The two-time Booker Prize-winning author was known for “Wolf Hall” and two other novels based on the life of Thomas Cromwell.
Tag: Deaths (Obituaries)
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Allan M. Siegal, Influential Watchdog Inside The Times, Dies at 82
As a top editor who was both feared and revered at the newspaper for decades, he left a deep imprint as its arbiter of language, taste, tone and ethics.
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Valery Polyakov, Who Took the Longest Journey in Space, Dies at 80
Seeking to demonstrate the safety of long space missions, he worked out on his trip and returned 437 days later looking “like he could wrestle a bear,” one astronaut said.
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Maximilian Lerner, Whose Espionage Skills Helped Win a War, Dies at 98
An Austrian immigrant, he was one of the so-called Ritchie Boys, who were trained at a secret Army intelligence camp to serve in World War II.
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Fred Franzia, 79, Dies; Upended Wine Industry With Two-Buck Chuck
An unorthodox businessman, he took on the wine industry and its high markups, selling wine at prices many families could afford every day.