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Larry Kramer influential AIDS activist dead at 84
Larry Kramer, the playwright whose angry voice and pen-raised theatergoers’ consciousness about AIDS and roused thousands to militant protests in the early years of the epidemic, has died at 84. Bill Goldstein, a writer, working on a biography of Kramer,…
Legendary Journalist Cokie Roberts Dies At 75
The Us Media has lost a legendary journalist in the person of Cokie Roberts of ABC News in National Public Radio. Cokie was also literally raised in the halls of Congress, where her father was the majority leader. Hale Boggs,…
Justice John Paul Stevens, Former Supreme Court dead at 99
John Paul Stevens was an American lawyer and jurist who served as an Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court from 1975 until his retirement in 2010. At the time of his retirement, he was the second-oldest-serving Justice in…
Curtis Hanson: Oscar-Winning Writer, Director Dies at 71
Curtis Hanson, the director of films including “L.A. Confidential”, “Wonder Boys” and “8 Mile” has died at age 71 of natural causes. Mark Kelly looks back at his life in films. Image: Everett Collection Subscribe to the WSJ channel here:…
Alexis Arquette – the transgender actress, dead at 47
Alexis Arquette, a transgender actress and activist, died on Sunday at 47. Arquette, born Robert Arquette, first came to public attention in the 1980s with roles in films like “Pee-wee’s Big Adventure” and “Of Mice and Men.” In the mid-1990s,…