Post Mortem Archive: Washington DC-area people
Abe Pollin dies
Abe Pollin, 85, Washington's homegrown sports entreprenur who owned the Wizards and Mystics basketball teams and was chairmen and owners of Washington Sports & Entertainment organization, died today. He had been battling a degenerative brain disease, corticobasal degeneration, for several years. Pollin was among the last of the old-school pro...
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Patricia Sullivan
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November 24, 2009; 3:54 PM ET |
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Sandra Day O'Connor's Husband Dies
John J. O'Connor III, 79, the husband of retired Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, died Wednesday in Phoenix, Ariz. He had Alzheimer's disease. John O'Connor, himself a lawyer, was diagnosed with Alzheimer's nearly two decades ago. His condition deteriorated markedly in mid-decade and when Justice O'Connor announced her retirement...
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Patricia Sullivan
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November 11, 2009; 11:43 AM ET |
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Author Nien Cheng Dies
The great historian and journalist Stanley Karnow once erroneously reported the death of Nien Cheng and her daughter, based on information from faulty sources in Hong Kong. She wasn't dead; she was in prison, held by Chinese Communists for six and half years. When she was released, she learned from...
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Patricia Sullivan
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November 3, 2009; 10:44 PM ET |
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How I Got the Story: Ben Ali of Ben's Chili Bowl
I had never spoken to Nizam Ali before, but somehow his call to the paper ended up at my desk. I picked it up my phone around 11:30 a.m. Thursday and learned that Ali's father had died the night before. His father was Ben Ali, who wasn't exactly a public...
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Matt Schudel
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October 9, 2009; 11:10 AM ET |
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William Safire dies
William Safire, 79, conservative political columnist and word maven, died today at a hospice in Rockville, Md., reportedly of pancreatic cancer. The full Washington Post obit can be found here. Mr. Safire, who won a Pulitzer Prize for commentary in 1978 for his scathing columns on the Carter White House...
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Patricia Sullivan
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September 27, 2009; 2:47 PM ET |
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Robert S. McNamara -- His Words, Your Forum
It would be hard to think of a more controversial figure from the Vietnam War era than Defense Secretary Robert S. McNamara who died this morning. He was the longest-serving defense secretary in the U.S. He was one of the original Whiz Kids, a corporate chieftain and later World Bank...
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Patricia Sullivan
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July 6, 2009; 9:10 AM ET |
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