Bobby Charlton, one of soccer’s greatest players, who won the World Cup with England in 1966 in a dazzling career that was tinged by the
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Martti Ahtisaari, Finnish Nobel Peace Prize Winner, Dies at 86
He joined his country’s foreign ministry in 1965 and, eight years later, was posted as ambassador to Tanzania. He was also his country’s envoy to
Michael Bonallack, Britain’s Greatest Postwar Amateur Golfer, Dies at 88
Michael Bonallack, who established himself as the greatest British amateur golfer of the postwar era, dominating championship play, and who later led the Royal and
Matteo Messina Denaro, Once Italy’s Most Famous Fugitive, Dies at 61
Matteo Messina Denaro, a convicted killer and high-ranking mobster with the Sicilian Cosa Nostra who had eluded capture for three decades, died on Monday in
Giorgio Napolitano, Italian Post-Communist Pillar, Dies at 98
Giorgio Napolitano, modern Italy’s longest-serving president, who orchestrated the transfer of power from a scandal-scarred Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi to a little-known economist in a
Marc Bohan, Head Designer for Dior for Three Decades, Dies at 97
Marc Bohan, the longest-serving creative director at Christian Dior, who spent nearly 30 years spinning out classically attuned looks with a touch of whimsy that,
Claude Ruiz-Picasso, Who Ran His Artist Father’s Estate, Dies at 76
Claude Ruiz-Picasso, who, after a legal fight that established him and his sister Paloma as legitimate heirs to their father, the great artist Pablo Picasso,
Johaar Mosaval, Who Broke Free of Apartheid for Ballet, Dies at 95
Johaar Mosaval, a charismatic South African ballet dancer who left the racial barriers of apartheid behind to become a celebrated principal with London’s Royal Ballet,
Jean-Louis Georgelin, Who Was in Charge of Rebuilding Notre-Dame, Dies
Jean-Louis Georgelin, the French general who was placed in charge of rebuilding Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris after a devastating fire in 2019, has died. He
Nechama Tec, Polish Holocaust Survivor and Scholar, Dies at 92
Nechama Tec, a Polish Jew who pretended to be Roman Catholic to survive the Holocaust and then became a Holocaust scholar, writing about Jews as