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Obit

  1. remembrance
    ‘A Combination of Permission and Exaltation’On Peter Brook and The Empty Space.
  2. rip
    Technoblade, Late Minecraft YouTuber, Honored by Gaming World“He will be missed dearly,” the official Minecraft account tweeted.
  3. rip
    Robert Morse, Mad Men and Broadway Star, Dead at 90“The moon belongs to everyone.”
  4. obit
    Liz Sheridan, Seinfeld Mom and Broadway Dancer, Dead at 93The late actress documented her affair with James Dean in her memoir.
  5. r.i.p.
    R.I.P. Mr. GIFStephen Wilhite, the creator of the GIF, was 74.
  6. obit
    Traci Braxton, Singer and Toni Braxton’s Sister, Dead at 50Her sister Toni Braxton announced the news Saturday morning.
  7. 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.
  8. rip
    Monica Vitti, Italian Actress and Muse, Dead at 90The L’Avventura star died in Rome on Wednesday.
  9. obit
    Drakeo the Ruler, Influential West Coast Rapper, Dead at 28The family intends to file a lawsuit against concert promoters next week.
  10. obit
    Comedian and Baskets Star Louie Anderson Dead at 68He was hospitalized for blood cancer treatment.
  11. 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.
  12. 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.
  13. rip
    Paul Mooney, Trailblazing Comedian and Writer, Is Dead at 79After suffering a heart attack at his home.
  14. obituary
    On the Talented, Monstrous James LevineThe Met’s longtime artistic director, fired for sexual abuse, has died at 77.
  15. 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.
  16. 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.
  17. 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.”
  18. 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.
  19. appreciation
    ‘I Was Always Astounded by the Level of Constant Invention’: On Terrence McNallyThe playwright’s broad palette and essential humanity.
  20. obituary
    On John SimonConsidering the longtime New York critic, who died yesterday at 94.
  21. 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.
  22. 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.
  23. deaths
    Comics Legend Stan Lee Dead at 95His daughter has confirmed the news.
  24. obituary
    Tom Wolfe on Marie Cosindas, an Artist Who Created Something Completely NewA photographer who worked as no one else did.
  25. r.i.p.
    Beloved Actor Om Puri Dead at 66Puri acted across Bollywood, British, and Hollywood films.
  26. obit
    Edward Albee Saw Life As a Cosmic JokeThe playwright literally couldn’t imagine being closeted, in any way.
  27. rest in peace
    Ron Lester, Star of Varsity Blues, Dead at 45He also starred in Not Another Teen Movie and Good Burger.
  28. 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.
  29. obit
    Remembering Phife Dawg, Who Mattered to EveryoneIt’s something about the death of a lyricist that hurts a different way.
  30. 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.
  31. 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.
  32. Remembering Elizabeth Swados, the Original Theater BadassHer stubborn, wild, ephemeral spirit touched so many of us.
  33. obit
    Jerry Saltz on Ellsworth Kelly 1923–2015; ‘The American Matisse’“Now, his work stuns me from its own Platonic eternity.”
  34. ode to a fallen front man
    Scott Weiland’s Quest for Front-man ReinventionRemembering the wholly unique Stone Temple Pilots singer.
  35. 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.
  36. obit
    Rapper Sean Price Dies at 43Price was a member of the heralded hip-hop duo Heltah Skeltah.
  37. obit
    Iconic British Singer and TV Star Cilla Black Dies at 72She played with the Beatles and was the highest-paid woman on TV.
  38. obit
    Godfather Actor Alex Rocco Dead at 79Rocco is best known for portraying Moe Greene in Francis Ford Coppola’s classic film.
  39. obit
    Nintendo President Satoru Iwata, 55, Passes AwayHe had been at the company since 1983.
  40. obit
    That Face, Those Eyes: Omar Sharif’s Journey to International SuperstardomThe legendary actor had an ineffable presence, more so than any other actor of his generation.
  41. obit
    Cheers Actor Roger Rees Dead at 71The actor was best known for his roles on Cheers, The West Wing, and in Robin Hood: Men in Tights.
  42. obit
    Farewell to the Last Honorable Man in WesterosSadness may pierce us like shards of dragonglass.
  43. Ornette Coleman’s Uncompromising GeniusA tribute to the brilliant jazz musician, dead today at 85. 
  44. obit
    The Cynthia Lennon I KnewA story with a twist.
  45. Direction and Misdirection: An Appreciation of Mike Nichols, 1931–2014“Two countries, three names, four wives, innumerable lives.”
  46. obit
    Frank Rich Remembers Mike NicholsLooking back on a career like few others.
  47. obit
    The Lady in Room 309: Elaine Stritch, 1925–2014Vulnerability that comes from growing up in the sticks.
  48. The Loveliness of the Long-Distance Artist: On Kawara, 1933–2014In memoriam.
  49. obits
    All Hail: Sid Caesar, 1922–2014Even in fragments, his greatness comes through.
  50. obit
    Jerry Saltz on Richard Artschwager, 1923-2013“An artist … preternaturally acute and copacetic, as oddly visionary and just odd.”
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