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Kristina Gjerde, Advocate for Ocean Biodiversity, Dies at 68 (Sat, 17 Jan 2026)
She played a key role in negotiating a landmark United Nations treaty to protect the high seas, an agreement that went into effect this weekend.
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Rhoda Levine, Pathbreaking Opera Director, Dies at 93 (Sat, 17 Jan 2026)
Starting out in the 1970s as a rare woman in a field dominated by men, she directed the premieres of a pair of politically charged modern classics.
>> Read more
Joel Primack, Physicist Who Helped Explain the Cosmos, Dies at 80 (Sat, 17 Jan 2026)
A professor at the University of California, Santa Cruz, he was a key contributor to a landmark paper that laid out how the universe came to look like it does today.
>> Read more
Gabriel Barkay, 81, Dies; His Discoveries Revised Biblical History (Sat, 17 Jan 2026)
One of Israel’s leading archaeologists, he found evidence that the writing of the Old Testament likely began much earlier than historians had thought.
>> Read more
Walter Steding, Otherworldly One-Man Band and Portraitist, Is Dead at 75 (Fri, 16 Jan 2026)
A self-taught musician, he wore flashing goggles while playing the violin. But his real skill was as a painter, and his portraits offered an eerie commentary on the times.
>> Read more
Leonard D. Jacoby, 83, Dies; Brought Legal Services to the Masses (Thu, 15 Jan 2026)
He and Steven Z. Meyers opened their first low-cost legal clinic in 1972. Within a decade, they had revolutionized the legal industry, and Jacoby & Meyers had become a widely known brand.
>> Read more
John Cunningham, Character Actor and Broadway Stalwart, Dies at 93 (Thu, 15 Jan 2026)
He was a familiar face from Broadway productions of “Company,” “Titanic” and “Six Degrees of Separation” and from many movie and TV appearances.
>> Read more
Jim Hartung, Gymnast Who Helped Deliver U.S. Gold, Dies at 65 (Thu, 15 Jan 2026)
In an upset victory over China at the 1984 Olympics, he and five others became the only American men ever to win the gold medal in the gymnastics team competition.
>> Read more
Harvey Pratt, Who Designed the Native American Veterans Memorial, Dies at 84 (Fri, 16 Jan 2026)
A self-taught artist, he also spent more than half a century creating forensic sketches and reconstructions for law-enforcement agencies.
>> Read more
Frank Dunlop, 98, Dies; Director Who Gave Theater a Free-Spirited Spin (Thu, 15 Jan 2026)
In 1970, he founded London’s Young Vic, an adventurous “people’s theater” (the Who took the stage at one point) before shaking up the Brooklyn Academy of Music.
>> Read more
Renfrew Christie Dies at 76; Sabotaged Racist Regime’s Nuclear Program (Wed, 14 Jan 2026)
He played a key role in ending apartheid South Africa’s secret weapons program in the 1980s by helping the African National Congress bomb critical facilities.
>> Read more
Rebecca Kilgore, 76, Dies; Acclaimed Interpreter of American Songbook (Wed, 14 Jan 2026)
An elegant jazz singer with adventurous taste, she counted among her fans the performer Michael Feinstein and the songwriter Dave Frishberg, who called her technique “flawless.”
>> Read more
Jim McBride Dies at 78; Brought Honky-Tonk Back to Country Music (Wed, 14 Jan 2026)
He was best known for his long-running collaboration with Alan Jackson and their signature hit, “Chattahoochee.”
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Claudette Colvin, Who Refused to Give Her Bus Seat to a White Woman, Dies at 86 (Wed, 14 Jan 2026)
Her defiance of Jim Crow laws in 1955 made her a star witness in a landmark segregation suit, but her act was overshadowed months later when Rosa Parks made history with a similar stand.
>> Read more
Scott Adams, Creator of the Satirical ‘Dilbert’ Comic Strip, Dies at 68 (Wed, 14 Jan 2026)
His chronicles of a corporate cubicle dweller was widely distributed until racist comments on his podcast led newspapers to cut their ties with him.
>> Read more
Elle Simone Scott, Chef and Cooking Show Stalwart, Dies at 49 (Tue, 13 Jan 2026)
She was the first Black cast member on the PBS show “America’s Test Kitchen,” and used her influence to help other female chefs of color.
>> Read more
David Mitchell, Who Led Fight on Drug Prices, Dies at 75 (Mon, 12 Jan 2026)
After receiving a diagnosis of terminal cancer, he used his experience in public relations to draw attention to the skyrocketing cost of medication.
>> Read more
Daniel Walker Howe, Historian of Antebellum America, Dies at 88 (Tue, 13 Jan 2026)
In a Pulitzer-winning book, he saw modern America’s origins not so much in one president’s policies as in the sweeping social and technological changes wrought in the years 1815-48.
>> Read more
Jirdes Winther Baxter, 101, Dies; Last Survivor of Epidemic in Alaska (Mon, 12 Jan 2026)
An outbreak of diphtheria inspired a celebrated sled dog relay of nearly 700 miles to deliver lifesaving serum to the remote town of Nome.
>> Read more
Richard Codey, a New Jersey Acting Governor Many Times Over, Dies at 79 (Tue, 13 Jan 2026)
He was the state’s longest-serving legislator, and as president of its Senate he was frequently called on to serve as a fill-in governor, being next in line of succession.
>> Read more
Erich von Däniken, Who Claimed Aliens Visited Earth, Dies at 90 (Sun, 11 Jan 2026)
His 1968 book, “Chariots of the Gods,” sold hundreds of thousands of copies, but one critic called it a “warped parody of reasoning.”
