Shuntaro Tanikawa, Poet and Translator of ‘Peanuts,’ Dies at 92
by A perennial front-runner for the Nobel Prize in Literature, he was a revered figure in Japan, not just in literary circles but also among casual …
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Barbara Bowman Dies at 96; Visionary Educator for Preschoolers
She devoted her career to teaching teachers how to prepare the youngest and most vulnerable children to fulfill their potential.
Actress dies after consuming amphibian’s venom at spiritual cleansing retreat
A Mexican actress is dead after voluntarily participating in a spiritual cleansing ritual during which she reportedly consumed poisonous Amazonian frog venom. Marcela Alcázar Rodríguez, …
Prince Johnson, 72, Warlord Who Executed Liberia’s President, Dies
A rebel leader in Liberia’s civil wars, he was accused of numerous atrocities. The most notorious was the videotaped mutilation and killing of President Samuel …
Rohit Bal, Exuberant Star of Indian Fashion, Dies at 63
Known as “the bad boy of fashion,” he was among a wave of designers who created modern Indian couture by updating traditional garments.
Morton I. Abramowitz, Diplomat Who Made Refugees a Priority, Dies at 91
As ambassador to Thailand and Turkey, and later as president of the Carnegie Endowment, he pushed for making human rights central to foreign policy.
Russian woman dies after being swept away by massive wave
A Russian tourist visiting Koh Samui, Thailand, died after she was swept away by a massive wave on Friday as she was doing yoga on …
Florida man dies after getting knocked off boat, caught in propeller
A Florida man is dead after he got caught in a boat propeller during a fishing trip with a friend off the Sunshine State’s west …
South Carolina mayor dies in crash while being ‘pursued’ by deputy, just days after his police force quit
A South Carolina mayor died in a head-on vehicle crash while being “pursued” by law enforcement just days after his town’s entire police department quit, …
J. Stanley Pottinger, 84, Dies; Official Figured Out Identity of ‘Deep Throat’
A former Nixon official (and later a novelist), he led an investigation in which a shadowy Watergate figure squirmed when asked if he had been …