Notable Deaths of 2007

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Art Buchwald satirized the follies of the rich, the famous and the powerful for half a century as the most widely read newspaper humorist of his time. He died Jan. 17, 2007; he was 81.

Nina Bramhall for The New York Times

Notable Deaths of 2007

Remembering those who passed from the scene, including, clockwise from top left: Anna Nicole Smith, Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr., Lady Bird Johnson and Beverly Sills.