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My former colleague Osman Durrani, who has died aged 77, was a scholar of German literature and culture with a…

Houston rapper Big Pokey died at age 45 on Sunday after collapsing on stage during a Saturday late-night…

Cormac McCarthy, the novelist known for his Southern Gothic stories, died in his home in Santa Fe, New Mexico, on…

Treat Williams, an actor known for his roles in the TV show “Everwood” and the film version of the musical “Hair,”…

Mike Batayeh, a stand-up comic and actor known for “Breaking Bad,” has died. He was 52.Batayeh was best known for…

My friend Jenny Warner, who has died aged 87, was a speech therapist and one of the three founding members, in the…

Unusually, the lyricist Cynthia Weil’s husband, the composer Barry Mann, came up with the line – “You never close…

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When the soprano Grace Bumbry projected the single word “Guardie!” (“Guards!”) as Amneris at the beginning of Act 4…

Jerry Springer, the onetime mayor and news anchor whose namesake TV show featured a three-ring…