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The Obits: The New York Times Annual 2012
Edited by William McDonald
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Paperback, 590 pages; 2011
$13.95
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The New York Times runs about 1,000 obituaries a year, and close to 300 of the most interesting of them published from August 2010 to July 2011 are collected in this fascinating yearbook of the recently deceased. You'll find well-crafted profiles of the famous and infamous--Leslie Nielsen, Geraldine Ferraro, Jack Kevorkian, and Osama bin Laden, among others--alongside intriguing glimpses into the lives of less familiar figures. There's Violet Cowden, a member of the Women Airforce Service Pilots, formed during World War II; and Pierre de Beaumont, French count, engineer, and founder of the retailer Brookstone. There's Baruch S. Blumberg, whose biomedical work involving hepatitis B saved millions of lives; and Joanna Eigel, the original model for Lois Lane. Each of these mini bios are fascinating reads on their own, and together they form a unique portrait of our times via those whose lives have helped to shape it.
(AG)
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