Obituaries

Obituaries

Collage of Kai Erikson's portrait and his book cover "A New Species of Trouble".
Professor Kai Erikson, sociologist of disasters

Academic who studied how people were affected by events such as floods, oil spillages and hurricanes, dies aged 94


Louis V. Gerstner Jr., CEO of IBM, at a press conference.
Louis Gerstner, IBM chief executive

Hessy Taft holds a 1935 magazine with her baby photo on the cover.
Hessy Levinsons Taft, Jewish girl hailed as ‘Aryan ideal’

Artist Paul Slater with his oil on canvas painting "Still Life with Three Fruits."
Artist Paul Slater with his oil on canvas painting "Still Life with Three Fruits."
Paul Slater, illustrator of surreal satire

Hessy Taft holds a 1935 magazine with her baby photo on the cover.
Hessy Taft holds a 1935 magazine with her baby photo on the cover.
Hessy Levinsons Taft, Jewish girl hailed as ‘Aryan ideal’







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Maria Sole Teodorani Agnelli attends a horse race.
Maria Sole Agnelli, Fiat dynasty heiress

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