Obituary
Obituary
George Foreman’s career was about resurrection
The two-time heavyweight champion of the world died on March 21st, aged 76
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Oleg Gordievsky worked for both sides in the cold war
The KGB officer who spied for Britain died on March 4th, aged 86
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Richard Fortey remade the world with fossils
The palaeontologist, writer and TV presenter died on March 7th, aged 79
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Athol Fugard spoke truth to apartheid South Africa
South Africa’s greatest playwright of the apartheid era died on March 8th, aged 92
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Stitch by stitch, Rose Girone kept her family going
The oldest known Holocaust survivor died on February 24th, aged 113
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Muhsin Hendricks fought homophobia with the Koran
The world’s first openly gay imam was shot dead on February 15th, aged 57
Europe
John Parker, one of The Economist’s finest correspondents, was a polymath journalist
His death at the age of 70 comes during the sort of upheaval that he was exceptionally good at interpreting
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Pableaux Johnson, peerless host and chronicler of New Orleans
The photographer, cook and food writer died on January 26th, aged 59
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Donald Shoup knew how to get cities going
The parking-and-traffic expert died on February 6th, aged 86
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Marianne Faithfull battled labels all her life
The singer and icon of the 1960s died on January 30th, aged 78
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Mauro Morandi needed to abandon consumer society
The hermit-guardian of Italy’s loveliest beach died on January 3rd, aged 85