Alex Traub
Writer at Freelance
Senior News Assistant, Obituaries at The New York Times
Newspaper immortalizer every Sunday @nytobits, writing a book about Bob Silvers and his world the rest of the time
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1 week ago |
flipboard.com | Alex Traub |Ali Watkins
4 hours agoNetflix has once again found a new, niche hit, one that may not be sprawled across the internet’s headlines, but a stellar new comedy you would be wise to check out. That would be North of North, the new series that has a 100% score from critics on Rotten Tomatoes, and as it stands, a great 93% …
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2 weeks ago |
flipboard.com | Alex Traub
7 hours agoMarch 2025 is undoubtedly the worst month to date for Turkey’s indigenous Bayraktar Akinci drone, with at least two going down in Africa and the Middle East within a mere two weeks under different circumstances. Overnight, on March 31 and April 1, a drone fell out of the sky over the rural …
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2 weeks ago |
nytimes.com | Alex Traub
They played together for years just as friends and collaborators. In 1980, dancing at a party, Mr. Bagayako declared that his true feelings for her were romantic. Ms. Doumbia kissed him. "I felt the doors of paradise opening," he wrote in their memoir. Local news outlets covered the marriage of the two esteemed blind musicians. Concert promoters from nearby African nations began making them offers. They expanded their repertoire from their native Bambara to other languages like Tuareg and Senufo.
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1 month ago |
nytimes.com | Alex Traub
Donald "Slick" Watts, an unheralded, undersized, patchy-haired point guard who turned his obstacles into springboards, endearing himself to fans of the Seattle SuperSonics long past the team's existence and helping to invent the headband as a basketball fashion signature, has died. He was 73. His son Donald announced the death on social media on Saturday in a statement that did not provide further details.
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1 month ago |
pressdemocrat.com | Alex Traub
Sebring was one of several relatives to accuse Hamilton of having exerted “undue influence.” A series of bitter attacks followed.
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RT @DBashIdeas: A moving closing story in the NYT obituary for Marion Wiesel, May her memory be a blessing. https://t.co/4Zw54dPSUw
In the time men now spend on internet chess, NBA highlights and “doomscrolling,” they used to brood, which was healthier and more productive. Bring back brooding.
RT @notjessewalker: A good obituary will include a drag show, a municipal code battle, a Rudy Ray Moore movie, and Scientology. https://t.c…