Kathy Willens, Photojournalist Seemingly Everywhere, Is Dead at 74
Guided by a keen sense of timing, she covered wars, sports, riots, politics and more for The A.P. in the ’70s, when few women worked as news photographers.
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Lewis H. Lapham, Longtime Editor of Harper’s, Dies at 89
Born into a patrician family, he used Harper’s and later his own Lapham’s Quarterly to denounce what he saw as the hypocrisies and injustices of a spoiled United States.
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John Mayall, Pioneer of British Blues, Is Dead at 90
Mr. Mayall was best known for recruiting and polishing the talents of one gifted young lead guitarist after another, starting with Eric Clapton.
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Walter Shapiro, Political Columnist With a Contrarian Streak, Dies at 77
He brought to his writing a sharp sense of humor, honed in stand-up comedy clubs, and never pulled punches even though he was an unabashed Democrat.