Famous People Obituaries

Famous People Obituaries help to make their lives and work a little closer to the rest of us. When famous people pass away, it can be a shock to the community because their life and work as touched many people far and near. Here are selected Famous People's Obituaries.

Frank Neuhauser, winner of first national spelling bee, dies a...
22 Mar 2011 at 4:02am
by Emma Brown
Frank Neuhauser was a patent lawyer who made news headlines more than 85 years ago when he ...

Former Secretary of State Warren Christopher, who negotiated s...
21 Mar 2011 at 6:05pm
by Bart Barnes Special to the Washington Post
Warren M. Christopher led the State Department during President Bill Clinton's first term.

Cleo Johnson, founder of nation's first black-owned modeling s...
21 Mar 2011 at 6:00pm
by Lauren Wiseman
Cleo Johnson started the country's first black-owned modeling school in the 1950s.

A Local Life: John Hoke, 85, never ran out of inventive ideas
22 Mar 2011 at 12:20am
by Emma Brown
John Hoke invented an air-conditioned pith helmet powered by solar energy.

Carol Anne Patt, cataloguer
19 Mar 2011 at 7:03pm
by Post
Carol Anne Patt, 50, a cataloguer with the Library of Congress and Drug Enforcement Adminis...

Nancy B. Landon, book buyer
19 Mar 2011 at 6:55pm
by Post
Nancy B. Landon, 74, who was the children's book buyer for two stores in suburban Maryland ...

Henri Dutilleux obituary
22 May 2013 at 1:43pm
by Roger Nichols
One of France's leading composers, he used colour, harmony and form to magical effectHenri ...

Wendy Woods obituary
22 May 2013 at 1:03pm
by Peter Hain
"Who do you think you are, Donald Woods?" his wife, Wendy ? played by Penelope Wilton in Ri...

Mick McManus obituary
22 May 2013 at 11:45am
by John Lister
One of the big-name professional wrestlers of the 1960s and 70s who found fame and celebrit...

Joan Hooker obituary
22 May 2013 at 11:42am
My friend Joan Hooker, who has died aged 87, began her working life at 17, when she joined ...

Ray Manzarek obituary
21 May 2013 at 1:33pm
by Adam Sweeting
Co-founder of the Doors whose keyboard playing shaped the band's trademark styleRay Manzare...

Letter: Brian Glover stood up for the comedian Paul Shane
21 May 2013 at 12:09pm
Paul Shane was discovered by the great actor and writer Brian Glover, who had seen him perf...