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Roy Medvedev, Soviet Era Historian and Dissident, Is Dead at 100

Sat, 14 Feb 2026 16:09:27 +0000

His score of books and hundreds of essays documented Stalinist executions, Communist repressions and censorship, and the transition to post-Soviet Russia.

ElRoy Face, Ace Forkballer and Effective Closer for Pirates, Dies at 97

Sat, 14 Feb 2026 17:51:21 +0000

Face was one of the first major-league hurlers to make the closer job a specialty. Not an overpowering pitcher, he finagled outs with a tricky forkball.

Ebo Taylor, Musical Innovator of Highlife and Afrobeat, Dies at 90

Fri, 13 Feb 2026 23:44:25 +0000

Borrowing from jazz and African rhythms, he forged a singular style that helped define music in his native Ghana — and West Africa — for a generation.