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Why Frederick Wiseman Was the Greatest Documentary Filmmaker Ever
His work depended on access. He filmed in hospital rooms where patients and families faced incommensurable agonies with the aid of the…
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The Towering Musical Integrity of Christoph von Dohnányi
In September, 1943, a thirteen-year-old German boy named Christoph von Dohnányi wrote an innocuous-seeming letter to his uncle Dietrich:…
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Robert Redford and the Perils of Perfection
Gentleman, preferred, blond: such was the job description of Robert Redford, who died on Tuesday, at the age of eighty-nine. Onscreen, he…
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John Hallett obituary
My father, John Hallett, who has died aged 97, had a long career in education that took him all over the world. In 1960, John flew to…
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Pearl Harbor hero, Harry Chandler, dies aged 103
Harry Chandler, a Navy medic who survived Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor, has died at the age of 103. Chandler passed away on Monday at a…
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Former U.S. president Jimmy Carter dead at 100
Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter died Sunday, confirmed by his family to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution and Washington Post. He was…
Culture
The Afterimage of Arlene Croce
Arlene Croce, who wrote the Dancing column in The New Yorker from 1973 to 1996, died on December 16th, at the age of ninety. She was a…