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Audrey Evans, pioneering researcher of childhood cancer, dies at 97

by Margaret Foster The Washington Post September 29, 2022September 29, 2022

She was the first to accurately diagnose neuroblastoma, the most common type of cancer in infants, and co-founded the first Ronald McDonald House.

by Adela Suliman The Washington Post September 24, 2022September 24, 2022

Fletcher won an Academy Award for best actress for her infamous role playing a cruel nurse in a psychiatric hospital.

by Harrison Smith The Washington Post September 6, 2022September 6, 2022

He set out to find a way to enjoy the thrills of a motorcycle without the ‘danger of falling onto hard ground at high speeds.’

by YURI KAGEYAMA Associated Press August 31, 2022August 31, 2022

Inamori was the founder of Japanese ceramics and electronics maker Kyocera.

by Terence McArdle The Washington Post August 25, 2022August 25, 2022

His simple, but innovative drum licks became rock ‘n’ roll classics and were an inspiration to future stars.

by Matt Schudel The Washington Post August 24, 2022August 24, 2022

He got so close to the action he was wounded four times. “Any war picture is an antiwar picture,” he once said.

by Brian Murphy The Washington Post August 18, 2022August 18, 2022

Often at odds with the wider medical community, he felt so snubbed by Nobel Prize judges that he took out full-page ads denouncing their decision.

by JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer August 16, 2022August 16, 2022

His breakthrough feature about life aboard a German U-boat was hailed as an anti-war masterpiece and nominated for six Oscars.

by Harrison Smith The Washington Post August 16, 2022August 16, 2022

Evans was deeply in debt and looking for direction when he heard story that ‘made me shiver’ and would change his life.

by JILL LAWLESS Associated Press August 10, 2022

Briggs’ wordless book, about a boy’s wintry creation that comes to life, has sold more than 5.5 million copies around the world.