Bruce Mazlish, Who Fused Psychoanalysis and History in His Books, Dies at 93
Mr. Mazlish created controversy with psychoanalytic biographies of living world leaders, including one about Richard M. Nixon.
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CreditConcert Associates, Inc. Russell Oberlin, Renowned Countertenor, Is Dead at 88
Lauded for his sensitive phrasing, crystalline diction and vibrato-rich tone, Mr. Oberlin helped spur the modern renaissance of the countertenor.
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CreditSubafilms, via Reuters Al Brodax, Who Steered the Beatles’ ‘Yellow Submarine’ to the Screen, Dies at 90
Mr. Brodax, a television producer, sold the Beatles’ manager, Brian Epstein, on the idea of a cartoon series and struck a deal for the animated film, a psychedelic classic.
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CreditCharles B. Jones Mark Taimanov, World-Class Chess and Piano Player, Dies at 90
Mr. Taimanov was a classical pianist and former Soviet chess champion whose lopsided loss to Bobby Fischer in 1971 cost him his government salary.
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CreditJack Manning/The New York Times Fidel Castro, Cuban Revolutionary Who Defied U.S., Dies at 90
Mr. Castro brought the Cold War to the Western Hemisphere, bedeviled 11 American presidents and briefly pushed the world to the brink of nuclear war.
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CreditJack Manning/The New York Times My Three Days With Fidel
Richard Eder, a former New York Times foreign correspondent, recalls interviewing the Cuban leader.
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Credit The Times’s Coverage of Fidel Castro
Articles include an exclusive Times interview with the young guerrilla leader in 1957 and coverage of the revolution, the Bay of Pigs invasion and the 1962 missile crisis.
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CreditPersonal archive of Lincoln Cushing Castro’s Revolution, Illustrated
Thousands of posters were commissioned by the government to promote his vision of a socialist society.
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CreditLeonhard Foeger/Reuters Notable Deaths 2016
Remembering Nancy Reagan, David Bowie, Harper Lee, Merle Haggard, Anita Brookner, Clyde Lovellette, Anne Jackson, Monte Irvin, Maurice White, Umberto Eco and others who died this year.
