The New York TimesDrama Eric Bentley, Critic Who Preferred Brecht to Broadway, Dies at 103 The New York Times - Christopher Lehmann-HauptEric Bentley, an influential theater critic — as well as a scholar, author and playwright — who was an early champion of modern European drama and an unsparing antagonist of Broadway, died on Wednesday
The New York TimesJean-Michel Basquiat Enrico Navarra, Art World Visionary, Is Dead at 67 The New York Times - Neil GenzlingerEnrico Navarra, a gallerist, collector and art-book publisher with a visionary instinct who promoted artists, especially Jean-Michel Basquiat, before the rest of the art world had fully appreciated the
The New York TimesNews Diana Russell, Who Studied Violence Against Women, Dies at 81 The New York Times - Katharine Q. SeelyeDiana E.H. Russell, a leading feminist activist and scholar who popularized the term “femicide” to refer to the misogynist killing of women, and to distinguish these killings from other forms of homicide,
The New York TimesWarren Buffett Doris Buffett, Her Family’s ‘Retail Philanthropist,’ Dies at 92 The New York Times - Sam RobertsDoris Buffett, a self-styled retail philanthropist who once declared that her billionaire younger brother, Warren Buffett, “loves to make money and I love to give it away,” died on Tuesday at her home
The New York TimesSomalia Hawa Abdi, Doctor Who Aided Thousands in Somalia, Dies at 73 The New York Times - Abdi Latif DahirNAIROBI, Kenya — Hawa Abdi, a doctor and human rights activist who safeguarded the lives of tens of thousands of Somalis during years of war, famine and displacement, died on Wednesday at her home in the
