Critic, biographer and novelist Elizabeth ... [And Now She's Dead]

Critic, biographer and novelist Elizabeth Hardwick, co-founder of the New York Review of Books, has died. In a response to a letter from screenwriter and New Yorker columnist Penelope Gilliatt that...

And Now She's Blank: America will observe a Very Gay National ...

America will observe a Very Gay National Day of Mourning; Brett Somers, queen of Match Game, has passed away at the age of 83. So long, comic genius. [Westport Now]

And Now She's Dead: Anita Roddick, founder of the Body Shop and ...

Anita Roddick, founder of the Body Shop and pioneer of "ethical beauty," general greenness and all-around good personness, died yesterday; she was 64. [The Business]

And Now She's Dead: Madeleine L'Engle, beloved author of our ...

Madeleine L'Engle, beloved author of our first chapter book A Wrinkle In Time, among many many others, is dead at 88. Thank you, Madeleine L'Engle, for introducing us to the pleasure of the written...

And Now She's Dead: American hero Grace Paley, one of the great ...

American hero Grace Paley, one of the great writers and humanists of our time, is dead at the age of 84. Start here, if you haven't. [Maud Newton]