Well, this is sweet. The NYT is writing obits for “remarkable people whose deaths, beginning in 1851, went unreported in The Times.”

And the one from a few days ago is about Eleanor Abbott, who created Candy Land “to distract children who were suffering in the hospital during a polio outbreak.”

I remember Candy Land from many many years ago. And wow: “Today, more than 60 percent of households with children under 5 own the game.”

Gift Article: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/13/obituaries/eleanor-abbott-overlooked.html?unlocked_article_code=1.TlA.7N1q.__RbNCpZIFVv&smid=url-share

#RIP #suicide #polio