--- title: obituaries | TIME description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. canonical: https://time.com/tag/obituaries/ og:title: TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates og:description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. og:url: https://time.com/tag/obituaries/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://gcp-na-images.contentstack.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 300 og:image:height: 300 og:image:alt: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. og:type: article twitter:card: summary twitter:title: TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates twitter:description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. twitter:image: https://gcp-na-images.contentstack.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # obituaries ## obituaries *  Dec 29, 2024 ## [Remembering Jimmy Carter's Civil Rights Contributions](https://time.com/5353854/jimmy-carter-civil-rights-death/) [HISTORY](/section/history/) by Lily Rothman *  Sep 19, 2020 ## [Ruth Bader Ginsburg's Legacy Doesn't Start With the Supreme Court](https://time.com/5354990/ruth-bader-ginsburg-time/) [HISTORY](/section/history/) by Lily Rothman *  Jun 2, 2019 ## [Remembering Leah Chase Who Transformed New Orleans and Its Food](https://time.com/5599591/leah-chase-obituary/) [U.S.](/section/us/) by Walter Isaacson *  Dec 23, 2018 ## [These Were the Biggest Icons and Stars We Lost in 2018](https://time.com/5485234/in-memoriam-2018/) [WORLD](/section/world/) by Lauren Bogholtz *  Aug 23, 2018 ## ['A Monumental Leader': U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon Remembers His Predecessor Kofi Annan](https://time.com/5373311/ban-ki-moon-kofi-annan-obituary/) [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) by Ban Ki-moon *  Jul 26, 2018 ## [Antoine Fuqua Remembers the Storytelling Genius of Shinobu Hashimoto](https://time.com/5349528/shinobu-hashimoto-obituary/) [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) by Antoine Fuqua *  Jul 26, 2018 ## [Jonathan Gold Celebrated How Food Shaped Community](https://time.com/5349536/jonathan-gold-obituary/) [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) by Lisa Abend *  May 3, 2018 ## ['He Was Calm and Courageous.' Remembering Photographer Shah Marai](https://time.com/5264155/remembering-photographer-shah-marai/) [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) by Massoud Hossaini *  Apr 5, 2018 ## [Winnie Madikizela-Mandela Turned Anger Into Action During Apartheid](https://time.com/5228981/winnie-madikizela-mandela/) [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) by Sindiwe Magona *  Mar 8, 2018 ## [Phil Knight Remembers Roger Bannister's Miracle Mile](https://time.com/5190958/phil-knight-remembers-roger-bannister/) [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) by Phil Knight *  Dec 28, 2017 ## [11 of the Most Fascinating Obituaries From 2017](https://time.com/5064641/fascinating-obituaries-2017/) [HISTORY](/section/history/) by Merrill Fabry *  Dec 27, 2017 ## [In Memoriam 2017: How 11 Notable People Were Remembered This Year](https://time.com/5056921/2017-obituaries/) [HISTORY](/section/history/) by TIME Staff *  Dec 21, 2017 ## [These Were the Celebrities, Leaders and Icons We Lost in 2017](https://time.com/5066833/celebrity-deaths-2017/) [WORLD](/section/world/) by Katie Reilly and Lauren Bogholtz *  Oct 25, 2017 ## [Actor Robert Guillaume Dies at 89](https://time.com/4996238/robert-guillame-benson-death-rafiki-benson/) [ENTERTAINMENT](/section/entertainment/) by Alana Abramson *  Sep 21, 2017 ## [Bonnie Angelo](https://time.com/4951198/bonnie-angelo-journalist-obituary/) [U.S.](/section/us/) by Jerrold Schecter ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Organization","@id":"https://time.com/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/"},"name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/","name":"Home"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/tag/obituaries/","name":"obituaries"}}]}] ```