Monthly Archives: June 2024
Marian Robinson, mother of first lady Michelle Obama, dies at 86
Mrs. Robinson, Michelle Obama’s mother, was the first mother-in-law in years to live in the White House.
By Krissah Thompson
Adele Faber, author of ‘How to Talk So Kids Will Listen,’ dies at 96
She and her co-author, Elaine Mazlish, gently coached millions of readers through the vicissitudes of parenthood with their best-selling guides to child-rearing.
By Emily Langer
Santiago Omar Riveros, torture camp chief for Argentina’s junta, dies at 100
Gen. Riveros ran the notorious Campo de Mayo during the 1976-1983 “Dirty War” against political dissent under Argentina’s military dictatorship.
By Brian Murphy
Susanne Page, who photographed Hopi and Navajo life, dies at 86
Collaborating on books with her husband, Jake Page, she crisscrossed arid Arizona mesas and became the rare non-Indian allowed to photograph the Hopi tribe.
By Harrison Smith
Ken Feil, Washington Post photographer, dies at 84
He captured a memorably intense image of Post reporters Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein as they covered the Watergate scandal.
By Adam Bernstein
Ángeles Flórez Peón, memory keeper of Spanish Civil War, dies at 105
She aided leftist guerrillas as a teenager in the 1930s and then led political resistance from self-exile against the dictatorship of Gen. Francisco Franco.
By Brian Murphy
Jonathan Blake, communications lawyer, dies at 85
At Covington & Burling, he was at the forefront of law related to satellite communications, cellular phone service and broadband technologies.
By Washington Post staff
Al Ruddy, Oscar-winning producer of ‘The Godfather,’ dies at 94
The Canadian-born producer won a second Academy Award for Clint Eastwood’s “Million Dollar Baby.” He also co-created the sitcom “Hogan’s Heroes.”
By Harrison Smith
Longest-serving flight attendant dies after 67-year-career
Bette Nash, who became a flight attendant in 1957 and never formally retired, spent 67 years as a beloved fixture with several airlines before her death.
By Kim Bellware
Stanley Goldstein, who helped build CVS drugstore empire, dies at 89
From a single store in Massachusetts in 1963, CVS had grown into a health-care giant with more than 9,000 locations.
By Brian Murphy