Bringing out the dead.

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• He Made the World Funky An appreciation of James Brown.
  Jody Rosen Dec. 26, 2006
  
• Robert Altman (1925-2006) The bohemian craftsman.
  Dana Stevens Nov. 22, 2006
  
• William Styron, 1925-2006 Unlikely bard of depression.
  Nell Casey Nov. 7, 2006
  
• Ann Richards Was the Texas governor more than just her acid wit?
  Karen Olsson Sept. 18, 2006
  
• Naguib Mahfouz Remembering one of Egypt's first great novelists.
  Lee Smith Aug. 30, 2006
  
• Good Love Remembering the psychedelic folk rocker Arthur Lee.
  Jody Rosen Aug. 10, 2006
  
• Mary Anderson Bain My favorite old New Dealer.
  Cliff Sloan Aug. 9, 2006
  
• Pink Void The psychedelic legacy of Syd Barrett.
  Jody Rosen July 11, 2006
  
• Voice, Over Remembering the mezzo-soprano Lorraine Hunt Lieberson.
  Marc Geelhoed July 7, 2006
  
• Corporate Martyr Kenneth Lay's final PR coup.
  Mimi Swartz July 5, 2006
  
• My Friend and Mentor Remembering the New York Review of Books co-editor Barbara Epstein.
  Amanda Fortini June 19, 2006
  
• Stanley Kunitz A poet till the very end.
  Robert Pinsky May 16, 2006
  
• Home Remedies The vibrant legacy of Jane Jacobs.
  Witold Rybczynski April 26, 2006
  
• For God, for Country Remembering the radical chaplain William Sloane Coffin Jr.
  Mark Oppenheimer April 14, 2006
  
• A Bittersweet Melodic Imagination Remembering the saxophonist Jackie McLean.
  Stanley Crouch April 4, 2006
  
• Hate the Sin, Love the Sinner Remembering Kirby Puckett.
  Jeremy Derfner March 8, 2006
  
• Octavia Butler The outsider who changed science fiction.
  Tyler Cowen March 2, 2006
  
• Shopping With Betty Remembering Betty Friedan.
  Emily Bazelon Feb. 5, 2006
  
• Nam June Paik The man who invented video art.
  Jim Lewis Feb. 2, 2006
  
• Birgit Nilsson An unparalleled artist and a lovely, down-to-earth woman.
  Jane Eaglen Jan. 16, 2006