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Actor Peter Graves Dies at Age 83

By Tom LeGro

Peter Graves, who starred in the hit television series "Mission: Impossible" as well as the "Airplane" films, died Sunday of a heart attack at his home in Pacific Palisades, Calif. He was 83.

The Fashionable Life of Alexander McQueen

By Arts Desk

Alexander McQueen, one of the top fashion designers in the world, was found dead at his London home on Thursday after an apparent suicide. He was 40.

J.D. Salinger Dies at Age 91

By Tom LeGro

J.D. Salinger, the author of the classic modern novel about teenage rebellion, "The Catcher in the Rye," has died. He was 91 and had lived for decades in isolation in a small, remote house in Cornish, N.H.

J.D. Salinger, American Literary Icon, Dies at 91

J.D. Salinger, the enigmatic American author best known for his classic novel "Catcher in the Rye" died Wednesday at the age of 91. Jim Lehrer talks to experts about the author's influence on American literature.

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Eric Rohmer, 89, Made Intellectual Films About People's Emotional Lives

By Arts Desk

French director and film critic Eric Rohmer died Monday at the age of 89 in Paris.

Remembering Abstract Color Field Painter Kenneth Noland

By Arts Desk

Kenneth Noland, the abstract artist whose sensitive approach to color helped define and establish the Washington Color Field school of painting, died Tuesday at the age of 85 at his home in Maine.

Remembering the Sharp Insights of Caricaturist David Levine

By Arts Desk

David Levine, a master of the caricature, died yesterday at the age of 83 in New York as a result of prostate cancer and other illness. Levine had the ability to expose and gently exaggerate the distinguishing features of politicians,…

Weekly Poem: 'Longing'

By Arts Desk

Dennis Brutus was a South African poet and activist up until his death on Saturday at the age of 85 at his home in Cape Town.

Jeanne-Claude Was Muse and Collaborator

By Arts Desk

Jeanne-Claude, the artist who collaborated with her partner Christo on monumental installation projects like "The Gates" in New York and "The Wrapped Reichstag" in Berlin, passed away Wednesday at a hospital in New York from complications of a brain aneurysm.

Artist Jeanne-Claude Has Died at 74

By Arts Desk

Artist Jeanne-Claude, who with her husband Christo, created public art installations around the world, has died. She was 74. Her family said she died Wednesday night at a New York hospital from complications of a brain aneurysm.