designer Sophia Kokosalaki misstated her age.
Some obituaries of Claiborne in 2000 — though not The Times's — left out his gayness.
The obituaries pages are often a favorite target because they tend to skew male.
In 2015, 31 obituaries ran on the front page compared with 29 in 2016.
Since 21880, obituaries in The New York Times have been dominated by white men.
Since 220, obituaries in The New York Times have been dominated by white men.
Here is a sampling of such legacies from obituaries that appeared in recent days.
Below, Gould talks influential artists, funny obituaries, and grief as an expression of life.
Normally obituaries paint a solemn take on a person's life with little flair or humor.
I'm in Manhattan or at my house in Long Island, I read obituaries looking for
Then, there's another set of obituaries this week: Apple nano, Adobe Flash, and Microsoft Paint.
But on Thursday, the bears' pessimism turned out to be overblown, and the obituaries, preemptive.
OBITUARIES An obituary on Wednesday about the actress Madeleine Sherwood misstated the day she died.
Many of his obituaries blurred his darker political proclivities in a haze of friendly nostalgia.
Other than legal notices and obituaries, there just really isn't much content in it anymore.
Google searches for his name yield few results except obituaries from his death in 2015.
Unlike the rest of the newsroom, the obituaries desk covers the past, not the present.
The first year of our indexing, 19703, three of the 21970 obituaries were of women.
The Overlooked project will continue to add overdue obituaries to The Times's pages each week.
OBITUARIES An obituary on Thursday about the physicist Joseph Polchinski misstated the day he died.
In the digital age, the printed book has experienced more than its share of obituaries.
OBITUARIES An obituary on Monday about the neuroscientist Paul Greengard referred imprecisely to his research.
"It was, in some sense, a developing obituary," said William McDonald, The Times's obituaries editor.
It now ends with most of us getting turned into dust and obituaries posted online.
Here is a sampling of obituaries from recent weeks showcasing the legacies of visual artists.
Here is a sampling of obituaries from recent weeks showcasing the legacies of creative people.
The documentary also goes where the obituaries didn't, describing him as an exuberantly gay man.
He had a speaking engagement (about obituaries, ominously enough), and egged me on to ski.
They depend on it to hear local grain prices, livestock cost fluctuations, and even obituaries.
In one new song, "50,000," you're reading rock star obituaries and thinking about stadium shows.
But he needs a clear win or close second in Nevada to avoid the obituaries.
More on this... New York woman, 26, used obituaries to rob families during funerals, police say Opioid addiction crisis spurs brutal candor in obituaries New Jersey man's wife, girlfriend place side-by-side obituaries in newspaper "I've tried to 'forgive and forget,' but I cannot close the memories of her foul and hateful words and many evil gestures she inflicted upon her children or anyone who tried to protect them," Reddick wrote.
Journalists don't make their bones in media by writing obituaries for the Kansas City Star anymore.
EACH week, our obituaries editor captures the essence of a life in fewer than 1,000 words.
WHEN AUDREY HEPBURN died in 1993, newspapers' obituaries often mentioned the unusual lilt of her voice.
I hope a day will come when I don't check the local obituaries for his name.
EACH WEEK, our obituaries editor captures the essence of a life in fewer than 1,000 words.
So Bastian's work continued, with late nights scanning a variety of online databases, articles and obituaries.
It has become a regular feature in NYT's obituaries section, with new profiles added each week.
Not surprisingly, Saudi Arabia's many critics have dusted off their obituaries of the House of Saud.
"It's certainly way too early to start writing the obituaries on the Trump presidency," he says.
A search of recent obituaries shows a level of dissatisfaction with both of the current candidates.
OBITUARIES An obituary on Thursday about the photographer Charles Gatewood misstated the date of his death.
She's the subject of the latest in our series of obituaries that The Times originally overlooked.
These extraordinary people — and so many others — did not have obituaries in The New York Times.
These extraordinary women — and so many others — did not have obituaries in The New York Times.
Student Opinion Since 1851, obituaries in The New York Times have been dominated by white men.
The Overlooked project invites readers to use this form to submit suggestions for future Overlooked obituaries.
OBITUARIES An obituary on Friday about the runner Lindy Remigino misstated the cause of his death.
The average revenue per obituary in small and medium-sized obituaries tends to be around $318.
A woman answering the phone at Conner & Koch said the obituaries came from the Betts family.
Two other people whose names were in the files had since passed away, according to obituaries.
He's the latest entry in our series about people who didn't receive obituaries in The Times.
OBITUARIES An obituary on Saturday, about the performance artist Vito Acconci, misstated his date of birth.
Articles and obituaries about the players of the era focused on their college and pro exploits.
Obituaries for people with opioid addictions, Resmer said, rarely mention their struggles or the opioid crisis.
Phyllis Schlafly's obituaries were windows on the roots of the right wing's ascension in American politics.
Most of the lawmakers involved in this struggle wrote the first lines of their obituaries today.
In January 2016, 25 obituaries appeared on the front page, the most of any single month.
Has Mr. Osborne not been reading the obituaries for the trade he is about to join?
These remarkable black men and women never received obituaries in The New York Times — until now.
Some gems from the life's work of people remembered in obituaries in The New York Times.
Euphemistic language like "lost a battle with" a given health condition in obituaries even more frustrating.
OBITUARIES An obituary on Saturday about the author Umberto Eco referred to his novel "Foucault's Pendulum" incorrectly.
Mothers crying, parents writing obituaries that frankly state that their sons and daughters died from heroin overdoses.
They line the ocean floor without gravestones or obituaries, except for the ones you decide to write.
While there are many obituaries older than this one, Blumell said this one is still incredibly unique.
OBITUARIES An obituary on Thursday about the clothier Wilkes Bashford misspelled the given name of his father.
Another wave of political obituaries for her are today consigned to the filing cabinet, for another day.
And that his legacy is much more complicated, and even ugly, than some of the obituaries suggest.
OBITUARIES An obituary on Monday about the baritone saxophonist Joe Temperley omitted the name of a survivor.
Fresh bitcoin obituaries are published almost daily, just like the hundreds more written across previous market cycles.
Even when principal figures in the case died, years later, their obituaries made no mention of it.
At the same time, modernism failed to expire, despite the many obituaries that were written for it.
Read an essay from our obituaries editor and learn more about how the project came to be.
In the two decades after 1936, many more obituaries appeared in the index, about 10,000 each year.
"Overlooked," which we're introducing today, shares the stories of women who never received obituaries in our newspaper.
Although it is disappointing, I wasn't surprised that she and many others weren't given obituaries until now.
Obituaries ____ So far in 2018, our reporter David Gelles has hardly touched paper money or metal coins.
OBITUARIES An obituary on June 2 about the art dealer Virginia Zabriskie misstated her mother's original surname.
They had glamorous obituaries compared to this man, who dedicated his life to serving and helping others.
The fliers would become mini obituaries, with the names of the firms and floors where they worked.
OBITUARIES An obituary on Tuesday about Paul G. Allen, a founder of Microsoft, misspelled his middle name.
OBITUARIES An obituary on Wednesday about the arms trader Adnan Khashoggi overstated his wealth in the 1980s.
Obituaries ____ Hamilton College knew that one of its students was in deep distress before he killed himself.
Since 21960, many remarkable black men and women did not receive obituaries in The New York Times.
Since 21979, many remarkable black men and women did not receive obituaries in The New York Times.
Since 219, many remarkable black men and women did not receive obituaries in The New York Times.
OBITUARIES A picture on Thursday with an obituary about the author Juan Goytisolo was published in error.
Obituaries in other prominent publications described Mr. Weston, who was a licensing agent, in the same way.
OBITUARIES An obituary on Tuesday about the retired federal judge William A. Norris misstated his birth date.
He'd scans their obituaries to determine whether he should bring crosses, Stars of David or crescent moons.
In 2016 there were 225 obituaries in Notable Deaths, 22016 more than the 22015 entries in 21.
Since 213, many remarkable black men and women did not receive obituaries in The New York Times.
Since 1851, many remarkable black men and women did not receive obituaries in The New York Times.
Since 22009, many remarkable black men and women did not receive obituaries in The New York Times.
OBITUARIES An obituary on Wednesday about the author Rachel Ingalls referred incorrectly to her graduation from Radcliffe.
When Simpson was acquitted in 1995, people began writing Garcetti's "political obituaries," The New York Times noted.
OBITUARIES An obituary on Saturday about the cookbook author Maida Heatter misstated the dates of two deaths.
OBITUARIES An obituary on Wednesday about the Republican lawmaker Jan Meyers erroneously credited her with a distinction.
OBITUARIES An obituary on Tuesday about the writer Henry S. F. Cooper Jr. referred incorrectly to his survivors.
And the second act, as several obituaries note, was a lot rockier and less rousing than the first.
This week, the BBC named Poteyev as that endangered defector, still very much alive despite his 2016 obituaries.
OBITUARIES An obituary on Wednesday about the conductor Raymond Leppard misstated when the Italian composer Francesco Cavalli lived.
As the number of refugees rose the chancellor's popularity tumbled; the international press pushed out premature political obituaries.
The police narrative has been treated as a piece of his biography and engrained in his online obituaries.
That's what you might assume, anyway, if you read some of the online obituaries for the Dash Button.
They may troll online obituaries to see who's dead, and search for emotionally vulnerable relatives for potential targets.
Most of his obituaries included that resigned cry for help, asking for a reason to stay, finding nothing.
It came from our former restaurant critic and current obituaries impresario William Grimes, and it is awesome. Apologies.
OBITUARIES An obituary on Thursday about the civil rights lawyer Jack Greenberg erroneously attributed a distinction to him.
OBITUARIES An obituary on Tuesday about the pastry chef Albert Kumin misstated the year his wife, Eva, died.
OBITUARIES An obituary on Thursday about the cinematographer Raoul Coutard misstated the title of a memoir he wrote.
OBITUARIES An obituary on March 18 about the singer Frank Sinatra Jr. misstated his given name at birth.
OBITUARIES An obituary on Tuesday about the actor George Kennedy misidentified the high school from which he graduated.
A shift toward more openness seems to be making its way into the online obituaries for everyday people.
It's also in talks to create another show based on its new "Overlooked" series about forgotten female obituaries.
OBITUARIES An obituary on Friday about the playwright and screenwriter David Berry misstated how he entered the Army.
In this show, they take their self-absorption to its ultimate end, writing and reading their own obituaries.
OBITUARIES An obituary on Friday about the writer Russell Freedman misspelled the name of a children's literature award.
