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remembrance Jan. 3, 2023

Barbara Walters’s Superpower Was FairnessShe made subjects believe they were getting an open-minded hearing — and that made them talk.

By Matt Zoller Seitz
remembrance Nov. 22, 2022

George Lois, the Impossible Ad ManThe madman (but not a Mad Man, he was quick to tell you) behind Maypo, MTV, and Muhammad Ali’s Esquire cover has died at 91.

By Christopher Bonanos
obits Mar. 23, 2022

Madeleine Albright Has DiedThe first woman to serve as U.S. Secretary of State died on Wednesday at 84.

By Danielle Cohen
appreciation Dec. 23, 2021

Joan Didion’s Greatest Two-Word SentenceThe power of an ice-cold, unflinching gaze.

By Molly Fischer
remembrance Sept. 18, 2020

The Glorious RBGI learned, while writing about her, that her precision disguised her warmth.

By Irin Carmon
tribute Aug. 26, 2020

Gail Sheehy Never Stopped ReportingA memorial tribute to one of New York’s most daring writers.

By Christopher Bonanos
tribute Aug. 6, 2020

Pete Hamill Was One of Us, Only Better at ItThe peerless observer of New York life died yesterday at 85.

By Christopher Bonanos
remembrance July 30, 2020

A Rolling Tribute to New York’s John HomansWe’ll be republishing this page frequently, as his colleagues join in remembering him.

By Christopher Bonanos
obituary May 15, 2018

Tom Wolfe, New York and New Journalism Legend, Dies at 88In a city of people who wear black, the man in the white suit.

By Christopher Bonanos
reread Mar. 23, 2018

Remembering New York’s Great Illustrator Robert GrossmanA celebration of one of our early contributors.

By Christopher Bonanos
Mar. 2, 2018

Kissing Cynthia Heimel Good-byeRemembering the humorous writer.

By Christopher Bonanos
tribute Jan. 2, 2018

A Tribute to Maura B. Jacobson, New York’s Great Crossword ConstructorShe died last week at 91.

By Christopher Bonanos
July 20, 2017

Remembering Our Colleague S. Jhoanna RobledoA tough reporter and a lovely person, gone way, way too soon.

By Christopher Bonanos
Jan. 26, 2016

High Times Lawyer Michael Kennedy Dead at 78Kennedy “loved giving the finger to the establishment.”

By Claire Landsbaum
June 26, 2012

Nora Ephron, 1941-2012She was the ultimate Nora Ephron character.

By Noreen Malone
requiem Oct. 6, 2011

One Last Thing: The Final Frontier of Steve JobsJobs’s legacy was built on imagination and invention. Death offers neither. But we still have his artifacts.

By Chadwick Matlin
daniel schorr July 23, 2010

Daniel Schorr, Nixon’s ‘Real Media Enemy’The legendary journalist died today at age 93.

By Christopher Bonanos