Dikembe Mutombo has died at age 58(nytimes.com)

28 points by chirau 2 years ago | 10 comments

Surrealism Is 100(nytimes.com)

77 points by apollinaire 2 years ago | 25 comments

How the media industry keeps losing the future(nytimes.com)

21 points by tysone 2 years ago | 39 comments

Silvio Berlusconi, a Showman Who Upended Italian Politics and Culture Dies at 86(nytimes.com)

43 points by kensai 3 years ago | 43 comments

A.I. Companies Agree to Safeguards After Pressure from the White House(nytimes.com)

49 points by insane_dreamer 3 years ago | 38 comments

Space material found on a beach in Western Australia(nytimes.com)

56 points by eigenhombre 3 years ago | 15 comments

John Walker, founder of Autodesk, has died(scanalyst.fourmilab.ch)

1015 points by jdougan 2 years ago | 204 comments

Obituary forum post on Scanalyst announcing the death of John Walker, Autodesk founder and Fourmilab creator, on February 2, 2024, with a biography.

John Warnock has died(reuters.com)

550 points by skilled 3 years ago | 123 comments

Reuters news report that Adobe co-founder John Warnock has died at age 82.

Dolly Parton has died(theguardian.com)

1464 points by helsinkiandrew 2 months ago | 222 comments

Guardian obituary news article reporting that Dolly Parton, country singer, actor and philanthropist, has died aged 80.

Jake Seliger has died(marginalrevolution.com)

908 points by A_D_E_P_T 2 years ago | 189 comments

Alex Tabarrok's Marginal Revolution post remembering writer Jake Seliger after his death from cancer, noting his advocacy for faster drug development.

Al Jaffee, king of the Mad Magazine fold-in, has died(nytimes.com)

358 points by coloneltcb 3 years ago | 58 comments

New York Times obituary for Al Jaffee, the Mad Magazine cartoonist known for creating the fold-in.

Robert Dennard, DRAM Pioneer, has died(spectrum.ieee.org)

341 points by jnord 2 years ago | 28 comments

IEEE Spectrum obituary article reporting the death of DRAM inventor Robert Dennard at 91, alongside remembrances of other IEEE members.