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Topic: Obituaries

Scott Adams, cartoonist and author and creator of "Dilbert", poses for a portrait in his home office on Monday, January 6, 2014 in Pleasanton, Calif. (Photo By Lea Suzuki/Getty Images)

"Dilbert" comic creator dies

Jelinda Montes
Diane Ladd attends SiriusXM Studios on April 24, 2023 in New York City. (Photo by Slaven Vlasic/Getty Images)

Ladd dead at 89

Alex Galbraith
Robert Redford attends Sundance Institute's 'An Artist at the Table Presented by IMDbPro' at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival on January 23, 2020 in Park City, Utah. (Photo by Rich Polk/Getty Images)

Robert Redford dead at 89

Blaise Malley
Malcolm-Jamal Warner visits SiriusXM Studios on June 11, 2024. (Photo by Santiago Felipe/Getty Images)

Malcolm-Jamal Warner dead at 54

Alex Galbraith
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Musician Brian Wilson, founding member of The Beach Boys, performs onstage at The Kia Forum on June 09, 2022 in Inglewood, California. (Scott Dudelson/Getty Images)

Beach Boys' Brian Wilson dies at 82

Alex Galbraith
Sly Stone in 1969. (Photo by Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images)

Sly Stone dies at 82

Alex Galbraith
Singer Marianne Faithfull performs during the 'ICCARRE' Auction Cocktail To Benefit AIDS Research At Maison Jean Paul Gaultier on November 23, 2015 in Paris, France. (Photo by Bertrand Rindoff Petroff/Getty Images)

Marianne Faithfull dies at 78

Alex Galbraith
Milwaukee Brewers play-by-play announcer Bob Uecker stands in the dugout prior to the game between the New York Mets and the Milwaukee Brewers at American Family Field on Monday, April 3, 2023 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. ( (Photo by Jeffrey Phelps/MLB Photos via Getty Images)

"Mr. Baseball" Bob Uecker dies at 90

Alex Galbraith
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Comedian/actor Richard Lewis hosts the Video Software Dealers Association's award show on July 27, 2005 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Ethan Miller/Getty Images)

Richard Lewis, prophet of anxiety comedy

David Masciotra
Deborah Blum holds a photo of her teen, Esther Iris, at home in Los Angeles. Blum and her husband, Warren, lost Esther Iris to suicide in 2021. When it came time to write the death notice, Deborah Blum was open and specific about the mental health struggles that led to her child’s death. (LAUREN JUSTICE FOR KFF HEALTH NEWS)

Should we mention suicide in obituaries?

Debby Waldman - KFF Health News
US radio talk show host and conservative political commentator Rush Limbaugh looks on before introducing US President Donald Trump to deliver remarks at a Make America Great Again rally in Cape Girardeau, MO, on November 5, 2018. (JIM WATSON/AFP via Getty Images)

Must media fawn over this toxic bigot?

Dan Froomkin - Press Watch
(Getty/Leon Neal)

The Twitter wrath of male reactionaries

Carolyn Kellogg
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Los Angeles Lakers forward Kobe Bryant smiles to the crowd during a ceremony before Bryant's last NBA basketball game, against the Utah Jazz, Wednesday, April 13, 2016, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong) (AP)

Kobe Bryant dies in helicopter crash

Daniel Kreps - Rolling Stone
(Photo Courtesy of The Nation)

Remembering Bill Greider

Jessica Corbett - Common Dreams
David Berman (David Berman/Drag City Records)

David Berman and the middle of nowhere

Sean Cannon
Toni Morisson (AP/Michel Euler)

Remembering Toni Morrison

Ashlie D. Stevens
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John Singleton (Getty/Salon)

John Singleton, the mentor I never met

D. Watkins
Peter Tork of The Monkees (Getty/Noel Vasquez)

Monkees' Peter Tork dead at 77

Andy Greene - Rolling Stone
Bernardo Bertolucci (AP/Andrew Medichini)

Director Bernardo Bertolucci dead at 77

Zach Sharf - Indiewire
John McCain (Getty/Chip Somodevilla)

Honoring John McCain's thumbs-down

Bob Cesca
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John McCain (AP/Matt Rourke)

Arizona Sen. John McCain is dead

Salon Staff
Aretha Franklin (Getty Images)

Honoring "Queen of Soul" Aretha Franklin

Caryn Rose
(AP/Jack Liu)

Ursula K. Le Guin dies at 88

Nicole Karlis
Pat DiNizio of The Smithereens died at age 62. (AP/Jim Cooper)

Pat DiNizio of The Smithereens dies

Jarrett Lyons
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