She modeled for Vogue, partied with John Lennon and Mick Jagger, and married into minor nobility, all while fighting for legal recognition of her gender.
Author: Clay Risen
Marie-Claire Blais, Acclaimed French Canadian Novelist, Dies at 82
Though largely unknown outside Canada, she was often ranked alongside Margaret Atwood and Alice Munro as one of the country’s greatest living writers.
Angelo Codevilla, Whose Writings Anticipated Trumpism, Dies at 78
A hawkish conservative, he believed that America was hamstrung at home and abroad by a progressive ruling class.
Abebech Gobena, the ‘Mother Teresa’ of Africa, Dies at 85
She created one of Ethiopia’s largest orphanages and through it saved thousands from starvation and disease. She died of complications of Covid-19.
Peter Warner, 90, Seafarer Who Discovered Shipwrecked Boys, Dies
That story, which has sometimes been called a real-life “Lord of the Flies,” was just one episode in a life filled with adventure.
John Williamson, 83, Dies; Economist Defined the ‘Washington Consensus’
A careful pragmatist, he regretted the way his term, aimed at developing countries, was misinterpreted by free-market ideologues and anti-globalization activists.
Sharon Matola, Who Opened a Zoo in the Jungle of Belize, Dies at 66
An Air Force veteran and former lion tamer, she helped her adopted country fall in love with tapirs, macaws and peccaries.
Margaret C. Snyder, the U.N.’s ‘First Feminist,’ Dies at 91
Inspired by her liberal Roman Catholic upbringing, she refocused the organization’s development efforts to include women’s empowerment.
Margaret C. Snyder, the U.N.’s ‘First Feminist,’ Dies at 91
Inspired by her liberal Roman Catholic upbringing, she refocused the organization’s development efforts to include women’s empowerment.
James R. Flynn, Who Found We Are Getting Smarter, Dies at 86
A philosopher who moved into psychology and studied I.Q., he showed that as society grows more technical, human intellectual abilities expand to meet the challenge.