The Times has published many thousands of obituaries and death notices since, but not so many about women.
OBITUARIES An obituary on Wednesday about the artist and educator Tim Rollins misstated the date of his death.
OBITUARIES An obituary on Friday about Herb Kelleher, the co-founder of Southwest Airlines, misstated his middle name.
OBITUARIES An obituary on Saturday about the singer Christine McGuire omitted a reference to one of her marriages.
Doyle's death in 2010, her claim was promulgated further through obituaries, including one in The New York Times.
Legacies: We collected some gems from the life's work of people remembered in recent obituaries in The Times.
OBITUARIES An obituary on Monday about the artist Irving Petlin, using information from his family, omitted two survivors.
OBITUARIES An obituary on Thursday about the jockey Manny Ycaza misstated the number of children his parents had.
By the numbers: In total, about $500 million in total annual revenue comes from obituaries, according to Adpay.
Funeral directors are starting to place obituaries for free or at a very low cost on their websites.
OBITUARIES An obituary on Wednesday about the singer and actor David Cassidy misstated the surname of his mother.
OBITUARIES A picture on Wednesday with an obituary about the ballet master Sergei Vikharev was published in error.
OBITUARIES An obituary on Tuesday about the actress Dina Merrill misstated the date of her birth in 24637.
As it still does, The Times accepted paid obituaries to be run in the paper during the 1960s.
Obituaries ____ "Fashion does not take care of its people," Mr. Talley, the former creative director of Vogue, said.
OBITUARIES An obituary on Tuesday about the reporter Paul Ingrassia misstated when he began working at Thomson Reuters.
OBITUARIES An obituary on Tuesday about the reporter Paul Ingrassia misstated when he began working at Thomson Reuters.
"The Philadelphia labor movement and its muscle — there's been a lot of obituaries written about it," said Costello.
And there are real questions about what that memory should look like, especially in public forums like obituaries.
OBITUARIES An obituary on Friday about John M. Richman, a former chief executive and chairman of Kraft Inc.
Most of these obituaries were also promoted on The Times's home page and in its social media accounts.
A total of 147 obituaries were mentioned on the front page in 603 and just 135 in 2016.
I've long been puzzled by the seemingly arbitrary mention of the family background of subjects in Times' obituaries.
OBITUARIES An obituary on Monday about the filmmaker George A. Romero referred incorrectly to the producer Peter Grunwald.
OBITUARIES An obituary on Monday about the yacht designer Doug Peterson mistranslated the name of his yacht, Ganbare.
OBITUARIES An obituary on Tuesday about the economist Alan B. Krueger misstated the year he graduated from Cornell.
Post-mortem bylines are a rare and admittedly peculiar feature of the obituaries section of The New York Times, but they occur for a straightforward reason: Some obituaries are "advances" — written in anticipation of the death of a notable person who, at the time of writing, is very much alive.
When she died at 85, the 2002 obituaries reinstated Ruth as  the woman behind the worldwide bestselling American icon.
In addition to these remembrances of McNamara, Oswalt has been sharing multiple moving obituaries of her life and work.
Her afterlife has lacked the obituaries and lengthy journalistic inquiries into her legacy that typically follow a celebrity's passing.
Newspaper obituaries in 1985, the year he died of congestive heart failure, made only winking references to his sexuality.
Along with preparing the bodies for visitation, Hayes' job is to file the death certificates and organize the obituaries.
I'd started looking for obituaries of trans people early on, and I'd gotten used to using different search terms.
These are but a few of the endless accomplishments that flooded obituaries over the course of the last week.
The survey's methodology looked for newspapers looked at all articles except for letters to the editor, sports and obituaries.
"He didn't like to read about musicians' deaths in newspaper obituaries," Ms. Steig explained in an email when contacted.
Mediator One important thing has been lost in all of the obituaries of Roger Ailes's career at Fox News.
Even grieving families are growing more honest in obituaries, mentioning addiction as a cause of death with greater frequency.
Overlooked is a series of obituaries about remarkable people whose deaths, beginning in 21942, went unreported in The Times.
Overlooked is a series of obituaries about remarkable people whose deaths, beginning in 21954, went unreported in The Times.
Her story joins Overlooked, a collection of obituaries of remarkable people whose deaths originally went unreported in The Times.
"Overlooked" will become a regular feature in the obituaries section, and we will add to the collection each week.
OBITUARIES An obituary on Friday about the former Met third baseman Ed Charles erroneously attributed a distinction to him.
Overlooked is a series of obituaries about remarkable people whose deaths, beginning in 22009, went unreported in The Times.
Overlooked is a series of obituaries about remarkable people whose deaths, beginning in 1851, went unreported in The Times.
OBITUARIES An obituary on Monday about the Pakistani rights activist Asma Jahangir contained an incomplete list of her survivors.
He's the latest entry in our series about people who didn't receive obituaries in The Times when they died.
She's the latest entry in our series about people who didn't receive obituaries in The Times when they died.
Overlooked is a series of obituaries about remarkable people whose deaths, beginning in 21940, went unreported in The Times.
Overlooked is a series of obituaries about remarkable people whose deaths, beginning in 19393, went unreported in The Times.
Overlooked is a series of obituaries about remarkable people whose deaths, beginning in 210, went unreported in The Times.
Overlooked is a series of obituaries about remarkable people whose deaths, beginning in 280, went unreported in The Times.
Overlooked is a series of obituaries about remarkable people whose deaths, beginning in 213, went unreported in The Times.
Overlooked is a series of obituaries about remarkable people whose deaths, beginning in 21879, went unreported in The Times.
She's the latest entry in our series of people who didn't receive obituaries in The Times when they died.
In recent weeks, our obituaries team has chronicled the lives of some of the best in their respective fields.
Obituaries lauded him as the "favorite uncle to the nation's children," with Prince Charles leading tributes after his death.
Overlooked is a series of obituaries about remarkable people whose deaths, beginning in 21976, went unreported in The Times.
Overlooked is a series of obituaries about remarkable people whose deaths, beginning in 19953, went unreported in The Times.
It's people over 60 who are most vulnerable, and this demographic, tragically, looks like it's filling up the obituaries.
The rhapsodic obituaries published over the past week belie the fact that Teodoro had few allies in Venezuelan politics.
OBITUARIES An obituary last Saturday about the publisher Juris Jurjevics misstated one of his accomplishments while at Harper & Row.
OBITUARIES An obituary on Monday about the Los Angeles restaurant critic Jonathan Gold omitted the name of a survivor.
OBITUARIES The byline for an obituary on Thursday about the opera singer Dmitri Hvorostovsky was omitted in some copies.
The Times no longer publishes obituaries for animals, and it doesn't typically run coverage of animals that have died.
OBITUARIES A headline on Friday with an obituary about the actor Richard Anderson misstated his age in some copies.
OBITUARIES An obituary on Friday about the blues historian Paul Oliver misspelled the given name of a blues artist.
Overlooked is a series of obituaries about remarkable people whose deaths, beginning in 22003, went unreported in The Times.
Overlooked is a series of obituaries about remarkable people whose deaths, beginning in 21974, went unreported in The Times.
OBITUARIES An obituary on Friday about the jazz pianist and Duke Ellington authority Brooks Kerr misstated his full name.
Overlooked is a series of obituaries about remarkable people whose deaths, beginning in 21914, went unreported in The Times.
Overlooked is a series of obituaries about remarkable people whose deaths, beginning in 243, went unreported in The Times.
Overlooked is a series of obituaries about remarkable people whose deaths, beginning in 237, went unreported in The Times.
DEATH AND MARRIAGE I read the obituaries religiously, but only about people I think are going to be interesting.
Holmberg's father, began prodding The Chattanooga Times to abandon its practice of segregating obituaries into white and "Colored" sections.
OBITUARIES An obituary on Saturday about the cookbook author Carol Field misstated the names of two of her books.
First we counted the number of people in our Notable Deaths interactive feature, an annual collection of prominent obituaries.
Advertise on Hyperallergic with Nectar Ads There have been dozens of obituaries for Nat Hentoff over the past week.
Obituaries for the Recently Canceled As someone who lives on a perpetual knife's edge of social-media cancellation, I howled with delight at Sarah Lazarus' parody obituaries: Following a long battle in defense of a controversial Facebook post, Meredith Van Dorn, 20, finally succumbed to cancellation at her home on Thursday night.
Finally, our obituaries editor discusses the career of master accordionist Marcel Azzola, and how lives can be celebrated in writing.
The super-talented family will be performing a rendition of Evening of Roses as an accompaniment to this year's obituaries.
The word "neurotic" will inevitably attach itself to obituaries of Wilder, who died on Monday at the age of 83.
OBITUARIES An obituary on Tuesday about the artist Marisol misstated the given name of an artist with whom she studied.
OBITUARIES An obituary on Tuesday about the writer D. Keith Mano misstated part of the title of his first novel.
OBITUARIES An obituary last Wednesday about the poet Yves Bonnefoy gave an incorrect guide for the pronunciation of his surname.
But the screenwriter Neil Simon died last year, and Seems Like Old Times was mentioned in some of his obituaries.
There have been plenty of premature obituaries for privacy falling from the lips of tech company CEOs in recent years.
OBITUARIES An obituary on Thursday about the historian Arnold R. Hirsch misstated the affiliation of the historian Thomas J. Sugrue.
Our editor discussed how the idea came to her, and a veteran of the Obituaries desk pondered the historical imbalance.
On today's episode: • Amisha Padnani, the digital editor on The Times's obituaries desk and a leader of the Overlooked project.
They can also read an essay from The Times obituaries editor about how he approaches the challenge of diversifying subjects.
OBITUARIES An obituary on Friday about the business consultant William Bain Jr. misstated his role at the firm Bain Capital.
He's the latest entry in our Overlooked series, about people who didn't receive obituaries in The Times when they died.
OBITUARIES An obituary on Wednesday about the physicist Roy J. Glauber misspelled the surname of his daughter, who survives him.
OBITUARIES An obituary on Wednesday about the actress and director Penny Marshall misstated the year she and Rob Reiner divorced.
OBITUARIES An obituary on Saturday about the singer Kim English misstated the surname of a producer who worked with her.
OBITUARIES Because of an editing error, an obituary on Wednesday about the economist Alice M. Rivlin misstated her parents' surname.
OBITUARIES An obituary on April 30 about the film and television producer Steve Golin misstated the surname of his sister.
As Carretta's contrast depicts, the daily paper L'Eco di Bergamo had a page and a half of obituaries on Feb.
