obit
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PublishedDecember 14, 2022
‘Twin Peaks’ composer Angelo Badalamenti dies at 85
He was best known for creating otherworldly scores for many David Lynch productions, from 'Blue Velvet' and 'Twin Peaks' to 'Mulholland Drive.'
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PublishedDecember 13, 2022
Kawānanakoa, ‘last Hawaiian princess,’ dies at 96
She held no formal title, but was a living reminder of Hawaii's monarchy before the kingdom was overthrown by American businessmen in 1893.
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PublishedDecember 8, 2022
Don Luce, activist who exposed Vietnam War horrors, dies at 88
His eyewitness accounts while teaching students in the country became a major part of the U.S. antiwar movement.
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PublishedDecember 7, 2022
Dominique Lapierre, French author and journalist, dies at 91
Lapierre was celebrated for his historical work on the World War II struggle to liberate Paris.
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PublishedDecember 1, 2022
Jiang Zemin, who guided China’s economic rise, dies at 96
He led the ruling Communist Party after the Tiananmen Square massacre and was China's president for 10 years.
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PublishedNovember 29, 2022
Clarence Gilyard, ‘Die Hard’ and ‘Matlock’ actor, dies at 66
Gilyard began his career in the 1980s with roles on several popular TV shows.
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PublishedNovember 29, 2022
Joyce Bryant, ‘bronze blond bombshell’ of 1950s, dies at 95
Bryant electrified nightclub audiences despite performing in an era of uncompromising racial segregation.
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PublishedNovember 15, 2022
Budd Friedman, Improv founder who built a comedy empire, dies at 90
He pioneered the modern comedy club, opening venues in New York and Los Angeles that fostered the careers of Jay Leno, Richard Pryor, Adam Sandler and others.
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PublishedNovember 10, 2022
Paul Schrade, union leader wounded in RFK slaying, dies at 97
Schrade spent decades claiming that assassin Sirhan Sirhan did not act alone, contrary to investigations and official studies of the 1968 killing.
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PublishedNovember 8, 2022
Doris Grumbach, versatile novelist and literary critic, dies at 104
She explored LGBTQ themes in her novels and offered a frank assessment of old age in her memoirs, which she wrote while living in Sargentville, Maine.
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