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  1. remembrance
    Listening to Andre Braugher“When he acted, the words were notes; the sentences, lyrics; every monologue, an aria.”
    By Matt Zoller Seitz
  2. wakes
    The Unwavering Sinéad O’ConnorFriends, collaborators, and admirers on the life and legacy of a “machete-cutting truth teller.”
    By Drew Fortune
  3. remembrance
    Norman Lear’s TruthHe depicted the American experiment, one family at a time.
    By Kathryn VanArendonk
  4. rip
    Robbie Robertson, the Band Co-founder and Film Composer, Dead at 80Known for investigating the sounds of Americana with Bob Dylan and collaborating with Martin Scorsese.
    By Zoe Guy
  5. remembrance
    A Hollywood Director PossessedWilliam Friedkin made movies like The Exorcist and Sorcerer his way, no matter what changes transformed his industry.
    By Matt Zoller Seitz
  6. remembrance
    It Was Easy to Get Pee-wee HermanHe was one of many characters Paul Reubens inhabited. Any of them could have been stars.
    By Matt Zoller Seitz
  7. rip
    Jane Birkin, Actor, Singer, and Fashion Icon, Dead at 76She was found dead at her home in Paris.
    By Charu Sinha
  8. remembrance
    Kenneth Anger Never Cooled OffBut the filmmaker’s renegade aesthetic is all over the mainstream, from Martin Scorsese to David Lynch.
    By Matt Zoller Seitz
  9. remembrance
    Al Jaffee’s Snappy, Not So Stupid MAD LegacyMAD’s longest-serving cartoonist invented a way to do something unusual: turn a pulp-magazine page into an animated, interactive feature.
    By Christopher Bonanos
  10. obituary
    Logan Roy Wouldn’t Look Back“I fuckin’ love news.”
    By Christopher Bonanos
  11. remembrance
    Barbara Walters’s Superpower Was FairnessShe made subjects believe they were getting an open-minded hearing — and that made them talk.
    By Matt Zoller Seitz
  12. remembrance
    Jerry Lee Lewis Was an SOB Right to the EndThe talented hell-raiser of early rock and roll died at 87.
    By Bill Wyman
  13. remembrance
    Angela Lansbury Could Play Cozy or Criminal, Grand or Grand GuignolFrom Gaslight to Mame to Sweeney Todd to Beauty and the Beast, with a long, comfortable stop in Cabot Cove.
    By Helen Shaw
  14. rip
    David A. Arnold, Comedian and Fuller House Writer, Dead at 54He released two Netflix specials and was one of only a few Black showrunners in television.
    By Hershal Pandya
  15. remembrance
    ‘A Combination of Permission and Exaltation’On Peter Brook and The Empty Space.
    By Helen Shaw
  16. rip
    Technoblade, Late Minecraft YouTuber, Honored by Gaming World“He will be missed dearly,” the official Minecraft account tweeted.
    By Jason P. Frank
  17. rip
    Robert Morse, Mad Men and Broadway Star, Dead at 90“The moon belongs to everyone.”
    By Ashley Shannon Wu
  18. obit
    Liz Sheridan, Seinfeld Mom and Broadway Dancer, Dead at 93The late actress documented her affair with James Dean in her memoir.
    By Alejandra Gularte
  19. r.i.p.
    R.I.P. Mr. GIFStephen Wilhite, the creator of the GIF, was 74.
    By Wolfgang Ruth
  20. obit
    Traci Braxton, Singer and Toni Braxton’s Sister, Dead at 50Her sister Toni Braxton announced the news Saturday morning.
    By Alejandra Gularte
  21. rip
    Emilio Delgado, Luis on Sesame Street for 45 Years, Dead at 81He held the record for Mexican American actor with the longest-running role in TV history.
    By Ashley Shannon Wu
  22. rip
    Monica Vitti, Italian Actress and Muse, Dead at 90The L’Avventura star died in Rome on Wednesday.
    By Ashley Shannon Wu
  23. obit
    Drakeo the Ruler, Influential West Coast Rapper, Dead at 28The family intends to file a lawsuit against concert promoters next week.
    By Wolfgang Ruth
  24. obit
    Comedian and Baskets Star Louie Anderson Dead at 68He was hospitalized for blood cancer treatment.
    By Alejandra Gularte
  25. vulture lists
    12 Meat Loaf Stories That Proved He Lived One Hell of a LifeWarning: The late Meat Loaf was known to embellish a story or two.
    By Dan Reilly
  26. obit
    Charlie Watts Held the Rolling Stones Together for Half a CenturyRemembering the legendary drummer, without whom the greatest rock and roll band in history might’ve crumbled.
