The children’s author used comic-strip-like panels to explore the joys and struggles of workaday British life. With irreverent wit, he also interrogated Father Christmas and nuclear war.
Tag: Deaths (Obituaries)
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Lamont Dozier, Writer of Numerous Motown Hits, Dies at 81
With the brothers Brian and Eddie Holland, Mr. Dozier wrote dozens of singles that reached the pop or R&B charts, including “You Can’t Hurry Love,” by the Supremes.
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Issey Miyake, Japanese Fashion Designer, Dies at 84
He was known for his innovative origami-like designs, creating skirts, dresses and trousers with prisms of unfolding shapes.
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Olivia Newton-John, Pop Singer and ‘Grease’ Star, Dies at 73
She began her career as an innocent purveyor of middle-of-the-road pop but later adopted a bad-girl persona.
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David McCullough, Best-Selling Explorer of America’s Past, Dies at 89
His research — on Adams, Truman and so much more — was deep, his writing was lively, and his narrator’s voice in documentary films was familiar to millions.