Conservative American columnist Bob Novak has died, age 78. Newsweek’s Eleanor Clift remembers a staunch ideological adversary, but a must-read journalist and friend.
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Shot by both sides
Robert Novak may have been a giant of the American right, but his opposition to the war in Iraq made him as unpopular with many conservatives as he was with liberals.
Molly Ringwald pays tribute to John Hughes
Actress and ’80s movie icon Molly Ringwald has written a heart-felt tribute in the New York Times to recently deceased film writer and director John Hughes, who helped put her on the map in his films 16 Candles and The Breakfast Club.
RIP John Hughes
Cinetology’s Luke Buckmaster pays tribute to film director John Hughes, who passed away Thursday, age 59.
John Hughes wrote who we thought we were
Director John Hughes will be remembered for his defining work The Breakfast Club, writes Helen Razer. Despite coy innuendos and jokes about sushi, the film remains an outstanding portrait of adolescence,
Bueller? Bueller? Director John Hughes dies
The director of cult ’80s teen-angst films The Breakfast Club and Ferris Bueller’s Day Off has passed away, age 59.
Corazon Aquino, the people’s saint, dies
Former Philippine President Corazon Aquino died on Saturday, age 76. Although she did not preside over a perfect government, says TIME, she remained a saint of People Power until the very end.
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Vale Merce Cunningham
American avant-garde choreographer Merce Cunningham has died, age 90. The NYT looks back on an extraordinary career.
Vale Frank McCourt, Irish childhood chronicler
It wasn’t til his mid-60s that teacher Frank McCourt wrote a memoir of his tough Irish childhood, describing it as “a modest book.” Angela’s Ashes, with its buoyant prose, became a runaway hit.
How Cronkite led to Murdoch
Anchorman and TV founding father Walter Cronkite, who has died aged 92, influenced how America saw the world, helping shape his country’s electronic reporting “into the extraordinarily insular and inadequate chronicle it has become,” says Harold Jackson.
Journalists on Cronkite
Today’s biggest names in US broadcasting commemorate an icon of yesteryear.
Cronkite puts modern journalists to shame
The journalism world is soulfully commemorating Walter Cronkite’s death as though his work is somehow a reflection of their own; but can you imagine a modern media star actually speaking out against the US government and military the way Cronkite did? asks Glenn Greenwald.
Walter Cronkite: a life in pictures
The BBC celebrates the life and career of iconic US newscaster Walter Cronkite, who has died at age 92.
Jane Fraser: RIP Devine
“He was a person who enhanced lives; quick to praise and encourage, slow to criticise and he had more good and true friends than you can imagine,” said Jane Fraser in her eulogy.
Vale Robert McNamara
Former US defence chief Robert McNamara’s significant achievements in other areas were, and will always be, dwarfed by the monumental error of Vietnam.
China’s gender-bending spy and opera singer dies
The Enthusiast honours the life of the recently deceased Shi Pei Pu, who participated in a sex scandal so bizarre “only David Cronenberg could film it”.
The two sides of Robert McNamara
Former US defence chief and architect of the Vietnam War, Robert McNamara, has died, age 93. Evan Thomas shares his memories of “a control freak whose toughest job was shaping his own legacy.”
Memories of Robert McNamara
In the wake of former US defence chief Robert McNamara’s death, Politico speaks to former senator Birch Bayh about his Vietnam legacy.
Vale Frank Devine: a wise and guiding hand
He was an editor with a hand that guided rather than wielded a big stick.
RIP Frank Devine, editor and columnist
The veteran columnist and editor has just died, aged 77.
Death goes well beyond the demise of pop royalty
The risk for the deeply troubled Jackson is that his cumulative florid personal issues can actually camouflage what a massive and defining talent he really was, writes Ross Stapleton.
Michael Jackson: flawed phenomenon
Finding nice things to say about Michael Jackson feels a bit like that line people sometimes use: well at least Mussolini got the trains to run on time, says Crikey blogger Tim Dunlop.
Michael Jackson’s death: a media timeline
Michael Jackson’s death — how the media reports of his death unfolded on Friday morning.
Farrah Fawcett: America’s golden girl dies
TIME pays tribute to actress Farrah Fawcett, who died at age 62 today after a battle with cancer.
Chopper: “Good riddance” to Moran death
Chopper Read on the end of a criminal dynasty.
