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Clarissa Dickson Wright, Rebel TV Chef in ‘Two Fat Ladies,’ Dies at 66

2014-03-18T00:52:49+0000

Ms. Dickson Wright, a former lawyer, became a middle-aged celebrity on a BBC cooking show that was picked up by the Food Network.


Simeon Wright, Witness to Abduction of Emmett Till, Dies at 74

2017-09-06T23:28:32+0000

Two young cousins, one visiting from Chicago, shared a bedroom on the night of a murder in 1955 that shook the nation and galvanized the civil rights movement.


Clarissa Dickson Wright, Rebel TV Chef in ‘Two Fat Ladies,’ Dies at 66

2014-03-18T00:52:49+0000

Ms. Dickson Wright, a former lawyer, became a middle-aged celebrity on a BBC cooking show that was picked up by the Food Network.


Betty Wright, Soul Singer Who Mentored a New Generation, Dies at 66

2020-05-10T17:06:54+0000

She had her first hit, “Clean Up Woman,” when she was only 17 and became a key player in the Miami funk sound of the 1970s.


Mickey Wright, One of the Greatest Players in Women’s Golf, Dies at 85

2020-02-17T22:18:51+0000

She won 82 L.P.G.A. tournaments, 13 of them majors, dominating the tour in the late 1950s and much of the 1960s.


Max Wright, Who Went From Theater Roles to ‘ALF,’ Dies at 75

2019-07-02T16:00:58+0000

He was best known for playing a suburban father who lives with a furry alien. But he preferred the stage, and he said he had been “hugely eager” for the show to end.


Raniya Wright, 10, Died of Natural Causes, Not Because of School Fight, Officials Say

2019-04-19T18:09:20+0000

Investigators said that Raniya, whose death caused an outpouring of grief and made national headlines, had a birth defect that caused a blood vessel in her brain to burst.


Mother of Raniya Wright, Who Died After Fight, Says School Failed to Protect Her Daughter

2019-04-08T19:42:45+0000

Ashley Wright said she had alerted the school that her daughter was being bullied by a classmate before her death.


Erik Olin Wright, 71, Dies; Marxist Sociologist With a Pragmatic Approach

2019-01-30T21:24:02+0000

Dr. Wright offered practical alternatives to capitalism, promoting ideas like a universal basic income.


Notable Deaths 2017: Simeon Wright

2018-06-06T19:38:11+0000



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Fri, 19 Dec 2025 22:46:56 +0000

Part of the first generation of women ordained in America, she presided over the first bar mitzvah in Krakow, still scarred by the Holocaust, in decades. It did not go smoothly.

Theodor Pistek, 93, Oscar-Winning ‘Amadeus’ Costume Designer, Dies

Fri, 19 Dec 2025 20:52:01 +0000

A busy designer who worked on over 100 films, he was also a racecar driver and a painter of photorealistic works, many depicting cars and their operators.

James B. Hunt Jr., North Carolina Governor Who Kept State Blue, Dies at 88

Fri, 19 Dec 2025 20:26:33 +0000

During his 16 years in office, he earned national acclaim for his focus on education. But losing his bid for the Senate in 1984 cost him a shot at the presidency.

Peter Arnett, Pulitzer-Winning War Correspondent, Dies at 91

Thu, 18 Dec 2025 18:28:02 +0000

He won the award for his daring coverage of the Vietnam War for The Associated Press. He went on to cover conflicts for CNN for nearly two decades.

Hans van Manen, Celebrated Dutch Choreographer, Is Dead at 93

Fri, 19 Dec 2025 16:24:47 +0000

He rose from poverty to become one of the Netherlands’ most revered dance makers, creating more than 150 works in a career spanning eight decades.

Norman Podhoretz, Literary Lion of Neoconservatism, Dies at 95

Thu, 18 Dec 2025 03:34:43 +0000

A New York intellectual and onetime liberal stalwart, his Commentary magazine became his platform as his political and social views turned sharply rightward.



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