Archive: January 2009
TV, Quips and the Day the Music Died
The director and co-executive producer of more than 50 episodes of the X Files has died. Only someone who never attended rock concerts in the 70s would lead with "Sweet Home Alabama" for a Lynyrd Skynyrd musician's obit. Consumer demand was always exemplified by the guy back in the crowd...
By Patricia Sullivan | January 29, 2009; 12:34 PM ET | Comments (0)
John Updike Dies
John Updike, 76, a leading American writer of post-World War II suburbia, died of lung cancer Tuesday, Jan. 27. He lived in Beverly Farms, Mass. Audio of Updike in October 2008. In an autobiographical essay, Updike famously identified sex, art, and religion as "the three great secret things" in human...
By Patricia Sullivan | January 27, 2009; 1:27 PM ET | Comments (11)
For Montalban, a Life of 'Fantasy' Comes to an End
Actor Ricardo Montalban, who died at 88 today in Los Angeles, will be remembered for a number of roles -- though fans may disagree about which defined him. For some, it will be that of Khan in Star Trek: The Wrath of Khan, which allowed him to utter the line...
By Washington Post Editors | January 14, 2009; 4:28 PM ET | Comments (5)
Sarah Booth Conroy -- Update
With the death of Sarah Booth Conroy this week, The Washington Post lost a little of its color, culture and class. Sarah Booth -- no one but her husband ever called her just "Sarah" -- was a genteel tornado of energy who probably knew more about the ins and outs...
By Matt Schudel | January 14, 2009; 11:00 AM ET | Comments (3)
