John Hughes Dead at 59
TMZ is reporting that John Hughes died of a heart attack this morning in New York.
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E. Lynn Harris Dead at 54
The author whose protagonists were most often gay black men indulging their sexuality in secret died last night, according to his publicist.
Frank McCourt Dead at 78
Frank McCourt, the Pulitzer-winning author of Angela's Ashes, died this afternoon in a New York hospice facility.
Artist Dash Snow Dead From Drug Overdose
Multiple sources tell Gawker that hard-living, cop-dodging artist, photographer, and graffiti writer Dash Snow has died from a heroin overdose at 27.
Anderson: John Updike, Essayist
He was one of the greatest belletrists of all time — a master of the short, casual, elegant, whimsical, roving piece about absolutely anything.
Updike: Unpublished Thoughts on the Great Depression and Barack Obama
Insights, gleaned from personal experience, on the upside of the Great Depression and the importance of Barack Obama's election.
Saltz: Andrew Wyeth, a Particular Kind of American
Wyeth was as intellectually independent as he was stylistically conservative.
Edelstein Remembers Leonard
Over at his blog, the Projectionist, David Edelstein has posted an appreciation.
Michael Crichton Dies at 66
Crichton unexpectedly died in Los Angeles yesterday after a 'courageous and private battle against cancer,' according to a family spokesperson.
Sam Anderson Remembers David Foster Wallace
Lots of public figures organize their work around the demons that eventually take them down, but few of them ever do so with the apparent wisdom and self-awareness Wallace did.
‘Peanuts’ Animator Bill Melendez Dies at 91
The man who brought life to 'A Charlie Brown Christmas' worked for nearly seven decades as a professional animator.
Voice Actor Don LaFontaine Dies at 68
The man responsible for narrating 5,000 movie trailers died yesterday from complications related to a collapsed lung.
Russian Novelist Aleksander Solzhenitsyn Dies at 89
The writer opened Western eyes to Communist oppression — and, in turn, got his own character on 'Seinfeld.' A life well lived, indeed.
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