Obituary

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John Barth
Success

John Barth, giant of postmodernism who scored a 1960s bestseller with a main character who was part goat, dies at 93

By Brian Witte and The Associated Press
April 3, 2024
John Sinclair
Success

Detroit man who John Lennon made legendary for getting 10 year sentence after giving 2 joints to undercover cops dies at 82

By Mike Householder and The Associated Press
April 3, 2024
Joe Lieberman
Politics

Joe Lieberman, former Connecticut senator who was the first Jewish candidate on a White House ticket, dies at 82

By Susan Haigh and The Associated Press
March 28, 2024
Daniel Kahneman gesturing
Finance

Daniel Kahneman, the psychologist who won a Nobel for upending economics, dies at 90

By Bloomberg and Stephen Miller
March 27, 2024
Laurent de Brunhoff
Leadership

‘Babar, c’est moi’: Laurent de Brunhoff, Parisian turned Floridian who sold millions of children’s books, dies at 98

By Hillel Italie and The Associated Press
March 25, 2024
Linda Bean
Success

Linda Bean, catalogue heiress turned lobster booster and environmentalist turned Trump supporter, dies at 82

By Gene Johnson and The Associated Press
March 25, 2024
Zong Qinghou
Success

Self-made billionaire who became China’s richest man by winning a corporate war with France’s Danone dies at 79

By
February 27, 2024
Lord Jacob Rothschild, the banker who broke from Europe’s biggest banking dynasty to build his own financial empire in London, dies at 87
Leadership

Lord Jacob Rothschild, the banker who broke from Europe’s biggest banking dynasty to build his own financial empire in London, dies at 87

By Tom Metcalf and Bloomberg
February 26, 2024
Abilio Diniz
Success

Abilio Diniz, Brazilian billionaire who survived a kidnapping and the loss of his retail empire before a Francophile reinvention, dies at 87

By Fabiola Moura, Daniel Cancel, Maria Eloisa Capurro and Bloomberg
February 19, 2024
Susan Wojcicki
Tech

Former YouTube CEO’s son found dead in UC Berkeley dorm, leaving prominent Silicon Valley family ‘devastated beyond comprehension’

By
February 18, 2024
Person dressed in Pop-Tart costume
Success

From a 16-year-old truck washer to the inventor of the Pop Tart: William Post dies at 96, leaving great wealth and a legacy of snack innovation behind

By Sydney Lake and Sasha Rogelberg
February 15, 2024
Bob Moore
Success

Former gas station owner and JCPenney manager who became a millionaire after 50 dies at 94, leaving his company to employees

By
February 15, 2024
Jimmy Van Eaton
Success

Jimmy Van Eaton, pioneering rock ‘n’ roll drummer who spent 4 decades selling bonds after backing Jerry Lee Lewis, dies at 86

By
February 11, 2024
Toby Keith
Success

Toby Keith, swaggering country star whose macho, patriotic songs disguised nuanced politics, dies of stomach cancer at 62

By Kristin M. Hall and The Associated Press
February 6, 2024
Wee Cho Yaw
Success

Wee Cho Yaw, billionaire was one of the last of Singapore’s 20th century banking giants, dies at 95

By Chanyaporn Chanjaroen, Low De Wei and Bloomberg
February 4, 2024

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