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  1. obits
    The Rascal Who Stopped the KlansmanEdwin Edwards went from the governor’s mansion to the penitentiary and back again, saving Louisiana from David Duke.
    By Ed Kilgore
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    Remembering Mike Gravel With the Kids Who Ran His CampaignA conversation with the erstwhile “Gravel teens” on the late senator whose strange presidential campaign they ran two years ago.
    By Matt Stieb
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    The Obama Family’s First Dog, Bo, Has DiedThe Obamas’ beloved Portuguese water dog, who became a White House celebrity in his own right, was 12.
    By Chas Danner
  4. ruth bader ginsburg
    RBG’s Death: Latest Updates on Reaction, Political AftermathThe enormous political ramifications are continuing to play out.
    By Chas Danner
  5. rip
    Ross Perot Will Remain a Legend Among Foes of PartisanshipThe business executive, who died today at 89, ran fascinating presidential campaigns in ’92 and ’96, but they were very much a product of the time.
    By Ed Kilgore
  6. obits
    Thad Cochran Was a Vestige of a Non-Racist Southern GOPThe late senator was one of the last representatives of a southern Republicanism that pre-dated the region’s racial realignment.
    By Ed Kilgore
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    Senator John McCain Dead at 81The iconic senator survived more than five years as a P.O.W. and more than three decades as a member of Congress.
    By Chas Danner
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    Rest in Peace, TinyLetterMailChimp is getting rid of its excellent newsletter service.
    By Madison Malone Kircher
  9. rip
    S.I. Newhouse, Legendary Condé Nast Publisher, Dies at 89Another end of an era in publishing.
    By Benjamin Hart
  10. rip
    Don’t Call 8 Because Cellino and Barnes May Be Splitting UpThe law firm behind the most memorable of jingles could break up, coincidentally, because of a lawsuit.
    By Jen Kirby
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    Farewell, Gchat, Our Hot Gossip and Office Complaints Will Miss YeGoogle is officially forcing all users to switch to Hangouts. Rest easy, Gchat.
    By Madison Malone Kircher
  12. Billionaire Philanthropist and Businessman David Rockefeller Dies at 101The last surviving grandson of John D. Rockefeller of Standard Oil.
    By Jen Kirby
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    BlackBerry’s Global Market Share Is Now 0.0 PercentThe CrackBerry is dead. Real dead.
    By Jake Swearingen
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    Fling App Founder Went from $21 Million to Throwing Baguettes in the OfficeThe social-media app was removed from the App Store by Apple in 2015 for spreading pornographic content.
    By Madison Malone Kircher
  15. rip
    The Penn Station Amtrak Departures Board Goes DarkCrews began its removal Monday night.
    By Jen Kirby
  16. rip
    Dr. Henry Heimlich Dead at 96His famous anti-choking maneuver has saved an estimated 100,000 lives.
    By Chas Danner
  17. rip
    John Glenn, Astronaut and Former U.S. Senator, Dies at 95He had recently been hospitalized.
    By Jen Kirby
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    Could Paying Millions of Dollars to Creators Have Saved Vine?Last year, a group of Vine’s biggest stars asked for over $1 million each to keep creating content. Vine said no.
    By Madison Malone Kircher
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    How Vine Created a Culture and Lost Control of ItTwitter announced that it is discontinuing the six-second-video app.
    By Madison Malone Kircher
  20. rip
    Miami Marlins Pitcher José Fernández Killed in Boating CrashThe 24-year-old ace was one of the best pitchers in baseball.
    By Chas Danner
  21. Harambe
    Jill Stein Becomes the First Presidential Candidate to Court the Harambe VoteShe’s also losing to Harambe in Texas. #RIP
    By Chas Danner
  22. r.i.p.
    A Bullfighter’s SacrificeMatador Victor Barrio, who was gored to death on Saturday in Spain, was one of the courageous few who still dream of being, and train to become, bullfighters in a modern world that rejects them.
    By Geoffrey Gray
  23. r.i.p.
    Author, Holocaust Survivor Elie Wiesel Has DiedHe devoted his life to keeping the memory of the Holocaust and its victims alive.
    By Chas Danner
  24. r.i.p.
    Muhammad Ali, Legend In and Out of the Boxing Ring, Is Dead at 74He had been fighting Parkinson’s disease for decades. 
    By Chas Danner
  25. r.i.p.