Since the news that Hugh Hefner died on Wednesday night, at 91, the obituaries and tributes have been pouring in.
OBITUARIES An obituary on July 4 about the French journalist and magazine editor Philippe de Baleine misstated his wife's surname.
Since then, I've read long, dry obituaries in The New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, and The Washington Post.
OBITUARIES An obituary on Friday about the football player, actor and painter Bernie Casey misstated the month of his birth.
OBITUARIES An obituary on June 7 about the ballet master Sergei Vikharev misstated the date of his birth in 1962.
He recalled that he asked us to write our obituaries as a way to understand ourselves and test our imaginations.
Now, I will be writing obituaries of others, which I've done now and then while covering sports media and business.
Essay And now, after 25 years covering sports media for The New York Times, I'm off to the obituaries department.
OBITUARIES Because of an editing error, an obituary on Monday about the actress Patricia Morison misstated the day she died.
"He could have been reading obituaries for all the delight he radiated," Mr. Watterson told The Washington Post in 2012.
OBITUARIES An obituary on Thursday about William Powell, the author of "The Anarchist Cookbook," misstated his age in some copies.
Jewish subjects of obituaries often present another consideration, having to do with culture and history as well as religious faith.
OBITUARIES An obituary on Thursday about the dancer Mel A. Tomlinson misstated the surname of one of his fellow dancers.
OBITUARIES Because of an editing error, an obituary on Monday about the author Judith Krantz misstated her mother's married name.
"Obituaries have next to nothing to do with death, and absolutely everything to do with life," says writer Margalit Fox.
Likewise, he said, it wasn't until the mid-1990s that local newspapers would print information about same-sex partners in obituaries.
Sometimes, the campaigns would have final updates reporting the person had died; other times, they were able to track down obituaries.
Imagine how weird it must feel to be in that category of celebrities whose obituaries repeatedly make for believable, spreadable hoaxes.
When Young died on Tuesday night, at the age of 23, the streak was mentioned in obituaries, but never by itself.
Using public information such as Census records and local newspaper obituaries, they then constructed family trees that ultimately led to DeAngelo.
" After weeks of poring over statistics, hundred-year old dental journals, and dentist obituaries, all I can say is: "Ummmm…maybe.
He'd been found, the obituaries said, by family members and a friend who had been unable to contact him by phone.
After Barbara Bush's death at the age of 92, some obituaries mentioned her opposition to segregation or her pro-choice views.
OBITUARIES An obituary on Friday about the record producer and songwriter Ronald Dunbar omitted the name of one of his survivors.
OBITUARIES An obituary on Saturday about the specialty-foods retailer Andrew Balducci misstated the date of Mr. Balducci's birth in 1925.
OBITUARIES An obituary on Sunday about the sportswoman and firearms authority Sheila Link misspelled the name of the company where Mrs.
In this piece, Times reporter Margalit Fox, explains how a feature-length documentary about The Times's obituaries desk came to be.
And so the band struck up the funeral march, as it does every year, and the obituaries circulated on social media.
OBITUARIES An obituary on June 2698 about Mohammed Abdelaziz, the leader of the Polisario Front, referred imprecisely to that movement's goal.
One of the daunting aspects of biography, from the reader's point of view, is length, which is why we like obituaries.
OBITUARIES An obituary last Sunday about the German historian Ernst Nolte referred incorrectly to the historians Andreas Hillgruber and Michael Stürmer.
OBITUARIES An obituary on Tuesday about the actor Gene Wilder referred incorrectly to the organization Gilda's Club, which he helped found.
OBITUARIES Because of an editing error, an obituary on Tuesday about the architect Claude Parent misstated the year that the Ste.
OBITUARIES Because of an editing error, the headline with an obituary on Tuesday about the comedian Mike MacDonald misstated his age.
As the Overlooked project started, we asked readers to suggest women they felt deserved, but didn't get, obituaries in The Times.
I started developing the idea for the series shortly after joining the obituaries desk as the digital editor in early 2017.
At The Times, we started to right a wrong: In a new series, "Overlooked," we belatedly publish obituaries of extraordinary women.
Our editor discussed how the project was born, and another explained why most obituaries we publish are still of white men.
OBITUARIES An obituary on Wednesday about Cardinal Bernard F. Law misidentified the branch of the military in which his father served.
OBITUARIES An obituary on Wednesday about the racecar driver Niki Lauda misstated the results of the 1977 Formula One world championship.
This year, in a series called Overlooked, The Times began writing long-overdue obituaries for the women who never got them.
The bear was even featured in "The Lives They Lived," a series of notable obituaries in The New York Times Magazine.
OBITUARIES A picture caption with an obituary on Monday about Nancy Tuckerman, who was Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis's social secretary when Mrs.
OBITUARIES Because of an editing error, an obituary on Monday about the jazz trumpeter Roy Hargrove misspelled his mother's given name.
OBITUARIES An obituary on Tuesday about the composer Oliver Knussen, using information from his publisher, omitted the name of a survivor.
OBITUARIES A picture caption with an obituary on Monday about the scientist Arvid Carlsson misstated the given name of his wife.
Small markets are better at selling photos alongside obituaries than medium and large markets because the cost per photo is cheaper.
OBITUARIES An obituary on Friday about the molecular biologist Paul D. Boyer referred incorrectly in several places to ATP (adenosine triphosphate).
OBITUARIES An obituary on July 24 about the actor John Heard misstated his full name and the name of his son.
Legacies of the Recently Departed Some gems from the life's work of people remembered in obituaries in The New York Times.
Lists of expensive assets—cars, furniture, generators—purchased with remittances from Europe were included in obituaries, and envious neighbors took note.
OBITUARIES An obituary on Monday about the astronomer Gary Steigman misidentified the educational institution from which he received a bachelor's degree.
Many of his obituaries say that he led the fight against the Islamic State in Iraq, in tacit alliance with America.
For more than a few readers of The New York Times, the obituaries section is the first place they turn to.
OBITUARIES An obituary on April 26 about Dr. Samuel S. Epstein, an authority on carcinogens, referred incorrectly to cyclamates and nitrites.
Some obituaries of the trailblazing astronaut Sally Ride in 2012 made scant, ambiguous reference to the fact that she was lesbian.
Obituaries are added at a rate of about three a week, and the reservoir is drained at roughly the same rate.
Sting sings about crumbling romance, climate change, refugees on the move and what it feels like to read rock stars' obituaries.
OBITUARIES An obituary on Sunday about the actor Bruno Ganz misstated the occupation of his partner, Ruth Walz, who survives him.
OBITUARIES Because of an editing error, an obituary on Friday about the New Orleans musician Dr. John misstated his birth date.
Survivors include three children from her first marriage, Jeanne Quigley, Caroline Quigley and Michael Quigley, and a daughter from her second marriage, Elizabeth Begg, all of Alexandria; three brothers, Arthur Larkin of Wisconsin and James Larkin and William Larkin, both of New York; and a sister, Ann Kane of Fredericksburg, Va. Read more Washington Post obituaries local obituaries
I was really intrigued by the number of younger people that started showing up in the obituaries about five, six years ago.
As it turned out, the rep from the paper said they were sorry for her loss, but they didn't run pet obituaries.
Myself, having written hundreds of obituaries in my career, I tend to tilt toward balance and qualification — as called for, that is.
OBITUARIES An obituary on Friday about the character actor Pat Harrington Jr., using information from his manager, referred incorrectly to his survivors.
This incident went unmentioned in most of Adams's obituaries, and instead his life continues to be celebrated by murals all throughout Venice.
For his achievement, some obituaries have described Bob as magician-like, which strikes me as wonderful description that is only partly accurate.
OBITUARIES An obituary on Thursday about the psychologist Jerome S. Bruner misstated, in some copies, the number of times he was divorced.
OBITUARIES A picture caption on Sunday with an obituary about the writer Michelle Cliff omitted credit for the photograph of Ms. Cliff.
The New York Times combed through their obituaries and considered anyone whose obit ran longer than 2,000 words to be a celebrity.
Dr. Chandler compares the process to trying to understand American history from a small collection of obituaries and Fourth of July speeches.
OBITUARIES An obituary on Thursday about the civil rights lawyer Jack Greenberg referred incompletely to his years teaching law at Columbia University.
OBITUARIES An obituary on Wednesday about Namon O'Neal Hoggle, the last surviving defendant accused of killing a civil rights worker, the Rev.
And so critics keep churning out obituaries for a genre that refuses to die, even while they also hope for the best.
We do this in obituaries, except you're already dead, so this an opportunity to pull the obituary into somebody's life, I guess.
Then he started using obituaries in his art, although — somewhat eerily — they concerned those still alive: Bill Clinton, Jeff Koons, Kate Moss.
It's been less than a week since Hillary Clinton's unexpected defeat, and the obituaries for the Democratic Party are already being written.
Bruni found that obituaries for Beard in 1985 had no mention of his homosexuality, even though he was quite open about it.
OBITUARIES Because of an editing error, an obituary on Wednesday referred incorrectly to Tony Conigliaro's move to the California Angels in 1971.
Our editor discussed how the idea came to her, and another explained why most obituaries we publish are still of white men.
I hope that in the future, obituaries in the Times more universally acknowledge those who affected the world in a positive manner.
OBITUARIES An obituary on Monday about the former television executive Lin Bolen referred incorrectly to Lisa Demberg, who confirmed Ms. Bolen's death.
Only the obituaries of Ms. Spade (the year's top draw, with 260 million) and Mr. Bourdain (220 million) attracted more readers. (Mr.
With obituaries for important religious figures, do we ask people with deep knowledge of the religion to review the pieces before publication?
OBITUARIES An obituary on Saturday about Fleming Begaye Sr., a code talker in World War II, misstated the date of his death.
When John Ashbery died last week at 90, many of his obituaries included photographs of a stout, distinguished-looking white-haired gentleman.
OBITUARIES An obituary on Saturday about the economist Martin Shubik misspelled the surname of a Nobel-winning economist with whom he collaborated.
OBITUARIES An obituary on Tuesday about the Nascar driver David Pearson misstated the name of a race that he won in 1974.
Litsky's legacy will live on for readers in the coming years through the 65 advance obituaries he has left for future publication.
OBITUARIES An obituary on Thursday about the sprinter and long jumper Irena Szewinska misspelled the given name of one of her sons.
Others, particularly in smaller markets, price all obituaries at a flat rate, says Deborah Dreyfuss-Tuchman, Director of Business Development at Adpay.
OBITUARIES An obituary on Sunday about the costume designer John Mollo misspelled the name of the county in England where he died.
