Edna O’Brien, Writer Who Gave Voice to Women’s Passions, Dies at 93
Her novels and short stories often explored the lives of willful women who loved men who were crass, unfaithful or already married.
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![Edna O’Brien in 2006. Much of her early work included aspects of autobiography, which stirred whispering about her morals and led to personal attacks against her in Ireland.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/static01.nyt.com/images/2024/07/29/obituaries/02obrien2/merlin_15510621_9254e86b-a940-4560-9d10-a42c5deee46b-jumbo.jpg?auto=webp)
Her novels and short stories often explored the lives of willful women who loved men who were crass, unfaithful or already married.
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A screenwriter’s daughter, she grew up in the glittering world of privilege and its contradictions, which became rich material for her memoirs and novels.
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In influential books, he questioned top-down government programs and extolled the power of the powerless, embracing a form of anarchism.
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She wrote two books about multiple generations of her forebears, including her mother, Lena Horne.
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Jerry Miller, 81, Lauded Guitarist With the ’60s Band Moby Grape, Dies
He drew praise for his blues-inflected fretwork as his critically acclaimed band rode high, if briefly, during San Francisco’s Summer of Love.
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Roland Dumas Dies at 101; French Foreign Minister Tainted by Scandal
A lawyer and confidant of François Mitterrand, he was in the forefront of French politics for decades, only to be undone by his taste for the high life.
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Sylvain Saudan, ‘Skier of the Impossible,’ Is Dead at 87
His audacious descents around the world inspired a generation of extreme skiers. “One mistake,” he once said, “you die.”
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Martin S. Indyk, Diplomat Who Sought Middle East Peace, Dies at 73
As ambassador to Israel in the Clinton administration and as a special envoy under Barack Obama, he was skeptical of Israeli settlements.
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Bob Booker, Whose J.F.K. Parody Was a Runaway Hit, Dies at 92
Most record companies didn’t think “The First Family,” which he and his writing partner created, was a good idea. It became the fastest-selling album of the pre-Beatles era.
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Overlooked No More: Willy de Bruyn, Cycling Champion Who Broke Gender Boundaries
A premiere cyclist in women’s competitions, he helped pave the way for future athletes when he announced that he wanted to live the rest of his life as a man.
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Overlooked No More: Ursula Parrott, Best-Selling Author and Voice for the Modern Woman
Her writing, from the late 1920s to the late ’40s, about sex, marriage, divorce, child rearing and work-life balance still resonates.
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Overlooked No More: Otto Lucas, ‘God in the Hat World’
His designs made it onto the covers of fashion magazines and onto the heads of celebrities like Greta Garbo. His business closed after he died in a plane crash.
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Overlooked No More: Lorenza Böttner, Transgender Artist Who Found Beauty in Disability
Böttner, whose specialty was self-portraiture, celebrated her armless body in paintings she created with her mouth and feet while dancing in public.
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Overlooked No More: Hansa Mehta, Who Fought for Women’s Equality in India and Beyond
For Mehta, women’s rights were human rights, and in all her endeavors she took women’s participation in public and political realms to new heights.
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A singer, composer, curator and founder of the vocal group Sweet Honey in the Rock, she provided a gospel soundtrack for the civil rights movement.
By Trip Gabriel
A noted guitarist and banjo player, he emerged from the same Greenwich Village folk-revival scene as his friend and sometime collaborator Bob Dylan.
By Alex Williams
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By Richard Sandomir
He gained national attention for his unorthodox approaches to policing in Little Rock and then went on to win three terms in the House of Representatives.
By Clay Risen
Known for his “blazing furnace” anticorruption campaign, Mr. Trong consolidated power in one of the world’s few remaining Communist dictatorships.
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She starred in kung fu movies from the modern origins of the form in midcentury Hong Kong to the worldwide breakout “Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon.”
By Alex Traub
He used his platforms on CNN and Fox Business to share baseless conspiracy theories. His tenure at Fox ended after the network was sued for defamation over claims of voting machine fraud.
By Alex Williams and Michael Levenson
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J. Michael Cline was the co-founder of an online ticketing company that changed how Americans went to the movies.
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By Harvey Araton
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By Trip Gabriel
He distinguished himself as the defensive coordinator of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, who rode his game calling to an easy victory in Super Bowl XXXVII in 2003.
By Richard Sandomir
After tasting fame with “Please Come to Boston” in 1974, he became a major Nashville songwriter. He also wrote the theme to the Masters golf tournament.
By Alex Williams
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By Penelope Green
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Her refined palate and pursuit of excellence made her the city’s culinary matriarch, attracting diners and talent alike to Oregon. She died in a tubing accident.
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His best seller about Marines in Iraq, members of a “disposable generation,” was made into an HBO mini-series. He focused on subjects outside mainstream media coverage.
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A Swedish biochemist, he shared the 1982 prize for breakthrough discoveries that led to drugs that treat inflammation, glaucoma and allergies.
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He turned exercise from an arena of musclebound pride into a variety act of cross-dressing gags, teeny-weeny shorts and saucy repartee.
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