Marguerite Littman, the Inspiration for Holly Golightly, Dies at 90
She knew everyone, Truman Capote said. And she drew on her friends to contribute to her efforts in the fight against AIDS.
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She knew everyone, Truman Capote said. And she drew on her friends to contribute to her efforts in the fight against AIDS.
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He covered wars, politics and brash, complicated men — like himself. His profile subjects included Oliver Stone, Tupac Shakur and David Geffen.
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Nicknamed Fast Eddie, he was an All-Star guard with the Atlanta Hawks. But he had drug problems, and after retiring he was convicted of sexual assault.
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She became a star as a percussionist and bandleader in the swing era. But her call for the big bands to hire women instrumentalists during World War II had little impact.
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The coronavirus pandemic has taken an incalculable death toll. This series is designed to put names and faces to the numbers.
Remembering Ruth Bader Ginsburg, John Lewis, Kobe Bryant, Chadwick Boseman, Gail Sheehy, Kirk Douglas, Katherine Johnson, Little Richard, Regis Philbin, Mary Higgins Clark, Jerry Stiller and many others who died this year.
Beloved in Italy, he was best known as the star of a TV series playing a small-town police chief. He also had a long film career and a popular one-man stage show.
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An Indian-born acolyte of Gandhi, he campaigned for boycotts, divestments and other protests against the South African government.
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She built a steady career of Everywoman roles. Perhaps none of them made a bigger impression than her performance as “Clocktower Lady.”
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As news director of Radio Free Europe, he saw the Berlin Wall go up and later worked for CBS and at the Newseum in Washington. He died in the pandemic.
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Senator Oliveira, who had the support of evangelicals, played down the coronavirus before succumbing to it.
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Their TV show “Cannon & Ball,” part goofy comedy and part earnest musical numbers, drew up to 20 million viewers on Saturday nights in the 1980s. Mr. Ball was infected with the coronavirus.
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He spent much of his life training to run the venerable Nevada red-sauce joint founded by his grandparents. Weeks after taking over, he died of Covid-19.
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John Condrone, as he was called in real life, left the ring for a different stage, becoming a songwriter and performer. He died of complications of Covid-19.
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She was arrested multiple times but persisted in her activism, which ultimately helped women secure the right to vote in England.
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“Century of Struggle,” her 1959 history of the women’s rights movement, uncovered previously ignored narratives, like the contributions of African-American women.
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Impelled by her vision of the modern Black woman, Slowe nurtured a post-World War I generation at Howard University to be empowered, self-aware and globally conscious.
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Lee stood out as a Chinese immigrant, giving speeches, writing articles and helping to lead a 10,000-strong march through the streets of New York City when she was just a teenager.
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She was the first Black woman to run for vice president, in 1952. She was also a pioneering journalist.
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