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Obituary

  1. obits
    Celebrities and Musicians Remember Tina TurnerHere’s how the world is paying tribute to the “Queen of Rock and Roll.”
  2. fashion
    Vivienne Westwood Has Died at 81She “continued to do the things she loved, up until the last moment,” her foundation said.
  3. culture
    Bedknobs and Broomsticks Was My ChildhoodI’ll always remember Angela Lansbury playing a childless, Nazi-fighting witch.
  4. obits
    Anne Heche Has Died at 53The actor suffered severe injuries after a car crash in L.A. earlier this month.
  5. celebrity
    Olivia Newton-John Has DiedHer Grease co-star John Travolta paid tribute to the actor on Instagram.
  6. obits
    Madeleine Albright Has DiedThe first woman to serve as U.S. Secretary of State died on Wednesday at 84.
  7. music
    Betty Davis Has DiedThe iconic funk singer and patron saint of female desire has died at 77.
  8. icons
    Grace Mirabella, Former Vogue Editor, Has DiedShe was 92.
  9. appreciation
    Joan Didion’s Greatest Two-Word SentenceThe power of an ice-cold, unflinching gaze.
  10. obituary
    Virgil Abloh, Trailblazing Fashion Designer, Dies at 41The designer, who brought American style to Paris at Louis Vuitton and created a sensation with his own label, Off-White, had a rare form of cancer.
  11. obituary
    Acclaimed Writer Janet Malcolm Has DiedShe was known for her sharp criticism, especially of journalism.
  12. obituary
    Kelly Preston Dies at 57 After Struggle With Breast CancerThe ‘Jerry Maguire’ actress was married to John Travolta for 28 years.
  13. obituary
    What Elizabeth Wurtzel Was Really LikeMy friend Elizabeth Wurtzel was everything we weren’t supposed to be.
  14. obituary
    Remembering Elizabeth Wurtzel, a Proudly Difficult Person“She had a tiny nuclear reactor where the rest of us have a breastbone.”
  15. obits
    Fashion Photographer Gösta Peterson Dies at Age 94His daring, electric photographs pioneered an informal approach to fashion editorials in the 1960s and ‘70s.
  16. obits
    Remembering French Actress Jeanne Moreau, Bohemian Style IconThe 89-year-old actress died on Monday in Paris.
  17. reproductive rights
    Norma McCorvey, Jane Roe of Roe v. Wade, Dies at Age 69McCorvey was the plaintiff in the landmark case that made abortion a constitutional right.
  18. bill cunningham
    Bill Cunningham: The Photographer of Modern LifeNew York and the world are a lesser place without him.
  19. none of the above
    Obituary Is Brutally Honest About Election 2016“Faced with the prospect of voting for either Donald Trump or Hillary Clinton, Mary Anne Noland of Richmond chose, instead, to pass into the eternal love of God … “
  20. in memoriam
    Mary Ellen Mark Was a Master of the UnexpectedThe legendary photographer died Monday at age 75.
  21. obituary
    Ruth Benerito, an Inventor of Wrinkle-Free Cotton, Dies at 97You have Ruth Benerito to thank for all the ironing you don’t do.
  22. obituary
    A Celebration of Esther Williams, Hollywood’s MermaidDied today at age 91. See her greatest hits.
  23. photobituary
    Margaret Thatcher: A Life in PicturesDancing with Reagan, riding in a tank.
  24. obituary
    An Ode to Phyllis Diller, the First Female Comic to Joke Like a ManIn an age of June Cleavers, she was the first serious female stand-up.
  25. r.i.p.
    Helen Gurley Brown, 1922–2012, Went EverywhereThe longtime editor of Cosmopolitan died this morning at 90.