It was the early days of the H.I.V. crisis, and people with new diagnoses were frightened, ostracized and writing their own obituaries.
OBITUARIES An obituary on Monday about the movie producer Martin Bregman referred incorrectly to a court case involving the actor Alec Baldwin.
OBITUARIES An obituary on Wednesday about the theater director Peter Hall misidentified the play in which he directed Dustin Hoffman in 1989.
In a television interview near the end of his life, Roy Cohn predicted that his obituaries would lead with Senator Joseph McCarthy.
She remembers Bernice scouring obituaries, trying to find someone whose baby had died and might have been desperate enough to steal hers.
Legacies of the Recently Departed Some gems from the life's work of people remembered in recent obituaries in The New York Times.
This year, we began a series called Overlooked in which we are writing the obituaries for the women who never got them.
Overlooked obituaries: The blues musician Robert Johnson gained little notice during his life, but his scarce recordings helped ignite rock 'n' roll.
Some obituaries of the writer Susan Sontag in 2004 failed to mention her romantic relationships with women, including the photographer Annie Leibovitz.
I was omitted from printed obituaries (though there was room for his dog), and none of the eulogies mentioned a surviving brother.
OBITUARIES An obituary last Sunday about the educator Samuel DuBois Cook misidentified the position for which he was hired by Duke University.
Mr. Sampson is correct to note that we were inconsistent on this point in the obituaries about Alan Colmes and Kenneth Arrow.
OBITUARIES An obituary on Tuesday about the New York City labor leader Stanley Hill misidentified the high school where he played basketball.
OBITUARIES Because of an editing error, an obituary on Tuesday about the jazz singer Ethel Ennis misstated the date of her death.
That is why "there are no obituaries for the war casualties that the United States inflicts, and there cannot be," Butler writes.
The Times has been telling their stories in its Overlooked Project, obituaries of influential figures who should have been more fully recognized.
OBITUARIES An obituary on April 1 about the lawyer and former transportation secretary William T. Coleman erroneously attributed a distinction to him.
OBITUARIES An obituary on Sunday about the film and opera director Franco Zeffirelli misstated part of the title of a Mozart opera.
OBITUARIES An obituary on Saturday about the astronaut Edgar D. Mitchell misstated how far a golf ball hit on the moon by Capt.
After the main story was out, along with the victims' obituaries, students' reaction and the Parkland story, Hermani left town for spring break.
Bush finished a distant sixth in the Iowa caucuses, his donors are abandoning ship, and political insiders are drafting obituaries for his campaign.
When recently Robert Ryman passed away, there was in some obituaries an almost audible skepticism about the ultimate value of his pure art.
Each time the Twitter alarm sounded, the floodgates of obituaries, condolences, and personal reflections washed over us in a series of Facebook overshares.
This article is part of Overlooked, a series of obituaries about remarkable people whose deaths, beginning in 21979, went unreported in The Times.
"Once we start getting those premature obituaries, then FAANG may be ready to bounce and even establish a leadership role again," he continued.
Obituaries about addicts tend to fall into this category, she said, citing the family-placed death notice for esteemed Atlanta lawyer Marc Ritzmann.
"When you have all these retail obituaries written and then you get the actual proof of life, the sellers stop surfacing," Cramer said.
OBITUARIES An obituary last Wednesday about the literary critic and historian Daniel Aaron misidentified the subject he taught at Smith College and Harvard.
This article is part of Overlooked, a series of obituaries about remarkable people whose deaths, beginning in 215, went unreported in The Times.
OBITUARIES An obituary on Sunday about the political activist Hedy Epstein misstated part of the name of an organization for which she worked.
OBITUARIES An obituary on Monday about Jim Hickman, who played for the Mets in their early years, erroneously attributed a distinction to him.
There is a fine art to reading obituaries, as anyone who lived through the AIDS epidemic in the West and paid attention knows.
OBITUARIES An obituary on Saturday about the horse owner and breeder Ogden Mills Phipps omitted part of the name of his paternal grandmother.
OBITUARIES An obituary on Thursday about the documentarian Morton Silverstein misstated part of the title of a television series on which he worked.
OBITUARIES Because of an editing error, an obituary on Monday about the writer and director Nicole Haran misstated the date of her death.
OBITUARIES An obituary on Thursday about the Sicilian organized-crime figure Bernardo Provenzano, using information from his lawyer, misstated his date of birth.
But Bill McDonald, the obituaries editor, said no one had tried to place a suicide classified during his 10 years on the job.
OBITUARIES An obituary on Wednesday about the talent agent Norman Brokaw reversed the original given and surname of William Morris, a fellow agent.
OBITUARIES Because of an editing error, an obituary on Wednesday about the historian Bruce Mazlish omitted the name of one of his survivors.
Last week, The Times introduced a new feature called Overlooked, providing obituaries of sorts for people from underrepresented communities who never received them.
When, barring a miracle, he eventually withdraws, his failed takedown of Biden will probably be in the opening paragraphs of his political obituaries.
OBITUARIES An obituary on Tuesday about the longtime New York Times reporter Roy Reed misspelled the name of a fellowship that he received.
OBITUARIES An obituary on May 11 about the German actress Hannelore Elsner misstated her age when her brother died in an air raid.
OBITUARIES An obituary on Tuesday about the actress Charlotte Rae referred incorrectly to Samuel Beckett's "Happy Days," in which she appeared in 1990.
OBITUARIES An obituary on Thursday about the fashion entrepreneur Wanda Ferragamo misstated the age of her husband, Salvatore, when he died in 1960.
OBITUARIES An obituary on Tuesday about the Korean War hero Thomas J. Hudner Jr. misstated the year he graduated from the Naval Academy.
OBITUARIES An obituary on Monday about the documentary filmmaker Jeffrey Tuchman misstated the name of the county in England where he attended school.
This article is part of Overlooked, a series of obituaries about remarkable people whose deaths, beginning in 247, went unreported in The Times.
OBITUARIES An obituary on Monday about the poet and artist John Giorno misstated when he moved into his longtime home on the Bowery.
This article is part of Overlooked, a series of obituaries about remarkable people whose deaths, beginning in 19917, went unreported in The Times.
This article is part of Overlooked, a series of obituaries about remarkable people whose deaths, beginning in 21949, went unreported in The Times.
OBITUARIES An obituary on Tuesday about Paul Novograd, the longtime owner of the Claremont Riding Academy, misstated its location relative to Central Park.
OBITUARIES An obituary last Sunday about the singer Léo Marjane misidentified the person who insisted that she adopt Léo as her first name.
OBITUARIES An obituary on Tuesday about Eugene A. Cernan, the last person to walk on the moon, erroneously attributed a distinction to him.
OBITUARIES An obituary on July 13 about the artist Ilya Glazunov referred incorrectly to the subject of one of his paintings, Zinaida Sohlman.
OBITUARIES An obituary on Friday about the diplomat Deane R. Hinton misstated the name of the city in Costa Rica where he died.
OBITUARIES An obituary on Monday about the artist Carolee Schneemann misstated the surname of a co-founder of a gallery that represented her.
OBITUARIES An obituary on June 6 about the architect Stanley Tigerman misstated the location of the Power House energy museum his firm created.
By reviewing obituaries from those dates and that geographic area, Reuters tentatively identified one of the donors as Cody Saunders of Townsend, Tennessee.
"Overlooked" publishes new obituaries on notable figures from history who were previously ignored by the newspaper's coverage, such as women and people of color.
This information, coupled with other historical records, such as newspaper obituaries, helped investigators create a family tree of the suspect's ancestors and other relatives.
The study observed that "self-reported religious service attendance has been linked with longevity," and confirmed this by examining obituaries from 43 U.S. cities.
The back-to-back obituaries for 55-year-old Leroy Black were featured online and in the print edition of the newspaper on Friday.
After starting law school at the University of Virginia, he left to work as a reporter at The Washington Star, where he wrote obituaries.
Ever Loved is purpose-built for these serious moments, makes managing invites easy, and also offers a place to collect obituaries, photos, and memories.
At that point, the tech press was already writing Meerkat's obituaries with the same fervor with which it anointed the company an industry darling.
Last month, we began a series called Overlooked in which we are writing the obituaries for important and interesting women who never got them.
OBITUARIES An obituary on Thursday about Janka Nabay, a singer, songwriter and bandleader from Sierra Leone, misstated the name of the country's lingua franca.
OBITUARIES An obituary on Wednesday about Bill Nack, a sportswriter who wrote frequently about horse racing, misstated the date of the 1973 Belmont Stakes.
SURVIVORS PENNING &aposREVENGE OBITUARIES&apos TO SETTLE SCORES WITH THE DEPARTED "We wanted to finally get the last word," Dehmalo told the news outlet.
A uniquely North American tradition Editorial obituaries started in the United Kingdom in the 17th century as way to memorialize members of the community.
Sanders has consistently led Clinton, but should she mount a come-from-behind win, the obituaries will be rolled out for his 21 campaign.
This entire article — complete with never-before-seen-in-one-place audio and video enhancements — is only a click away online at nytimes.com/obituaries!
OBITUARIES An obituary on Thursday about the historian Fritz Stern referred incorrectly to his work history and his tenure as provost at Columbia University.
OBITUARIES An obituary on Friday about the venture capitalist Thomas J. Perkins misstated part of the name of a company in which he invested.
Mr. McFadden said that of all the obituaries he had written, few had generated such a large and overwhelmingly positive response as this one.
Shreeya Sinha, the web editor for obituaries, helps coordinate with the copy desks and shepherds slide shows, video, sidebars, mobile alerts and photo captions.
In this podcast, the obituaries section editor (and one of the movie's stars), William McDonald talks about "Obit," the movie, and obits the job.
OBITUARIES An obituary last Sunday about the lawyer Robert MacCrate omitted the name of the organization that gave him its Gold Medal in 1999.
OBITUARIES An obituary on Wednesday about the jazz musician and educator David Baker misstated his position at the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music.
OBITUARIES An obituary on June 15 about the record producer and songwriter Chips Moman referred incorrectly at one point to his studio, American Sound.
OBITUARIES An obituary on Wednesday about the Soviet discus thrower Nina Ponomareva misstated the year of the Tokyo Olympics, in which she finished 8003th.
OBITUARIES An obituary on Saturday about Dennis Green, head coach of the Minnesota Vikings in the 1990s, referred imprecisely to a distinction he held.
OBITUARIES An obituary on Thursday about Melvin R. Laird, President Richard M. Nixon's first secretary of defense, misstated the maiden name of his mother.