>> Read more
She played a key role in negotiating a landmark United Nations treaty to protect the high seas, an agreement that went into effect this weekend.
>> Read more
Rhoda Levine, Pathbreaking Opera Director, Dies at 93 (Sat, 17 Jan 2026)
Starting out in the 1970s as a rare woman in a field dominated by men, she directed the premieres of a pair of politically charged modern classics.
>> Read more
Joel Primack, Physicist Who Helped Explain the Cosmos, Dies at 80 (Sat, 17 Jan 2026)
A professor at the University of California, Santa Cruz, he was a key contributor to a landmark paper that laid out how the universe came to look like it does today.
>> Read more
Gabriel Barkay, 81, Dies; His Discoveries Revised Biblical History (Sat, 17 Jan 2026)
One of Israel’s leading archaeologists, he found evidence that the writing of the Old Testament likely began much earlier than historians had thought.
>> Read more
Walter Steding, Otherworldly One-Man Band and Portraitist, Is Dead at 75 (Fri, 16 Jan 2026)
A self-taught musician, he wore flashing goggles while playing the violin. But his real skill was as a painter, and his portraits offered an eerie commentary on the times.
>> Read more
Leonard D. Jacoby, 83, Dies; Brought Legal Services to the Masses (Thu, 15 Jan 2026)
He and Steven Z. Meyers opened their first low-cost legal clinic in 1972. Within a decade, they had revolutionized the legal industry, and Jacoby & Meyers had become a widely known brand.
>> Read more
John Cunningham, Character Actor and Broadway Stalwart, Dies at 93 (Thu, 15 Jan 2026)
He was a familiar face from Broadway productions of “Company,” “Titanic” and “Six Degrees of Separation” and from many movie and TV appearances.
>> Read more
Jim Hartung, Gymnast Who Helped Deliver U.S. Gold, Dies at 65 (Thu, 15 Jan 2026)
In an upset victory over China at the 1984 Olympics, he and five others became the only American men ever to win the gold medal in the gymnastics team competition.
>> Read more
Harvey Pratt, Who Designed the Native American Veterans Memorial, Dies at 84 (Fri, 16 Jan 2026)
A self-taught artist, he also spent more than half a century creating forensic sketches and reconstructions for law-enforcement agencies.
>> Read more
Frank Dunlop, 98, Dies; Director Who Gave Theater a Free-Spirited Spin (Thu, 15 Jan 2026)
In 1970, he founded London’s Young Vic, an adventurous “people’s theater” (the Who took the stage at one point) before shaking up the Brooklyn Academy of Music.
>> Read more
Renfrew Christie Dies at 76; Sabotaged Racist Regime’s Nuclear Program (Wed, 14 Jan 2026)
He played a key role in ending apartheid South Africa’s secret weapons program in the 1980s by helping the African National Congress bomb critical facilities.
>> Read more
Rebecca Kilgore, 76, Dies; Acclaimed Interpreter of American Songbook (Wed, 14 Jan 2026)
An elegant jazz singer with adventurous taste, she counted among her fans the performer Michael Feinstein and the songwriter Dave Frishberg, who called her technique “flawless.”
>> Read more
Jim McBride Dies at 78; Brought Honky-Tonk Back to Country Music (Wed, 14 Jan 2026)
He was best known for his long-running collaboration with Alan Jackson and their signature hit, “Chattahoochee.”
>> Read more
Claudette Colvin, Who Refused to Give Her Bus Seat to a White Woman, Dies at 86 (Wed, 14 Jan 2026)
Her defiance of Jim Crow laws in 1955 made her a star witness in a landmark segregation suit, but her act was overshadowed months later when Rosa Parks made history with a similar stand.
>> Read more
Scott Adams, Creator of the Satirical ‘Dilbert’ Comic Strip, Dies at 68 (Wed, 14 Jan 2026)
His chronicles of a corporate cubicle dweller was widely distributed until racist comments on his podcast led newspapers to cut their ties with him.
>> Read more
Elle Simone Scott, Chef and Cooking Show Stalwart, Dies at 49 (Tue, 13 Jan 2026)
She was the first Black cast member on the PBS show “America’s Test Kitchen,” and used her influence to help other female chefs of color.
>> Read more
David Mitchell, Who Led Fight on Drug Prices, Dies at 75 (Mon, 12 Jan 2026)
After receiving a diagnosis of terminal cancer, he used his experience in public relations to draw attention to the skyrocketing cost of medication.
>> Read more
Daniel Walker Howe, Historian of Antebellum America, Dies at 88 (Tue, 13 Jan 2026)
In a Pulitzer-winning book, he saw modern America’s origins not so much in one president’s policies as in the sweeping social and technological changes wrought in the years 1815-48.
>> Read more
Jirdes Winther Baxter, 101, Dies; Last Survivor of Epidemic in Alaska (Mon, 12 Jan 2026)
An outbreak of diphtheria inspired a celebrated sled dog relay of nearly 700 miles to deliver lifesaving serum to the remote town of Nome.
>> Read more
Richard Codey, a New Jersey Acting Governor Many Times Over, Dies at 79 (Tue, 13 Jan 2026)
He was the state’s longest-serving legislator, and as president of its Senate he was frequently called on to serve as a fill-in governor, being next in line of succession.
>> Read more
Erich von Däniken, Who Claimed Aliens Visited Earth, Dies at 90 (Sun, 11 Jan 2026)
His 1968 book, “Chariots of the Gods,” sold hundreds of thousands of copies, but one critic called it a “warped parody of reasoning.”
>> Read more
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