Rest In Paradise

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Obituaries and more aggregated and curated by Grateful Dread Peace Media's VERDANT SQUARE, featuring notable deaths of the day. We aim to inform the public and pay tribute to those we have lost. Each loss is a diminishment of the human family. Condolences to all in mourning; we pray that all who have died will rest in paradise. (Reboot of the gdreadmasto site, which was shut down due to loss of funding. If you care to donate, please visit https://cutt.ly/pr6A2Rw -- and thanks.)

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Back To The Future Star & 7 LEGENDs Who Died TodaY!

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Eric Overmyer, Who Wrote for Modern Television Classics, Dies at 74

Trained as a playwright, he got his first TV writing job on “St. Elsewhere,” then worked on “Homicide: Life on the Street,” “The Wire,” “Treme” and “Bosch.”

The New York Times
Nicholas Haysom, Apartheid Foe Who Became a U.N. Peacemaker, Dies at 73

As an anti-apartheid lawyer, he was jailed several times. Later, he was a top adviser to Nelson Mandela and held key posts at the United Nations.

The New York Times
Henry C. Lee Dies at 87; Forensic Scientist Testified in Defense of O.J. Simpson

The Times called him “the world’s most highly regarded forensic criminologist,” but later in his career he faced accusations that he had hidden and fabricated evidence.

The New York Times
Letizia Mowinckel, Who Procured Jacqueline Kennedy’s Pink Chanel Suit, Dies at 105

Mrs. Kennedy was wearing the suit when her husband was assassinated in Dallas in November 1963, and it became soaked in his blood.

The New York Times
Alexander Kluge, 94, Revolutionary Filmmaker in Postwar Germany, Dies

As a director, theorist and prolific author, he was one of his country’s towering artists and public intellectuals.

The New York Times
Dr. Judith L. Rapoport, Pioneer in Understanding O.C.D., Dies at 92

Her best-selling 1989 book, “The Boy Who Couldn’t Stop Washing,” based on her groundbreaking research, brought public awareness to obsessive-compulsive disorder.

The New York Times
Robert Trivers, Eccentric Scientist Who Probed Human Nature, Dies at 83

A visionary evolutionary biologist, he drew comparisons to Charles Darwin with his theories on the genetic roots of seemingly detrimental behaviors like self-deception.

The New York Times
LEGENDARY ACTRESS & 9 STARs Who Died TodaY & Recently!

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Coleman Barks, Who Popularized the Islamic Poet Rumi in the West, Dies at 88

Although he did not speak a word of Persian, his interpretations of the 13th-century mystic’s work made Rumi a New Age icon for millions.

The New York Times