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

Sat, 21 Feb 2026 07:17:36 +0000

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

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

Sat, 21 Feb 2026 06:12:24 +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.

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.