News of former Cuban leader Fidel Castro's death over the weekend resurfaced old bylines in several major print papers that published long-saved obituaries.
OBITUARIES Because of an editing error, an obituary on Saturday about the New York Rangers star Andy Bathgate ended in midsentence in some copies.
So when patients do pass away, their obituaries are a gentle reminder that behind the illness lies a story and a unique human being.
The New York Times admitted last week that most of the thousands of obituaries it published since 1851 chronicled the lives of white men.
I saw a lot of adulating obituaries that all echoed the same bland information that Stan Lee had drilled into our skulls for decades.
When she heard about "Overlooked," The Times's series on groundbreaking women who did not receive Times obituaries when they died, Ms. Hester was inspired.
OBITUARIES An obituary on Sunday about the Tony-winning actor Sammy Williams misstated the title of a Broadway play in which Mr. Williams performed.
OBITUARIES A capsule summary for the obituary of David Ogden Stiers on Monday described incorrectly the honors he received for his role as Maj.
But in that era there were many single-paragraph obituaries for prominent society figures — and perhaps, on occasion, the wife of a prominent advertiser.
Overlooked obituaries: In 1901, Annie Edson Taylor became, in her early 60s, the first person to survive going over Niagara Falls in a barrel.
Although he retired in 1996, he contributed freelance articles and reporting until 2004, often for the obituaries of prominent historians and foreign-policy experts.
OBITUARIES An obituary on Tuesday about the molecular biologist Günter Blobel misstated the name of one award he won and referred incorrectly to another.
OBITUARIES An obituary on June 29 about the pianist Geri Allen partly misquoted the drummer Terri Lyne Carrington, a longtime associate of Ms. Allen.
OBITUARIES A picture caption with an obituary on Sunday about George Bush referred incorrectly to the room in which Mr. Bush was shown standing.
Overlooked obituaries: In the early 1900s, Isabella Goodwin became New York City's first female police detective after going undercover to expose a bank robber.
OBITUARIES An obituary on Monday about the former United States senator Richard G. Lugar referred incorrectly in part to his service in the Navy.
This week, our Obituaries team remembers Geraldyn Cobb, who was as qualified as any man to be an astronaut and passed all the tests.
OBITUARIES An obituary on Monday about the poet Anna Krugovoy Silver, using information from her family, misstated the country where her mother was born.
OBITUARIES An obituary on Thursday about Patricia Cohen, a researcher who studied mental health in children, misspelled the surname of Dr. Cohen's first husband.
In 2008, he sat down with us for the Times Video series "The Last Word," in which we interview people for their own obituaries.
OBITUARIES A picture caption with an obituary on Monday about Willie Naulls, one of pro basketball's early black stars, misstated the position he played.
OBITUARIES An obituary on July 18 about the cancer researcher Alan S. Rabson misstated the name of the university where he did biology research.
Yes, but: Like all print media products, digital and social media is making it easier for some families to skip out on obituaries altogether.
OBITUARIES An obituary on Saturday about Tyrone Gayle, the press secretary for Senator Kamala Harris, misstated the surname of his sister, who survives him.
OBITUARIES An obituary on Saturday about the rare-book seller William Reese misstated the title of a guidebook he wrote in his final years.
OBITUARIES An obituary last Sunday about the author Brian Aldiss referred incorrectly to Helliconia, on which three of his science fiction novels are set.
Genetic genealogists can then use obituaries, birth certificates, public documents and social media to try to build a family tree and identify possible suspects.
OBITUARIES An obituary on Wednesday about the British historian Alistair Horne, using information from a publisher's website, included outdated information about his last book.
OBITUARIES A picture caption with an obituary on Wednesday about the former two-term California governor George Deukmejian misstated the nationality of his parents.
OBITUARIES An obituary on April 27 about the actor, playwright and director Gertrude Jeannette referred incorrectly to Dunbar High School in Little Rock, Ark.
OBITUARIES An obituary on Tuesday about the artist Gerson Leiber, using information from a family spokesman, omitted the names of two of his survivors.
Still, most doctors across Canada who have chosen to participate have done so quietly, even asking patients to withhold their names from their obituaries.
Below are highlights from Kakutani's tenure at The Times — her reviews of major novels and autobiographies, her obituaries and appreciations, her profiles and essays.
OBITUARIES An obituary on Saturday about the former corporate chief executive Brenda Barnes, using information from her family, misstated the cause of her death.
OBITUARIES An article on Saturday about the deaths of major figures in 24637 misstated the cause of death of the basketball coach Pat Summitt.
OBITUARIES An obituary on Tuesday about the illustrator and author Tomi Ungerer misstated when Maurice Sendak began working with the book editor Ursula Nordstrom.
OBITUARIES An obituary on Wednesday about the longtime Manhattan Democratic leader James R. McManus misstated the middle initial of his great-uncle Thomas McManus.
OBITUARIES An obituary on Wednesday about Jon Underwood, the founder of the Death Cafe movement, misstated the profession of Sue Barsky Reid, his mother.
OBITUARIES An obituary on Monday about the lawyer Norman Dorsen misstated the year that Justice William J. Brennan Jr. delivered a tribute to him.
These obituaries reanimate the legacies of the overlooked, so it was important that the design felt as joyful and respectful as the articles themselves.
State media have been silent about his passing, with none of the obituaries and tributes that usually accompany the death of a prominent official.
OBITUARIES An obituary on Monday about the Italian noblewoman and socialite Marella Agnelli referred imprecisely to an HBO documentary about her husband, Giovanni Agnelli.
OBITUARIES An obituary on Monday about the basketball player Kenny Sailors erroneously included one honor among those he received for his service with the Marines.
Jonathan Cape; 191 pages; £16.99 Our obituaries editor turns to verse for her portrait of St Francis, counterpointing themes in his life with contemporary echoes.
"I don't think I can look at another one of my sisters' obituaries or give my final goodbyes," they told me, still grieving Shantee's death.
Genetic genealogists can then use obituaries, birth certificates, public documents and social media to try to build out a family tree and identify possible suspects.
Jonathan Cape; 305 pages; £25A meditation on the transitory and frustrating essence of light, as studied by poets, painters and scientists, by our obituaries editor.
But at just 24, Cody Saunders died so young that the news agency was able to identify him after searching through obituaries in southern states.
Our obituaries editor remembers the socialite Claus von Bülow, his sensational attempted-murder trials in America and the enduring question of whether he did it.
OBITUARIES An obituary on Monday about the linguist John Holm misidentified the location of the University of Coimbra, where he was chairman of English linguistics.
OBITUARIES An obituary on Thursday about Alan S. Gordon, the executive director of the American Guild of Musical Artists, omitted the name of a survivor.
Last month, we began a series called Overlooked in which we are writing the obituaries for the women who never got them, but should have.
OBITUARIES The headline with an obituary on Saturday about the congressman Daniel Akaka misstated the number of years Mr. Akaka represented Hawaii in the Senate.
OBITUARIES An obituary on Friday about the former Federal Bureau of Investigation official Kenneth Walton referred incorrectly to his departure from the F.B.I. in 1989.
OBITUARIES Because of an editing error, an obituary on Wednesday about Sandy Pearlman, a record producer, lyricist, manager, and professor, misstated his date of birth.
Plenty of market-watchers have produced countless obituaries for the mall-based retailers, but on Tuesday, CNBC's Jim Cramer floated a counterargument about the space.
OBITUARIES An obituary on Wednesday about the astronomer Vera Rubin referred incorrectly to the Vassar College class of 2800, of which she was a member.
OBITUARIES An obituary on Monday about the poet Richard Wilbur misstated the year of an event at Amherst College honoring him on his 90th birthday.
Obituaries ___ A promising wide receiver hit rock bottom with mental illness and is among a number of college athletes learning about, and dealing with, depression.
As The Times's obituaries editor for the last decade, I spend a good part of my time huddling with colleagues to select those scant few.
Sydney Johnson from Wilmington, N.C., was fascinated by the feminist poet and revolutionary Qiu Jin: Qiu Jin interested me most from the list of obituaries.
OBITUARIES An obituary on Friday about Stansfield Turner, who ran the Central Intelligence Agency under President Jimmy Carter, referred incorrectly to part of his education.
OBITUARIES An obituary on Saturday about William J. McDonough, a former president of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, referred incompletely to that institution.
OBITUARIES An obituary on Sunday about the astronaut John Young referred incorrectly to his role in the Apollo mission that preceded the first moon landing.
OBITUARIES Because of an editing error, an obituary on Saturday about the actor and diplomat John Gavin misstated his birth name and misidentified his father.
The deaths of longtime staff members merited obituaries: a beloved bartender named George in 1879, and a man known as Henri the waiter, in 1904.
OBITUARIES An obituary on Monday about Mickey Gurdus, who monitored the airwaves for Israel Radio, misstated where his parents settled after fleeing Warsaw in 1939.
OBITUARIES A picture caption with an obituary on Tuesday about the singer Jo Sullivan Loesser referred incorrectly to her marriage to the composer Frank Loesser.
OBITUARIES An obituary on Friday about the architect I. M. Pei misstated the current name of the firm originally known as I. M. Pei & Associates.
OBITUARIES Because of an editing error, an obituary on Thursday about the Kenyan author Binyavanga Wainaina referred incorrectly to the Nigerian author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie.
" At the same time, as her aging father began to "smell his obituaries," wine provided him a kind of immortality: "His pompadour would turn white.
This makes it easier for people to get obituaries out to other markets where people may have once lived, retired to, had vacation homes, etc.
OBITUARIES Because of an editing error, an obituary on Thursday about the singer and actor David Cassidy misstated the year his mother, Evelyn Ward, died.
OBITUARIES An obituary on Sunday and Monday about Lorraine Gordon, the longtime owner of the Village Vanguard, omitted part of the title of her memoir.
It is "This Is Us," not "All of Us." OBITUARIES An obituary on Wednesday about the fashion designer and illustrator Michael Vollbracht misstated his age.
Obituaries ____ Winners over the past decade include an 8-year-old girl (barely beating a 68-year-old woman) and a 72-year-old man.
But as obituaries for the service noted, it didn't do enough to support its rising stars and was often criticized for overlooking creators of color.
OBITUARIES An obituary on Thursday about the jazz pianist Geri Allen referred incorrectly to Nathan Davis, with whom she worked at the University of Pittsburgh.
Even accounting for the fact that tragic deaths invite encomiastic obituaries, his demise reminds us of the many leadership lessons contained in his 2628 years.
