ROBERT D. McFADDEN
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Hodding Carter III, Crusading Editor and Jimmy Carter Aide, Dies at 88
As a journalist in Mississippi, he championed civil rights. He later became the face of the U.S. government during the Iranian hostage crisis.
Benjamin B. Ferencz, Last Surviving Nuremberg Prosecutor, Dies at 103
In addition to convicting prominent Nazi war criminals, he crusaded for an international criminal court and for laws to end wars of aggression.
Mimi Sheraton, Innovative Food Critic at The New York Times, Dies at 97
She was the first to wear a disguise in order to get a normal diner’s experience for her Times reviews and worked for many publications...
Mark Russell, Piano-Playing Political Satirist, Dies at 90
Washington was his main quarry. Did he have any writers? “Oh, yes — 100 in the Senate and 435 in the House of Representatives.”
John Jakes, Who Hit the Jackpot With Historical Novels, Dies at 90
His sagas of the Revolution and the Civil War sold tens of millions of copies, were adapted for TV and put him in the pantheon...
Samuel Folsom, 102, Who Fought the Japanese Above Guadalcanal, Dies
He went to war at 22 with limited flying experience but dodged Zeros, knocked out bombers and won the Distinguished Flying Cross and a Purple...
Evelyn de Rothschild, Scion of Banking Dynasty, Dies at 91
Initially showing little promise, he eventually joined the family firm and rose to chairman, wielding vast influence in Britain’s financial and political affairs.
George Booth, New Yorker Cartoonist of Sublime Zaniness, Dies at 96
He depicted a quirky cast of people and pets — notably his mad-as-a-hatter bull terrier, which became a reader favorite and the magazine’s unofficial mascot.
William Klein, Who Photographed the Energy of City Life, Dies at 96
He built his reputation with dreamlike images of New York, Rome, Moscow and Tokyo and cast a satirical eye on fashion in a decade of...
Hanae Mori, Japanese Couturier Who Melded East-West Styles, Dies at 96
From a Tokyo dressmaking shop catering to the wives of American G.I.s, Ms. Mori climbed to global fame as the first Asian woman to join...