Obituary

In Memoriam: Phil Clapp, Environmental Champion and Climate Leader

David Sassoon | Posted 10.23.2008 | Green


David Sassoon

Phil Clapp, 54, deputy managing director of the Pew Environment Group, died yesterday in Amsterdam of complications from pneumonia, which he contracted while on vacation.

David Foster Wallace, R.I.P.

Lapham's Quarterly | Posted 10.23.2008 | Media


Lapham's Quarterly

While Wallace understood well the solipsism of depression -- see "The Depressed Person" -- he himself evinced none of it, in spite of his affliction.

The Last Time

Roger Fransecky | Posted 10.20.2008 | Living


Roger Fransecky

Nancy and I celebrated every day. We made our marriage a daily commitment. We had fun, grew wiser, struggled, laughed, collected, built, moved, nurtured, spat, loved and lost as all of us do.

Rest in Peace, Skip Caray

Alex Remington | Posted 08.12.2008 | Entertainment


Alex Remington

For Braves fans, he was the best and funniest of us all; for fans of opposing teams, he was serious about the sport and irreverent about everything in it.

This Week's Other Important Political Obituary

William Klein | Posted 07.01.2008 | Politics


William Klein

Tony Schwartz, best known for making the famous "daisy spot" used in Lyndon Johnson's campaign against Barry Goldwater, died last Saturday at the home he rarely left in New York.

Women Who Wear The Pants: A Tribute to Yves Saint Laurent

Joan Z. Shore | Posted 06.12.2008 | Living


Joan Z. Shore

Saint Laurent is being hailed as a "legend" now, but for women of the world, he was an emancipator. He put women in pants, and in doing so freed their psyches.

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

Melissa Kirsch | Posted 05.27.2008 | Media


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.