OBITUARIES Because of an editing error, an obituary on Tuesday about the sportswriter Frank Deford referred incorrectly to the career of the sportswriter Tony Kornheiser.
When Ms. Consolo died in 2018, there were numerous obituaries recounting the remarkable life story that Ms. Consolo had been telling about herself for years.
She is the latest entry in our Overlooked series, in which we add the stories of remarkable people who haven't traditionally appeared in Times obituaries.
OBITUARIES A picture caption with an obituary on Monday about the filmmaker Alice Guy Blaché misstated the year that her film "My Madonna" was released.
OBITUARIES A picture caption with an obituary on Monday about the filmmaker Alice Guy Blaché misstated the year that her film "My Madonna" was released.
Former President George H.W. Bush, meanwhile, was the subject of laudatory obituaries when he died in 2018, as Vox's Laura McGann wrote at the time.
Without this, the story would lose its ingenious complexity of emotion and read like a series of obituaries; unmitigatedly depressing and impossible to comfortably digest.
Bob and Corinne's love story began as children, when they grew up beside each other on a farm in Nicollet County, according to their obituaries.
OBITUARIES Because of an editing error, an obituary on Saturday about the Navy pilot and commander Rosemary Mariner misstated the surname of her former husband.
As an avid reader of obituaries, I've been struck by how many people these days are succumbing to pancreatic cancer, a cancer long considered rare.
A creation about them might easily have turned into a series of reverential obituaries, but Mr. Honoré gives "Les Idoles" a welcome lightness of touch.
OBITUARIES An obituary on May 25 about the physicist Murray Gell-Mann overstated a law about the conservation of a quantity in physics called strangeness.
OBITUARIES An obituary last Sunday about the Pakistani diplomat Sahabzada Yaqub Khan misidentified the United Nations secretary general who appointed him special representative for Western Sahara.
A slew of obituaries brought McGee's name back into the headlines; writers hurried to praise her in a way that hadn't been done since the 70s.
His cellmate at the time, Uriah Goins, recalled he was particularly interested in obituaries and death notices, which he would carefully tear out and stow away.
One connection between Bowie and dance has surfaced in obituaries: the early influence on him of the choreographer Lindsay Kemp, who was his collaborator and lover.
The Times reserves obituaries for notable and influential people, and it writes them with the same rigor and impartiality as any other piece of hard news.
Ritvo's work and life have been preserved in a small archive of primary documents: finished poems alongside earlier variants, letters and e-mails, interviews and obituaries .
OBITUARIES An obituary on Wednesday about the photographer Bill Jones referred incorrectly in some copies to Muhammad Ali, whom Mr. Jones photographed in London in 2698.
OBITUARIES An obituary on Saturday about the British poet Geoffrey Hill misstated the name of the college from which he received a degree in English literature.
OBITUARIES An obituary on Thursday about the composer Einojuhani Rautavaara, using information from his music publisher, erroneously included one composer among those who studied with him.
That is the stuff that belongs not in obituaries, which are about what a person did, but in eulogies, which are about who a person was.
OBITUARIES An obituary on Monday about the conductor Nikolaus Harnoncourt misstated part of the name of the village where he died, and also misstated its location.
OBITUARIES An obituary last Tuesday about Bill Campbell, an adviser to executives in the technology industry, misstated his history with the tablet computer company Go Corporation.
Or is this a team that can rally around the positive takeaways, be better, and force the obituaries many have surely begun to be re-written?
Teachers: See our collection Teaching and Learning About Women's History With The New York Times for more ideas for working with these obituaries in the classroom.
Overlooked obituaries: Alan Turing embraced the first visions of modern computing and helped win World War II, but he died as a criminal for his homosexuality.
OBITUARIES An obituary on Saturday about John E. Merow, a former chairman of the Wall Street law firm Sullivan & Cromwell, misstated the date of his birth.
OBITUARIES An obituary on Saturday about the actress Sondra Locke misstated the name of a film website on which a biographical sketch of Ms. Locke appears.
"Those We've Lost" is a new series from The New York Times obituaries desk that tells the stories of people who have died from the coronavirus.
OBITUARIES An obituary on Friday about the convicted drug dealer Herbert Sperling misstated the year the James Cagney crime film "Angels With Dirty Faces" was released.
OBITUARIES An obituary on Thursday about the producer Craig Zadan referred imprecisely to the television series "Smash," of which he and Neil Meron were executive producers.
Some newspapers charge obituaries by the number of characters in a piece, while others charge by the number of lines, square inches, or by word count.
OBITUARIES An obituary on Tuesday about the singer Wayne Cochran misstated part of the name of a nightclub in Bossier City, La., where he once performed.
OBITUARIES An obituary on May 18 about Jean Fritz, the author of historical biographies for children, using information from a relative, referred incorrectly to her family.
OBITUARIES An obituary on Wednesday about the former Supreme Court justice John Paul Stevens misstated the vote in the 8003 Supreme Court case Gregg v. Georgia.
It's not their nickname but the formal name given to them by their parents that appears on their birth certificates, IDs and, in some cases, obituaries.
OBITUARIES An obituary on Sunday about the ventriloquist Jimmy Nelson misstated the name of one of the characters the ventriloquist Señor Wences used in his act.
Rather than elegizing her mother, Chang writes obituaries for all of her losses, both tangible and immaterial, experimenting with the very form of obituary itself. —A.
OBITUARIES An obituary on Friday about LaVell Edwards, the former Brigham Young University football coach, using information the family released through the university, omitted some survivors.
OBITUARIES A picture caption on Monday with an obituary about the underground cartoonist Jay Lynch misstated the year that the photograph of Mr. Lynch was taken.
OBITUARIES A picture on Monday with an obituary about John Surtees, the only racer to win both auto and motorcycle world championships, was published in error.
OBITUARIES An obituary on Monday and in some editions on Sunday about Allan Williams, the Beatles' first manager, misstated the date of his birth in 1.67.
In December, the BBC published an article saying that it ran 49 such obituaries on radio, television or online in 2016, compared to 32 in 20173.
OBITUARIES An obituary on Tuesday about the dancer Patricia McBride Lousada misidentified the company with which she performed in George Balanchine's "The Four Temperaments" in 1946.
Obituaries give me ideas for Personal Health columns like this one that might help others — and me — avoid a preventable ailment or accident and premature demise.
OBITUARIES An obituary on Monday about the mathematician Maryam Mirzakhani, using information from Stanford University, where she was a professor, misstated the date of her death.
OBITUARIES An obituary on Saturday about the actress Katherine Helmond misstated the year of the movie "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas," in which she appeared.
Check local announcements on births, weddings, and yes, even the obituaries (a bit morbid, but many of these homes will be market-bound in the near future).
A search of obituaries in Tennessee newspapers from the beginning of 2016 for 5-year-old boys did not yield conclusive proof confirming or refuting the account.
The statement also said that sometimes obituaries are used to comment on favorite sports teams, places to visit and drinks of choice, too -- in addition to politics.
The website Mediaite has even been scouring the obituaries in the area looking for "anything close to a 5-year-old boy dying" and have found nothing.
OBITUARIES An obituary on Monday about the corporate raider Samuel Belzberg misstated the name of a brother with whom Mr. Belzberg founded First City Financial in 1963.
OBITUARIES An obituary on Thursday about the aviator Fran Bera referred incorrectly to the Piper Aztec plane that Ms. Bera flew when she broke an altitude record.
OBITUARIES An obituary on Saturday about Martin Friedman, the longtime director of the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis, omitted part of the name of the center's founder.
The group worked with The Trace, The Miami Herald, and McClatchy to write obituaries for 13,200 children killed by gun violence since the Parkland shooting on Feb.
OBITUARIES An obituary on Monday about Alan Vega, the singer in the band Suicide, misspelled the surname of an artist with whom he studied at Brooklyn College.
OBITUARIES Because of an editing error, an obituary on Saturday about the actor Robert Vaughn misstated when he received a doctorate from the University of Southern California.
Within hours of the death of the influential American philosopher Stanley Cavell last week, major newspapers and journals published obituaries highlighting the unusual eclecticism of his work.
Despite the remarkable lives they led and the lives they touched, none of these women were recognized with obituaries in The New York Times when they died.
Since 1851, The Times has published thousands of obituaries: of heads of state, opera singers, the inventor of Stove Top stuffing and the namer of the Slinky.
OBITUARIES An obituary on Saturday about the broadcast news executive Lawrence K. Grossman misstated the year the 2698-part television series "Vietnam: A Television History" was broadcast.
From 1926 through 1936, only longer-form obituaries were included in the index; about 19533 percent of the 400 to 500 indexed each year were for women.
OBITUARIES An obituary on Monday about Jerry Yellin, who as a fighter pilot flew the last combat mission of World War II, misstated his full given name.
OBITUARIES An obituary on Thursday about the longtime New York Public Library art curator Robert Rainwater misstated the name of a French printmaker whose work he exhibited.
From Metropolitan Diary and Social Q's to Obituaries and Travel, The New York Times is an excellent launchpad for art projects that are simultaneously concrete and flexible.
OBITUARIES An obituary on Thursday about the private investigator David Fechheimer misspelled the surname of an executive who was at the center of one of his cases.
OBITUARIES An obituary on Wednesday about the opera singer Bonaldo Giaiotti misstated the role in Verdi's "Nabucco" in which he made his debut at the Metropolitan Opera.
OBITUARIES A photograph with an obituary on June 19 about Walter Bahr, a soccer coach and star player in the 1950 World Cup, was published in error.
OBITUARIES Because of an editing error, an obituary on July 31 about the Cajun singer and songwriter D. L. Menard referred incorrectly to one of his children.
OBITUARIES An obituary on Wednesday about the playwright, novelist and screenwriter Janusz Glowacki, using information from his family, misstated the year of his marriage to Olena Leonenko.
Long gone are the days when New York Times obituaries, the Oscars of the genre, framed the way many of us mourned the loss of public figures.
OBITUARIES An obituary in some copies last Sunday about the Lebanese artist Saloua Raouda Choucair misstated the given name of an artist with whom she was associated.
Genealogists take those relatives' names and search through obituaries, birth certificates and other public documents to solve the puzzle that is building out an extended family tree.
In due course, analysts scrambled to find explanations for the tech giants' declines, compiling obituaries about potential issues that could doom the stocks once and for all.
OBITUARIES Because of an editing error, an obituary on Monday about the chemist George Rosenkranz misspelled the name of the town in California where Dr. Rosenkranz lived.
