RICHARD SANDOMIR
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Jane Garrett, Book Editor With a Prizewinning Touch, Dies at 88
History books she shepherded over 44 years at Alfred A. Knopf won a raft of Pulitzers — seven in all — as well as Bancrofts,...
Arnold Diaz, Who Reported on New York’s Swindlers, Is Dead at 74
A correspondent for three city TV stations, he became famous for his “Shame on You” segments that investigated consumer fraud and aggressively confronted wrongdoers on...
Joanna Merlin, Known for Her Work Both Onstage and Off, Dies at 92
Soon after appearing in the original Broadway production of “Fiddler on the Roof,” she began a new career as a prominent casting director.
Joanna Merlin, Known for Her Work Both Onstage and Off, Dies at 92
Soon after appearing in the original Broadway production of “Fiddler on the Roof,” she began a new career as a prominent casting director.
Louise Meriwether Dies at 100; in 1970, a New, Black Literary Voice
Writing of life in Harlem, she emerged at the same time as Toni Morrison and Maya Angelou but never achieved their fame, though James Baldwin...
Echo Brown, Young Adult Author and Performer, Dies at 39
A one-woman show that used her date with a white hipster to talk about life, race, love and sex, led an editor to sign her...
Tim Wakefield, Pitcher Who Helped Boston Break the Curse, Dies at 57
After surrendering a homer that ended the Red Sox run in 2003, he played a critical role in the team’s World Series victory a year...
Ed Fancher, a Founder of The Village Voice, Is Dead at 100
A psychologist, he started the alternative weekly with Dan Wolf and Norman Mailer in 1955. “We were crazy enough to think it would succeed,” he...
David Jacobs, ‘Dallas’ and ‘Knots Landing’ Creator, Dies at 84
As the creator of “Dallas” and its spinoff “Knots Landing,” he did more than anyone to change the landscape of nighttime TV.
Seiichi Morimura, 90, Who Exposed Japanese Wartime Atrocities, Dies
In a widely read book, he detailed gruesome biological experiments on people at a secret Imperial Army site in occupied China before and during World...
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