Ed Shanahan
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Jonathan Majors’s Accuser Is Arrested but Won’t Face Prosecution
Grace Jabbari, who accused the actor of assaulting her in a car, was herself arrested on a countercomplaint.
Pete Davidson Plans F.D.N.Y. Community Service to Resolve Crash Case
The former “Saturday Night Live” cast member faced a reckless driving charge in California. His father, a New York City firefighter, was killed responding to...
Alice Davis, Costume Designer for Disney Rides, Dies at 93
She created the costumes for more than 150 singing, dancing robotic children in It’s a Small World, and for the buccaneers of Pirates of the...
Ellen Levine, 79, Dies; Editor With Keen Sense of Women Readers
She was Good Housekeeping’s first female top editor, earlier edited Woman’s Day and Redbook, and helped Oprah Winfrey create a newsstand sensation.
Herman Daly, 84, Who Challenged the Economic Gospel of Growth, Dies
Perhaps the best-known ecological economist, he faulted his mainstream peers for failing to account for the environmental harm growth can bring.
Jody Miller, Singer of ‘Queen of the House’ and More, Dies at 80
Best known for a 1965 homemaker’s reply to a hobo’s refrain, the Oklahoma native had a hit the same year with the very different “Home...
Bernard McGuirk, 64, Dies; Imus Producer Through Rise, Fall and Return
The two men were fired because of a racist exchange about the Rutgers women’s basketball team, marring, but not ending, their shared radio success.
David Beckwith, Who Scooped the Supreme Court on Roe, Dies at 79
His article on the landmark abortion-rights ruling gained renewed attention this year after a draft of the opinion overturning that decision was leaked.
Patricia Cloherty, Trailblazing Venture Capitalist, Dies at 80
A logger’s daughter, she was among the first women to thrive in the high-risk, high-reward field and a key backer of fledgling Russian companies in...
Just Jaeckin, Whose ‘Emmanuelle’ Was a Scandalous Success, Dies at 82
His first film, the story of a young woman’s erotic adventures, was initially blocked by French censors but became a runaway hit.