OBITUARIES An obituary on Wednesday about Judge Ellen Bree Burns misspelled part of the name of a foundation involved in a 1992 case in which she presided.
OBITUARIES An obituary on Tuesday about John E. Reinhardt, the first career diplomat to lead the United States Information Agency, misstated the surname of one of his daughters.
Advertise on Hyperallergic with Nectar Ads The generous obituaries written about Marisol Escobar in the last few days have reminded us of the important figure that she was.
OBITUARIES An obituary on Tuesday about the architect Romaldo Giurgola misstated the number of branches of government based in Parliament House, Australia's seat of government, which he designed.
OBITUARIES An obituary on Sunday about the costume and set designer Desmond Heeley rendered incorrectly the name of a magazine that published an interview with him in 24637.
In this article, the obituaries editor, William McDonald, explains the research and thought that went into one, that of Donald W. Duncan, seven years after Mr. Duncan's death.
The full length documentary takes an inside look at The Times' obituaries department and the way the staff puts together the last words on the famous and infamous.
OBITUARIES An obituary on Thursday about the basketball player Pearl Washington referred incorrectly, in some copies, to the year he was named a consensus second-team all-American.
OBITUARIES A correction in this space on Friday for the obituary of the basketball player Pearl Washington referred incorrectly to his honor as consensus second-team all-American.
When someone notable attains a certain age, newspapers assign reporters to draft advance obituaries, with just the top two or three paragraphs to add when the inevitable happens.
When she died in 1923, the news made headlines around the world, generating enough obituaries and tributes to fill oversize scrapbooks, the analog precursors of today's Tumblr sites.
Anyone who wants to find their birth parents, or learn more about their ancestors, no longer has to rely on sperm banks and digging through decades-old obituaries.
OBITUARIES An obituary on Monday about the chess grandmaster William Lombardy, using information from a family member, referred incorrectly to one survivor and omitted the name of another.
OBITUARIES An obituary on Friday about the French actress and singer Danielle Darrieux referred incorrectly to the title character of the 1963 movie "Landru," in which she appeared.
OBITUARIES An obituary on Friday about Tom Mathews, a promoter of liberal causes and candidates, misstated the position he held at the State Department in the Kennedy administration.
OBITUARIES An obituary on Friday about the former Nestlé chief executive Hans O. Maucher, using information from a company spokeswoman, misstated the number of sons who survive him.
By becoming a household name even without the benefit of an obituary, Sylvia Plath had proven her worth more than many of the people we wrote obituaries about.
Overlooked obituaries: Ma Rainey, often called the "Mother of the Blues," was the first entertainer to successfully bridge the divide between vaudeville and authentic black Southern folk expression.
OBITUARIES An obituary on Friday about the equestrian Bill Steinkraus misstated the location of the equestrian events at the 1956 Summer Olympics, at which his team finished fifth.
OBITUARIES An obituary on Monday about the longtime Tour de France commentator Paul Sherwen misidentified the French king he would sometimes refer to in jest in his commentary.
Only the obituaries of Ms. Spade, Mr. Bourdain, Mr. McCain and one other person attracted more readers than that of Zombie Boy, whose real name was Rick Genest.
That was up about 5 percent more than the previous season, part of a three-year trend, suggesting that any obituaries for traditional TV are a bit premature.
OBITUARIES Because of an editing error, an obituary on Wednesday about the actress Barbara Harris misidentified the director of the 1976 movie "Freaky Friday," in which she appeared.
I don't mean, thankfully, the undiscovered country from whose bourn no traveler returns — the "end" I've written about in more than 0003,2000 obituaries for The New York Times.
OBITUARIES An obituary on Saturday about the actor Peter Donat referred incorrectly to an award he received for his work in the play "The First Gentleman" in 1957.
At the same time, Dan Wakin, an obituaries editor, began fine-tuning Mr. Bulger's advance obituary so it would be ready to publish once the desk had confirmation.
In addition to handwriting the names of the Americans that were killed, they must write the obituaries of the 40 Montanans that were killed in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Obituaries for the defendant, Dallas County's district attorney, Henry Wade, and the plaintiff, Norma McCorvey (known in court documents as Jane Roe), chronicle their involvement in the case.
OBITUARIES Because of an editing error, a headline with the obituary about a 19th-century Nebraska schoolteacher who ushered schoolchildren to safety during a blizzard misspelled her surname.
The piece highlighted James Beard's homosexuality — not addressed publicly during Beard's lifetime and omitted from many obituaries when he died in 1985 — for a new generation of foodies.
OBITUARIES An obituary on May 24637 about Cardinal Darío Castrillón Hoyos, an influential figure in the Roman Catholic Church in Latin America, erroneously attributed a distinction to him.
I still wonder how much of his tale is true: A colleague found court records confirming his forgery conviction, but I never found the obituaries for his daughters.
OBITUARIES An obituary on Thursday about the former New Mexico senator Pete V. Domenici, using information from a spokesman, misstated the number of great-grandchildren who survive him.
OBITUARIES A picture caption on Sunday with an obituary about the playwright Myrna Lamb misspelled the surname of the woman shown with Ms. Lamb in a 1974 photograph.
OBITUARIES An obituary on Monday about the actress Erin Moran, who played Joanie on the television show "Happy Days," misstated the number of seasons that series was broadcast.
OBITUARIES An obituary on Sunday about Nicholas Sand, a chemist who produced a pure form of LSD known as Orange Sunshine, referred incorrectly to his daughter, Sorrel Sand.
OBITUARIES A picture caption with an obituary on Friday about the journalist Lucette Lagnado misstated the year her memoir "The Man in the White Sharkskin Suit" was published.
OBITUARIES An obituary on Tuesday about Christopher C. Kraft Jr., the founder of NASA's mission control, erroneously credited the American astronaut Edward H. White 2d with a distinction.
However, the premature obituaries to its political and economic system have downplayed the benefits to Chilean society and ignored the considerable progress in fighting inequality in the country.
All these photographs come from the morgue, but many have been published before — some in print long ago; others in recent articles that reference the past, like obituaries.
OBITUARIES An obituary on Monday about the film preservationist David Shepard misstated part of the name of the organization that gave him its Film Heritage Award in 2006.
OBITUARIES An obituary on Monday about Milt Moss, a comic actor who starred in a memorable Alka-Seltzer commercial, misstated the connection of Bob Pasqualina to that commercial.
OBITUARIES A correction in this space on Thursday for an obituary about the mathematician Marina Ratner referred incorrectly to her teaching career at the University of California, Berkeley.
Times Insider A special section in the Sunday paper paid tribute to extraordinary black men and women who were left out of The Times's obituaries when they died.
Despite a series of obituaries that hailed her as America's foremost female writer, she was left out of the literary canon formed at the turn of the twentieth century.
If you ever need to show someone from another country what America is about, show them the letters to the editor and the obituaries in a small-market newspaper.
The obituaries editor told me that it was not a question of a two-faced villain, but a four-faced villain, because each of them came with their deputy.
Satire, obituaries from funeral home websites, lots of local TV, and a weird network of sites that scrape other local news and yet somehow make it into Facebook's scanner.
Overlooked is an editorial project from The Times Obituaries desk to tell those stories and recognize women who were visionaries, virtuosos and trailblazers in art, politics, business and more.
The idea of a prospective burglar picking homes by trawling through family members obituaries sounds like an urban myth—so much so that the question was put to snopes.
Most obituaries run to 800 words, it seems, although they can go down to 500 or up to thousands upon thousands in the case of, say, a dead pope.
In the pre-Twitter era, both traditional and online publications would follow a predictable playbook for an event like this: Pre-reported obituaries first, followed by sober, restrained analysis.
OBITUARIES An obituary on Monday about the author Katherine Dunn misstated the year of her marriage to Paul Pomerantz and misstated the surname of her brother, who survives her.
OBITUARIES Because of an editing error, an obituary on Saturday about the weight lifter Tommy Kono misstated the year he won his second Olympic gold medal, in Melbourne, Australia.
But the fact is, they were his friends, and after Peep's death, Gothboiclique found themselves navigating calls from major labels and legacy publications essentially because his obituaries performed well.
OBITUARIES An obituary on Monday about Klaus Kertess, the curator and longtime director of the Bykert Gallery in Manhattan, referred incorrectly to the artist Billy Sullivan, who survives him.
Since he started posting news of soldiers' deaths in 2015, he has published a total of 346 mini-obituaries of Iranians and Iranian-backed Afghans in Syria and Iraq.
OBITUARIES An obituary on Friday about Warren Hinckle, the editor who made Ramparts magazine a voice for the radical left, omitted two survivors, based on information from his family.
For starters, it means that UConn has set such an impossibly high standard that even the slightest leveling brings prewritten obituaries on the pending death of the Huskies' dominance.
Australia lost two important cultural figures, memorialized in New York Times obituaries: AC/DC's Malcolm Young; and Shannon Michael Cane, a book aficionado who took New York by storm.
When we published the first installment of the Overlooked project two weeks ago, we asked readers to suggest people they felt deserved, but didn't get, New York Times obituaries.
But this week, The Times introduced "Overlooked," a new project to publish the stories of people who left indelible marks on the world, but whose obituaries were never written.
Since 1851, The New York Times has published thousands of obituaries: of heads of state, opera singers, the inventor of Stove Top stuffing and the namer of the Slinky.
OBITUARIES An obituary on Sunday about Gene Sharp, a prominent advocate of nonviolent resistance, mistakenly listed a subtitle for his book "The Politics of Nonviolent Action," published in 1973.
And for the very worst of bad news — for calamities or illnesses or deaths — Facebook can help users speedily share updates, ask for help and share obituaries and memories.
Almost everything I know about my grandfather comes secondhand from newspaper clips, obituaries I've found on Google, books, and the stories I've heard of him in car rides home.
OBITUARIES An obituary on Saturday about the basketball star Mel Hutchins misspelled, at one point, the surname of one of his teammates on the Brigham Young University basketball team.
OBITUARIES An obituary on Saturday about the biologist Sydney Brenner misstated his age when he viewed the model of DNA constructed by Francis H.C. Crick and James D. Watson.
Obituaries remembered him as an adviser to four presidents, executive director of the White House Council on International Economic Policy, assistant for space policy to the secretary of defense.
OBITUARIES Because of an editing error, an obituary on Wednesday about Alex Spanos, the owner of the Chargers of the National Football League, misstated the location of Stockton, Calif.
OBITUARIES An obituary on Thursday about the pianist and composer Muhal Richard Abrams misspelled the surname of a disc jockey who organized a 1957 album on which he played.