    4-Foot-Long Alligator Found Dead in New Jersey Park“We have never had a gator sighting in any of our county park’s waterways.”
    By Elaine Godfrey
  26. Scenes of Mourning at the Funeral for Slain NYPD Officer Randolph HolderThousands, including many fellow cops, paid their respects to the policeman killed in East Harlem last week.
    By Jen Kirby
  27. r.i.p.
    Kalief Browder, Teen Held at Rikers for 3 Years Without a Trial, Found DeadBrowder killed himself at his mother’s home on Saturday.
    By Jessica Roy
  28. Man’s Obituary Lists Final Wish: Don’t Vote for Hillary“Also, the family respectfully asks that you do not vote for Hillary Clinton in 2016. R.I.P. Grandaddy.”
    By Jessica Roy
  29. r.i.p.
    Here’s Bob Simon’s and David Carr’s Final Work 60 Minutes aired a report by Simon, and the New York Times published the final Media Equation column under Carr’s byline.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  30. r.i.p.
    The Collected Wisdom of David CarrThe beloved Times media reporter died suddenly on Thursday.
    By Jessica Roy
  31. r.i.p.
    New York Times Columnist David Carr Dead at 58He collapsed in the newsroom.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  32. r.i.p.
    60 Minutes Correspondent Bob Simon Killed in Manhattan Car CrashThe award-winning reporter was 73.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  33. r.i.p.
    Andrew Cuomo Remembers His Father As ‘Anything But a Typical Politician’“Mario Cuomo was the keynote speaker for our better angels.”
    By Caroline Bankoff
  34. r.i.p.
    Anthony Marshall Died Brooke Astor’s sticky-fingered son was 90 years old.
    By Caroline Bankoff
  35. r.i.p.
    Former D.C. Mayor Marion Barry Dies at 78He was known as the capitol’s “Mayor for Life.”
    By Caroline Bankoff
  36. r.i.p.
    Porpoise F*cks Himself to DeathAn honorable way to go.
    By Jessica Roy
  37. r.i.p.
    NPR ‘Car Talk’ Co-Host Tom Magliozzi DiesHe passed away Monday owing to complications from Alzheimer’s.
    By Jessica Roy
  38. boston strong
    Longtime Boston Mayor Thomas Menino Dead at 71He left office earlier this year after two decades in charge.
    By Joe Coscarelli
  39. r.i.p.
    Man Dies As He Lived: Despising the Kardashians“He despised anything to do with the Kardashians.”
    By Jessica Roy
  40. deaths
    Bernie Madoff’s Other Son Has Died at 48The scandal, Andrew Madoff said last year, is “killing me slowly.”
    By Joe Coscarelli
  41. international intrigue
    The American Who Died Fighting Against Ukraine’s Pro-Russian RebelsMark Gregory Paslawsky was a 55-year-old West Point graduate.
    By Katie Zavadski
  42. Obama’s Statement on Robin Williams’s Death Is Rarer Than You’d ThinkThe president’s praise for deceased celebrities is inconsistent.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  43. oh brooklyn
    RIP, BrooklyKnight, the Nets’ Terrible (and Terribly Creepy) Pun-Based MascotThe team has thankfully “decided to go in a different direction.”
    By Joe Coscarelli
  44. people who are older than you
    The Oldest Man in the World Died in New York City This TimeAfter a brief stint on top.
    By Joe Coscarelli
  45. oh albany!
    R.I.P. Albany Bear, the Cub Beat Up and Killed on New York’s Animal Advocacy DayA sad, drawn-out saga ending in bear death.
    By Joe Coscarelli
  46. transportation
    R.I.P. Massimo Vignelli, Subway Map LegendAnd so much more.
    By Joe Coscarelli
  47. r.i.p.
    Bushes Say Goodbye to Miss BeazleyThe Scottie is with Barney now.
    By Delia Paunescu
  48. sad things
    Kentucky Derby–Bound Bachelor Party Gets a Horrible SurpriseThis can happen when you rent an RV.
    By Delia Paunescu
  49. r.i.p.
    Camilla Parker Bowles’s Brother Dead After Fall in New YorkMark Shand was 63.
    By Caroline Bankoff
  50. very sad things
    Reporter Matthew Power Dies on Assignment for Men’s Journal in UgandaHe was 39.
    By Joe Coscarelli
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