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Monday, December 29, 2025

Deaths in 2025: A Yearlong Procession of Giants by William McDonald

Marquee names all, they found international fame in the arts, politics, the sciences and beyond.

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Thursday, December 30, 2021

Deaths in 2021: Headline Names Against the Backdrop of Pandemic by William McDonald

Aaron, Sondheim, Dole and Didion. But the loss of Colin Powell from the virus spoke most directly to the moment the world is in.

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Monday, October 6, 2014

Geoffrey Holder, Dancer, Actor, Artist and Much More, Dies at 84 by Jennifer Dunning and William McDonald

Mr. Holder used his manifold talents to infuse the arts with the flavor of his native West Indies " and in television ads for "the Un-Cola" in the 1970s and '80s. He was 84.

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