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Burton Watson, 91, Influential Translator of Classical Asian Literature, Dies

2017-05-03T23:57:21+0000

Mr. Watson opened up the world of Japanese and Chinese texts to generations of English-speaking readers, with dozens of his works still in print.


Paid Notice: Deaths WATSON, MADELEINE STILES DICKERSON

1998-09-25T05:00:00+0000

WATSON-Madeleine Stiles Dickerson (Leine), age 55, very peacefully in the Royal Brompton Hospital in London. Darling wife of Simon C.H. Watson and much loved sister of Helen Dickerson Millar of Hyde Park, NY, Allen E. Whitman of Berwyn, PA, and Johnston de F. Whitman of Laurel Hollow, LI. She will be missed by her many friends. Thanksgiving Service on Monday, October 5, at 5PM at Holy Trinity Brompton, London, SW7. In lieu of flowers, please send donations to GUCH Fund, c/o Dr. Jane Somerville, ...


Paid Notice: Deaths WATSON, MADELEINE STILES DICKERSON

1998-09-25T05:00:00+0000

WATSON-Madeleine Stiles Dickerson (Leine), age 55, very peacefully in the Royal Brompton Hospital in London. Darling wife of Simon C.H. Watson and much loved sister of Helen Dickerson Millar of Hyde Park, NY, Allen E. Whitman of Berwyn, PA, and Johnston de F. Whitman of Laurel Hollow, LI. She will be missed by her many friends. Thanksgiving Service on Monday, October 5, at 5PM at Holy Trinity Brompton, London, SW7. In lieu of flowers, please send donations to GUCH Fund, c/o Dr. Jane Somerville, ...


Brad Watson, 64, Dies; His Southern Upbringing Animated His Books

2020-07-24T20:58:45+0000

In his acclaimed novels and short stories, most of them set in his native Mississippi, he wrote about characters who had to transcend difficult moments.


Bob Watson, Baseball’s First Black General Manager, Dies at 74

2020-05-15T15:21:32+0000

A former major leaguer, he shattered a racial barrier in 1994 with the Houston Astros. Two years later, he was the Yankees’ G.M. as New York began a championship run.


Wah Wah Watson, Guitarist Whose Sound Was Everywhere, Dies at 67

2018-11-01T22:50:12+0000

He worked the wah-wah pedal with prodigious and playful subtlety on songs by the Temptations, Marvin Gaye, Maxwell, Herbie Hancock and many others.


Notable Deaths 2017: W. Marvin Watson

2018-06-06T19:41:14+0000


W. Marvin Watson, Johnson’s Unofficial Chief of Staff, Dies at 93

2017-11-29T23:15:33+0000

He spurned several job offers from Lyndon Johnson before finally accepting the role of White House gatekeeper, though without the chief of staff title.


Burton Watson, 91, Influential Translator of Classical Asian Literature, Dies

2017-05-03T23:57:21+0000

Mr. Watson opened up the world of Japanese and Chinese texts to generations of English-speaking readers, with dozens of his works still in print.


Doc Watson Dies

2012-05-31T17:15:11+0000

May 30, 2012 - Guitarist and folk singer Doc Watson died Tuesday at the age of 89.



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Tue, 18 Nov 2025 22:29:55 +0000

In the 1960s and ’70s, he was a brash lieutenant to a young, ambitious, reform-minded mayor and ended up on President Nixon’s “enemies list.”

Bill Ivey, 81, Dies; Quelled Conservative Ire Over U.S. Arts Agency

Wed, 19 Nov 2025 02:04:22 +0000

As the head of the National Endowment for the Arts, Mr. Ivey, a leader in country music, shifted the agency’s focus away from avant-garde work and won more funding.

Alice Wong, Writer and Relentless Advocate for Disability Rights, Dies at 51

Tue, 18 Nov 2025 15:56:56 +0000

Born with muscular dystrophy, she received a MacArthur “Genius” grant in 2024 for her decades of calling attention to the need for equal rights for disabled people.

Todd Snider, Folk Singer With a Wry Wit, Dies at 59

Sun, 16 Nov 2025 19:46:26 +0000

Mentored by the likes of Jimmy Buffett and John Prine, his big-hearted ballads told of heartache even as his humor revealed a steadfast optimism.

Sharon Camp, Mother of the ‘Plan B’ Contraceptive Pill, Dies at 81

Fri, 14 Nov 2025 13:32:24 +0000

An advocate for women’s reproductive health, she started one of the world’s smallest pharmaceutical companies to bring an emergency birth-control method to market.

Jim Avila, Former ABC News Correspondent, Dies at 70

Tue, 18 Nov 2025 16:12:28 +0000

He spent almost two decades at the network, covering a wide range of court cases and the White House. He was also at the center of a defamation lawsuit over “pink slime.”



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