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Obituaries

Adieu Larry Gelbart...and Laugh Tracks

Anna Jane Grossman | Posted 09.25.2009 | Entertainment

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Anna Jane Grossman

Gelbart, who wrote Tootsie and many of the early episodes of M*A*S*H, spent years rejecting the industry's efforts to manipulate TV-watchers into emitting less-than-sincere laughs.

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Larry Gelbart: The Mold Was Just Broken

Robert J. Elisberg | Posted 11.11.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Tony Awards, M*a*S*H, Comedy, Larry Gelbart, Television, Deaths, Writing, Writers Guild, Obituaries, Sid Caesar, Entertainment News
Robert J. Elisberg

He was an amazing writer and probably a better person. There may have been more renowned writers in a single medium, but his versatility was breathtaking.

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Leo

Margarita Alarcon | Posted 11.11.2009 | New York

Read More: Latinos, Manhattan, 1960s, Civil Rights Movement, Memorials, Leo Orris, Cuban Missile Crisis, New York City, Obituaries, Havana, Cuba, New York News
Margarita Alarcon

For years Dr. Leo Orris and his family would be our sanctuary, our conversations, our endless nights of discussions where themes would range from the history of SDS and SNICC to how to end the Vietnam War.

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Are Obituaries Obsolete?

Anna Jane Grossman | Posted 10.16.2009 | Living

Read More: Obituaries, Michael Jackson, Obituary, Newspapers, Michael Jackson Death, Death-of-Print, Ted Kennedy, Death, Living News
Anna Jane Grossman

I don't need to wait until the morning papers to get the full life stories of dead luminaries. In fact, I don't even need to wait until they are dead.

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Remaining Celebrities Moved Underground For Safety

Spencer Green | Posted 07.30.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Michael Jackson, Betty Ford Clinic, Spencer Pratt, Deaths, Obituaries, Kate Hudson, Celebrity Deaths, The Grim Reaper, Media, Farrah Fawcett, Celebrities, Tmz, David Carradine, Comedy News
Spencer Green

The famed site, unknown by the general public until now, was built as a temporary safe haven for celebrities to hide from TMZ and other like-minded media reporters but has been adapted for the current emergency.

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Dead Folks

Tallulah Morehead | Posted 02.02.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Obituaries, Harold Pinter, Celebrity Deaths, Heath Ledger, Bettie Page, Bernie Mac, William F Buckely Jr, Year in Review, Entertainment News
Tallulah Morehead

It's time to say goodbye to my many fellow celebrities who have foolishly neglected to survive this past year.

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Revisiting the "Clash of Civilizations"

Marcia DeSanctis | Posted 01.31.2009 | Politics

Read More: Obituaries, Samuel Huntington, Middle East, Ideological Warfare, Iran, War on Terror, Clash of Civilizations, Politics News
Marcia DeSanctis

Huntington theorized that, with the end of the Cold War and the removal of ideology as a source of conflict, it would be cultural and religious differences that would now propel history.

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Goodbye, Paul Newman

Alex Remington | Posted 10.29.2008 | Entertainment

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Alex Remington

Paul Newman was beautiful. You could never root against him. It might have been easier for him to sink into villainy if he wore dull-colored contact lenses, to blunt the brilliance of his eyes, to hide the twinkle.

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New York Times Obituary Correction Watch: We'll Fix It When We Get Around To It

Melissa Kirsch | Posted 05.27.2008 | Media

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Melissa Kirsch

Here we have a raft of errors that took over eight months for the Times to correct, even though the deceased's son brought the errors to the attention of the paper twice during that time.

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