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Ruth Bader Ginsburg's Legacy Doesn't Start With the Supreme Court

By Lily Rothman

Remembering Leah Chase Who Transformed New Orleans and Its Food

By Walter Isaacson

These Were the Biggest Icons and Stars We Lost in 2018

By Lauren Bogholtz

'A Monumental Leader': U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon Remembers His Predecessor Kofi Annan

By Ban Ki-moon
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Antoine Fuqua Remembers the Storytelling Genius of Shinobu Hashimoto

Screen storyteller

By Antoine Fuqua

Jonathan Gold Celebrated How Food Shaped Community

Epicurean Angeleno

By Lisa Abend

'He Was Calm and Courageous.' Remembering Photographer Shah Marai

Courage behind the camera

By Massoud Hossaini

Winnie Madikizela-Mandela Turned Anger Into Action During Apartheid

Defiant Freedom Fighter

By Sindiwe Magona

Phil Knight Remembers Roger Bannister's Miracle Mile

The miracle miler

By Phil Knight

11 of the Most Fascinating Obituaries From 2017

A spy, a songwriter, a spacesuit technician, a smuggler and more

By Merrill Fabry

In Memoriam 2017: How 11 Notable People Were Remembered This Year

From humorists to writers to activists, celebrating the lives lost this year

By TIME Staff

These Were the Celebrities, Leaders and Icons We Lost in 2017

The world lost Mary Tyler Moore, Tom Petty, Chuck Berry and others this year

By Katie Reilly and Lauren Bogholtz

Actor Robert Guillaume Dies at 89

He was the voice of Rafiki in the Lion King

By Alana Abramson

Bonnie Angelo

Trailblazing journalist

By Jerrold Schecter

Kate Millett

'High priestess' of women's liberation

By Lily Rothman

Edith Windsor

LGBT icon

By Daniel D’Addario

Dick Gregory

Civil rights icon

By Tavis Smiley

What I Learned From Jerry Lewis

'I’ve always had this psychic connection with Jerry Lewis'

By Jim Carrey

Comedic Legend Jerry Lewis Dead at 91

He was the star of movies like The Nutty Professor

By Stephanie Zacharek

Glen Campbell

Country with a hidden edge

By Jeffrey Kluger
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