    By Bill Wyman
  27. rip
    Paul Mooney, Trailblazing Comedian and Writer, Is Dead at 79After suffering a heart attack at his home.
    By Zoe Haylock
  28. obituary
    On the Talented, Monstrous James LevineThe Met’s longtime artistic director, fired for sexual abuse, has died at 77.
    By Justin Davidson
  29. q+a
    George C. Wolfe on the ‘Audacity’ of His Late Mentor Stanley Crouch“Even if you didn’t agree with him, there was an incredible thoughtfulness that was going on,“ the playwright said of the combative jazz critic.
    By Matt Stieb
  30. deaths
    Kool & the Gang Co-Founder Ronald ‘Khalis’ Bell Dead at 68He started the legendary funk group with his brother Robert “Kool” Bell in 1964.
    By Chris Murphy
  31. obituary
    On Larry Kramer, The Normal Heart, and Playwriting As Screed“I had internalized that meat-ax political drama was a synonym for ‘clumsy.’ But it dismantled all my craft preconceptions.”
    By Helen Shaw
  32. obit
    There Was One Great Role Brian Dennehy Never Got to PlayRobert Falls talked about the great American actor, who died on Wednesday at 81.
    By Helen Shaw
  33. appreciation
    ‘I Was Always Astounded by the Level of Constant Invention’: On Terrence McNallyThe playwright’s broad palette and essential humanity.
    By Helen Shaw
  34. obituary
    On John SimonConsidering the longtime New York critic, who died yesterday at 94.
    By Christopher Bonanos
  35. appreciations
    Frank Rich: Hal Prince Directed the Greatest Musical Production I Ever SawAnd, Frank Rich recalls, there was a lot more greatness where that came from.
    By Frank Rich
  36. obit
    Al Feldstein and the Furshlugginer Greatness of Mad MagazineAn assessment of Mad’s place in the culture, as the magazine goes off to its final Fold-in.
    By Christopher Bonanos
  37. deaths
    Comics Legend Stan Lee Dead at 95His daughter has confirmed the news.
    By Jordan Crucchiola
  38. obituary
    Tom Wolfe on Marie Cosindas, an Artist Who Created Something Completely NewA photographer who worked as no one else did.
    By Tom Wolfe
  39. r.i.p.
    Beloved Actor Om Puri Dead at 66Puri acted across Bollywood, British, and Hollywood films.
    By Karen Brill
  40. obit
    Edward Albee Saw Life As a Cosmic JokeThe playwright literally couldn’t imagine being closeted, in any way.
    By Jesse Green
  41. rest in peace
    Ron Lester, Star of Varsity Blues, Dead at 45He also starred in Not Another Teen Movie and Good Burger.
    By Devon Ivie
  42. r.i.p.
    Billy Paul, Soul Singer Known for ‘Me and Mrs. Jones,’ Dead at 81His manager told the media that he was hospitalized last week at Temple University Hospital.
    By Sean Fitz-Gerald
  43. obit
    Remembering Phife Dawg, Who Mattered to EveryoneIt’s something about the death of a lyricist that hurts a different way.
    By Rembert Browne
  44. take it easy
    Why Glenn Frey Was the True Leader of the EaglesBob Seger says so of the recently departed Eagle, and you know, we’ve gotta agree.
    By Stephen Thomas Erlewine
  45. remembering bowie
    Grieving David Bowie, a True Rock Star in Life and in DeathOur music critic mourns the loss of David Bowie, a rock star so committed to his post that he soundtracked his own death.
    By Lindsay Zoladz
  46. Remembering Elizabeth Swados, the Original Theater BadassHer stubborn, wild, ephemeral spirit touched so many of us.
    By Jonathan Coleman
  47. obit
    Jerry Saltz on Ellsworth Kelly 1923–2015; ‘The American Matisse’“Now, his work stuns me from its own Platonic eternity.”
    By Jerry Saltz
  48. ode to a fallen front man
    Scott Weiland’s Quest for Front-man ReinventionRemembering the wholly unique Stone Temple Pilots singer.
    By Eric Harvey
  49. one of the greats
    Remembering Allen Toussaint, the Musical Force Who Embodied New OrleansToussaint shaped the sound of R&B, rock, and country, but to New Orleans, he remained a down-to-earth ambassador.
    By Alison Fensterstock
  50. obit
    Rapper Sean Price Dies at 43Price was a member of the heralded hip-hop duo Heltah Skeltah.
    By Greg Cwik
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