obituaries

Monday, September 14, 2009
People

Jim Carroll, Author

10:15AM Foster Kamer | Jim Carroll, the former drug addict turned prolific poet and writer of The Basketball Diaries, died of a heart attack on Friday at his residence in Manhattan. He was 60. More »
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Friday, August 28, 2009
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Did Vanity Fair Scoop Dominick Dunne’s Family?

4:46AM Pareene | An odd line in the Times obit of Dominick Dunne seems to suggest that the late writer’s family wanted to delay the announcement of his death in order to make sure it wasn’t overshadowed. More »
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Thursday, August 20, 2009
Small Screen

Don Hewitt, 60 Minutes Creator Dies

1:55AM Hamilton Nolan | Don Hewitt, the American creator of 60 Minutes, has died at the age of 86.
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Frank McCourt, Author, Dead At 78

9:00AM Foster Kamer | Frank McCourt, beloved Irish-American Pulitzer-winning author and retired schoolteacher, died today of complications relating to meningitis. He was 78. He’d been sick for quite some time after being treated for a bout with melanoma. More »
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Thursday, March 19, 2009
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Natasha Richardson, 1963-2009: In Memoriam

1:45PM Richard | Following Natasha Richard’s death at age 45, we take a look back at the actress’ career. More »
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Tuesday, May 27, 2008

Oscar-Winning Director Sydney Pollack Dead at 73

12:50PM Defamer Hollywood | Sydney Pollack, the director, producer and actor whose 1985 drama Out of Africa earned him that year’s Best Picture and Director Oscars, died today at his home in Pacific Palisades. He was 73. He had suffered from cancer for more than a year, completing his final film — the documentary Sketches of Frank Gehry — in 2005. Pollack worked at the helm of benchmarks in three decades including They Shoot Horses, Don’t They? (for which he earned his first Oscar nomination), The Way We Were, Three Days of the Condor and Tootsie. He found his most significant acclaim after directing Meryl Streep and Robert Redford in Out of Africa, going on to work with Tom Cruise (The Firm), Harrison Ford (Sabrina, Random Hearts) and Nicole Kidman (The Interpreter) in the years that followed. More »
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