OBITUARIES A picture caption on Tuesday with an obituary about the architect Gin Wong, whose projects included the Transamerica Pyramid in San Francisco, misstated Ron Wagley's position with Transamerica.
OBITUARIES An obituary on Thursday about Agustín Edwards, the publisher of the conservative Chilean newspaper El Mercurio, referred incorrectly to a previous owner of that newspaper, Agustín Edwards MacClure.
OBITUARIES An obituary on Saturday about the television producer Noreen Fraser, who led a national campaign against breast cancer, misstated her age when she learned she had the disease.
OBITUARIES An obituary on Friday about Stan Weston, the creator of the action figure G.I. Joe, using information from his family, omitted the name of one of his survivors.
OBITUARIES An obituary on Sunday about the naturalist and philanthropist Robert Goelet misstated the surname of the first person in Mr. Goelet's family to immigrate to the United States.
OBITUARIES An obituary on Saturday about Ninalee Allen Craig, the subject of the well-known photograph "American Girl in Italy," misstated how her marriage to R. Ross Craig ended.
OBITUARIES An obituary on Sunday about the author and broadcaster Frank Delaney, an authority on James Joyce's "Ulysses," referred incorrectly to Leopold Bloom, the central character of that novel.
OBITUARIES An obituary on Monday about the drummer Charles Bobo Shaw, using information from his family, misspelled the given name and misstated the surname of one of his daughters.
OBITUARIES An obituary on Sunday about Julia Ruth Stevens, the daughter of Babe Ruth and a promoter of baseball and her father's legacy, referred incorrectly to her son, Tom.
OBITUARIES An obituary on Wednesday about the former United States ambassador to Cambodia John Gunther Dean referred incorrectly to the languages he knew when he was in the Army.
OBITUARIES An obituary on Monday about the New Orleans chef and restaurateur Leah Chase referred incorrectly to a public-housing project across the street from her restaurant, Dooky Chase's.
OBITUARIES An obituary on Monday by The Associated Press about Jakob Denzinger, suspected of being a Nazi prison guard at Auschwitz and other camps, misstated his age in some editions.
OBITUARIES An obituary on Tuesday about the soprano Denise Duval misstated the year she made her professional debut, in "Cavalleria Rusticana" with the Bordeaux Opera, and the role she sang.
I feel like the world is okay, or at least, things are as they should be, if you read the obituaries and it's all elderly people who lived wonderful lives.
"They had pictures of me blown up into posters that said 'Rest in peace Brittany,' and my aunt eventually had obtained one of the obituaries and sent pictures," Brittany said.
It may be time to start prewriting our Sony Mobile obituaries, as the latest earnings report from Sony indicates the company's already tiny smartphone business has shrunk by almost half.
OBITUARIES An obituary on Thursday about the writer and actress Lois Wheeler Snow misstated, at one point, the number of years between Ms. Snow's first and last visits to China.
Dunn, who was a bill collector herself before she became a consultant, told me she always read the newspaper obituaries to see if anyone she needed to call had died.
The paper, running 10 or 12 pages, is filled with the staples of community weeklies: local sports, calendars, birth announcements and obituaries, the police blotter and reviews of artistic endeavors.
OBITUARIES An obituary on Wednesday about the former Illinois congressman and federal judge Abner J. Mikva misstated, in some editions, when he moved to the North Shore area of Chicago.
The obituaries reinforce that the patient in the hospital bed has a past and dreams for the future, with experiences, interests and talents impossible to fully appreciate during morning rounds.
"For those of us who work in conservation-related science, it almost feels as if we're writing obituaries for the planet," said Steven Monfort, chair of the Smithsonian Conservation Commons.
With Overlooked, our new collection of obituaries for women and others who never got them, The Times is acknowledging that many worthy subjects were skipped for generations, for whatever reasons.
In obituaries that have appeared since his death, in the Los Angeles Times, the New York Times and the Orange County Register, Greg Escalante's many accomplishments have been fittingly documented.
The New York Times, as part of a new project called Overlooked, has published obituaries for 229 extraordinary women who were not given one at the time of their deaths.
OBITUARIES An obituary on Monday about the longtime Los Angeles Dodger outfielder Wally Moon misstated the year the Los Angeles Coliseum, where the Dodgers played from 1958 until 1962, opened.
With thousands of obituaries to choose from and the freedom to use any materials they want, these mixed media collages are a great way to spark student creativity and ingenuity.
OBITUARIES An obituary on Monday about the playwright Neil Simon contained an incomplete credit for the original Broadway production of the musical "Little Me," for which he wrote the book.
OBITUARIES An obituary on Sunday and Monday about Senator John S. McCain referred incorrectly to the fire onboard the aircraft carrier Forrestal, on which he served, that killed 134 people.
They wrote obituaries and took to social media with the speed born of grim familiarity: another Russian journalist gunned down by the Kremlin for having the gall to think independently.
OBITUARIES An obituary on Tuesday about Charles Kuen Kao, a Nobel laureate in physics in 2009, misstated part of the work he and a colleague did in the late 1960s.
The package price is typically the initial offering presented to the funeral director or private party by the newspaper or ad group that is selling the obituaries on its behalf.
OBITUARIES An obituary on Wednesday about June Robles Birt, whose abduction when she was 6 years old was national front-page news, misstated the surname of one of her sons.
OBITUARIES An obituary on Wednesday about the author Jill Ker Conway, who was the first female president of Smith College, referred imprecisely to the Ada Comstock Scholars Program at Smith.
OBITUARIES An obituary on Tuesday about Robert M. Pirsig, the author of "Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance," referred incorrectly to a New York Times review of that book.
Bill McDonald, the obituaries editor, believes that this is the first offer by a big newsmaker to volunteer to talk to us for an article that he will never read.
His songs were quoted by the Rolling Stones, Eric Clapton and Led Zeppelin, and he's the latest entry in our series about people who didn't receive obituaries in The Times.
OBITUARIES Because of an editing error, an obituary on Friday about the former congressman Robert Garcia misidentified, in some copies, the location of Haaren High School, from which he graduated.
His 2017 list (so far!) numbers 33 musicians and industry icons, including Chuck Berry, Al Jarreau and Malcolm Young — plus 19 more whose obituaries he hasn't had time to write.
OBITUARIES An obituary on Friday about Bob Cerv, who played for the Yankees on three separate occasions, reversed, in some copies, the given names of the team's owners in 1960.
Why has the Times decided to devote a whole department, albeit a small one, to obituaries, when other publications have not, and how will they be sustained in the future?
Tiptree had written extensively that his mother was an elderly explorer and author in Chicago, and his readers scoured the obituaries in Chicago-area newspapers for clues to his real identity.
I spent a good part of this year cry-listening, parsing through YouTube videos, and combing through the stream of poetic obituaries that captured these larger-than-lives in final testaments.
" NJ.com noticed the similar obituaries and took to Twitter with a photo of the newspaper and the caption, "This guy was loved so much both wife, girlfriend place obits in newspaper.
In the early 2000s, following a long, slow decline in oil production that began after the last record-breaking years of the late 1960s, analysts started writing obituaries for American oil.
There will be longer, deeper obituaries written about Gawker, which started off as a New York-centric, media-gossip blog before expanding into a national outlet with immense reach and influence.
Working through the weekend with obituaries, census records, newspaper archives, and social media she found her way to two descendants of the great-grandparents of the original matches who had married.
OBITUARIES An obituary on Wednesday about the football coach Buddy Ryan described incorrectly the game in which Ryan, then the Houston Oilers' defensive coordinator, punched the team's offensive coordinator, Kevin Gilbride.
OBITUARIES An obituary on Friday about the director Jack Hofsiss misstated the name of a play he directed at the Public Theater in New York, and the surname of the playwright.
OBITUARIES An obituary on Monday, and in some editions on Sunday, about the jazz clarinetist Pete Fountain misstated the name of the hotel that housed his nightclub from 2698 to 24637.
OBITUARIES An obituary on Wednesday about João Havelange, the longtime head of FIFA, world soccer's governing body, misstated the year he expanded the World Cup field to 2698 nations from 24637.
OBITUARIES An obituary on Saturday about the advertising executive Ronald DeLuca misspelled the name of the city in Pennsylvania where he was born and the railroad for which his father worked.
OBITUARIES An obituary on Saturday about the guitarist and singer Lonnie Mack misidentified the magazine for which the music historian Richard T. Pinnell wrote about Mr. Mack's record "Memphis" in 1979.
OBITUARIES An obituary on Thursday about John Thompson, who was exonerated after spending 14 years on death row in the Louisiana State Penitentiary, referred incorrectly to his scheduled execution in 1999.
OBITUARIES An obituary on Thursday about Millie Veasey, who served in an all-black, all-women's battalion in World War II, misstated the year that Ms. Veasey's unit arrived in Scotland.
OBITUARIES A picture caption with an obituary on Saturday about the botanical artist Jessica Tcherepnine, using information from the Shepherd Gallery in Manhattan, misidentified the subject of one of her paintings.
OBITUARIES An obituary on Saturday about John E. Merow, a former chairman of the Wall Street law firm Sullivan & Cromwell, misstated the location of Little Valley, N.Y., where he was born.
OBITUARIES An obituary on Thursday about Mary Boyd Higgins, the psychoanalyst Wilhelm Reich's trustee, using information from a family member, misstated the year she moved to Lexington, Ky., where she died.
OBITUARIES An obituary on April 16 about Mirjana Markovic, the wife of the Serbian leader Slobodan Milosevic, misstated the number of people killed in the wars in Croatia, Bosnia and Kosovo.
We're resurfacing recent obituaries featured in The Times through the creative works they left behind, including the actress Bibi Andersson, the French sculptor Claude Lalanne and the photographer Ed Westcott, above.
The Times does not publish obituaries for animals, but it does cover the deaths of some extraordinary ones — including but not limited to polar bears, race horses, beagles, terriers and birds.
Their stories are culled from among the more than 2,600 submissions readers sent in for The Times's Overlooked project, spotlighting people who deserved, but did not get, obituaries in our pages.
Yet that did not stop the tributes from pouring across social media, or discourage journalists from writing obituaries to the small paper that increasingly seemed a relic of a bygone era.
While Cramer admitted that strategy isn't perfect, he said it's a good way to prevent yourself from being shaken out of stocks and to view downturns as opportunities rather than obituaries.
OBITUARIES An obituary on Wednesday about the rock musician John Wetton, using information from his manager, misspelled the maiden name of Mr. Wetton's wife and misstated the month they were married.

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