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Michael Silverblatt, Radio ‘Bookworm’ Who Interviewed Authors, Dies at 73

Fri, 20 Feb 2026 22:05:24 +0000

His public radio show, “Bookworm,” was a literary salon of the air for 33 years, drawing guests like Joan Didion, Susan Sontag and David Foster Wallace.

John Shirreffs, 80, Dies; Trainer of a Nearly Perfect Horse

Fri, 20 Feb 2026 22:31:44 +0000

He guided Zenyatta, a spectacular mare, to 19 consecutive wins and won the Kentucky Derby in 2005 with Giacomo, a 50-1 long shot.

Christopher S. Wren, Times Bureau Chief in Hostile Lands, Dies at 89

Fri, 20 Feb 2026 21:55:52 +0000

Over three decades, he reported from Moscow, Beijing, Tehran and elsewhere and wrote well-received books based on his reporting, including one about his globe-trotting cat.