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Walt Odets, psychologist, dies at 79

Clinical psychologist who helped change the way LGBT leaders viewed gay health

By Gloria Tessler

4 min read

NEW YORK, NY - DECEMBER 05: (L-R) Victoria Krane, Walt Odets and Anna Strasberg attend The Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute Presents "LOVELAB" at The Lee Strasberg Theatre on December 5, 2012 in New York City. (Photo by Jemal Countess/Getty Images)

Writer Rosemary Friedman dies at 97

Writer Rosemary Friedman dies at 97

5 min read

Tess Jaray (Photo: Aware)

Artist Tess Jaray dies at 88

5 min read

Visionary chemist, Rudoph A. Marcus (Photo: US Department of Energy)

Visionary chemist Rudolph ‘Rudy’ A Marcus, dies aged 102

By Siam Goorwich

3 min read

Journalist Vera Elyashiv dies aged 97

Journalist Vera Elyashiv dies aged 97

5 min read

Then-Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan speaks at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library on April 9, 2003 (Getty Images)

Obituary: Former Fed chair Alan Greenspan

By Jenni Frazer

3 min read

Obituary: Beatrice Baxter dies at 102

Obituary: Beatrice Baxter dies at 102

By Michael Baxter

3 min read

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Legendary music executive, Clive Davis, dies aged 94

During his 60-year career, he launched the careers of Whitney Houston, Billy Joel and Janis Joplin

By Siam Goorwich

4 min read

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June 23, 2026 15:44

Clive Davis at the 66th Grammy Awards in 2024 (Photo: Getty Images)

Holocaust survivor Tom Reichental, who taught thousands of Irish students about the Shoah, dies at 90

Slovakia-born Bergen-Belsen child survivor who moved to Israel after the war before starting a new life in Ireland, where he made Holocaust education his final mission

By Eliana Jordan

3 min read

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June 12, 2026 17:18

Tomi Reichental. (Photo courtesy of Holocaust Education Ireland)

Obituary: Norman Balon

“Rudest landlord” whose gruff manner betrayed a soft, kind heart

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June 12, 2026 17:07

2BKXFT7 Norman Balon,Coach and Horses Soho London. (credit image©Jack Ludlam)

Obituary: Edgar Morin

The French intellectual and member of the French Resistance has died at the age of 104

By Eliana Jordan

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June 9, 2026 15:31

TOPSHOT - French sociologist and philosopher Edgar Morin poses during a photo session in Paris on March 8, 2022. (Photo by JOEL SAGET / AFP) (Photo by JOEL SAGET/AFP via Getty Images)

Obituary: David Winnick

Labour politician whose distinguished parliamentary career was fuelled by an impassioned drive to confront injustice

By Eliana Jordan

2 min read

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May 20, 2026 13:49

David Winnick.

Obituary: Michael Tilson Thomas

Dynamic American conductor-composer who wrote the orchestral work “From the Diary of Anne Frank”

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May 20, 2026 13:47

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - MARCH 20: Conductor Michael Tilson Thomas prepares backstage prior to performing with the YouTube Symphony Orchestra at Sydney Opera House on March 20, 2011 in Sydney, Australia. Musicians from over thirty countries were selected to perform as part of the YouTube Symphony Orchestra after submitting a video audition to YouTube that was voted on by the public. The amatuer and professional participants, ranging from age 14 to age 49, were flown to Sydney for one week to particpate in free public concerts and a sold-out finale performance at the Sydney Opera House. The entire performance was projected on the iconic Opera House sails and streamed live online via Youtube. (Photo by Lisa Maree Williams/Getty Images)

Obituary: Abraham H Foxman

National director of the Anti-Defamation League hailed as a moral voice and passionate advocate for the Jewish people

By Gloria Tessler

5 min read

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May 12, 2026 19:57

Obituary: Abraham H Foxman

Obituary: Mark Gerson

Photographer who captured the light of the literary giants of the 20th century

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May 6, 2026 12:17

LONDON, ENGLAND - APRIL 08: Photographer Mark Gerson, 92, poses for a picture with a selection of his images of writers in Bonhams auction house on April 8, 2013 in London, England. Over Mr Gerson's long career he has photographed many of the leading British poets of the 20th century. The pictures are being sold as part of the 'Roy Davids Collection Part III: Poetry: Poetical Manuscripts and Portraits of Poets' auction on April 10, 2013 and May 8, 2013. (Photo by Oli Scarff/Getty Images)

Obituary: George Rothschild

Distinguished chazan whose prayerful rendering of the service at New London Synagogue was widely acclaimed

By David Prager

3 min read

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May 6, 2026 11:11

George Rothschild (left)

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