Posted inArt Deaths (Obituaries) Hirshorn, Hal (1965-2025) New York City Photography Hal Hirshorn, Artist of Otherworldly Photos and Paintings, Dies at 60 A ubiquitous presence in New York’s art world, he also existed outside it, using 19th-century techniques to create ethereal, haunting images. Posted by By Clay Risen
Posted inBooks and Literature Dating and Relationships Deaths (Obituaries) Love (Emotion) O'Rourke, Meghan Sessions Stepp, Laura (1951-2025) Sex Teenagers and Adolescence Washington Post Women and Girls Writing and Writers Laura Sessions Stepp, Who Reported on Teenage Sex, Dies at 73 A Pulitzer Prize-winning editor, she went on to write about “hookup culture” and young women’s sexual experiences for The Washington Post and in a best-selling book. Posted by By Michael S. Rosenwald
Posted inDeaths (Obituaries) Fong, Khalil Hong Kong Music Khalil Fong, Hong Kong Singer-Songwriter, Dies at 41 Singing in both Mandarin and English, he brought a soul and R&B sensibility to Chinese pop. Posted by By Tiffany May
Posted inAudio Recordings, Downloads and Streaming Deaths (Obituaries) Girlfriends (TV Program) Nineteen Hundred Nineties Rap and Hip-Hop Rhythm and Blues (Music) Stone, Angie (1961-2025) Sugar Hill Records The Sequence (Music Group) Theater Two Thousands (Decade) Angie Stone, Hip-Hop Pioneer Turned Neo-Soul Singer, Dies at 63 After having success as a member of the Sequence, an early female rap group, she re-emerged in the 1990s as a practitioner of sultry, laid-back R&B. Posted by By Clay Risen