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washingtonpost.com | Brian Murphy
The Rev. Joan Campbell, who once divided the White congregation of her church by inviting the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. to speak and then decades later — as a minister in King’s denomination — rose to lead an influential national alliance of churches, died March 29 in Chagrin Falls, Ohio. She was 93. The death, at an assisted-living center from complications from dementia, was announced by her family.
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washingtonpost.com | Brian Murphy
After arriving in Hawaii as a Navy medical officer in the 1960s, King Holmes found stacks of health reports with the same accounts from around the Pacific: Sailors went on shore leave, visited prostitutes and contracted cases of penicillin-resistant gonorrhea. He knew there was no way to control what happened in port. He recommended a stopgap that had been under tests for more than a decade — a dose of antibiotics to the men as soon as possible after they had sex.
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2 weeks ago | 
washingtonpost.com | Brian Murphy
William Finn, a Tony Award-winning composer and lyricist who explored the poignancy of sexual discovery amid the AIDS crisis in “Falsettos” and the awkward passage of adolescence in “The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee,” died April 7 at a hospital in Bennington, Vermont. He was 73. The cause was pulmonary fibrosis, said his literary agent, Ron Gwiazda. Mr. Finn had homes in Manhattan and Williamstown, Massachusetts.
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washingtonpost.com | Brian Murphy
Kim Shin-jo, a former North Korean commando who resettled in South Korea as a pastor after his daring mission to assassinate then-South Korean President Park Chung-hee in 1968 failed, died April 9 at age 82. The death was announced by Mr. Kim’s Sungrak Church in Seoul, but no cause was given. Mr. Kim was among a team of 31 North Korean commandos who tried to storm South Korea’s mountainside presidential palace to assassinate Park, an authoritarian president who had ruled South Korea since 1961.
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fredericknewspost.com | Brian Murphy
Sam Keen, a self-help philosopher, theologian and author who helped stir conversations about masculinity in modern society with the best-selling book “Fire in the Belly” that argued for expanded definitions of manhood to embrace greater compassion and introspection, died March 19 in Oahu, Hawaii. He was 93. Dr. Keen, who lived in Sonoma, California, died while on vacation, said his daughter, Jessamyn Griffin. No cause was given. kAmp 7@C>6C AC@76DD@C @7 C6=:8:@?[ sC] z66? HC@E6 >@C6 E92? 2 5@K6?
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washingtonpost.com | Brian Murphy
Sam Keen, who helped spur debates on modern manhood, dies at 93 (washingtonpost.com) Sam Keen, who helped spur debates on modern manhood, dies at 93 By Brian Murphy 2025040601003500 Sam Keen, a self-help philosopher, theologian and author who helped stir conversations about masculinity in modern society with the best-selling book "Fire in the Belly" that argued for expanded definitions of manhood to embrace greater compassion and introspection, died March 19 in Oahu, Hawaii. He was 93. Dr....
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washingtonpost.com | Brian Murphy
Troy Seals, country songwriter with hits beyond Nashville, dies at 86 (washingtonpost.com) Troy Seals, country songwriter with hits beyond Nashville, dies at 86 By Brian Murphy 2025040400073800 Troy Seals, a rockabilly guitarist who left music for construction jobs and returned to become a powerhouse songwriter whose catalogue included dozens of country hits and the surprise chart-topping duet "Seven Spanish Angels" between Willie Nelson and Ray Charles, died March 6 at his home in...
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bostonglobe.com | Brian Murphy
Dick Carlson, a former journalist who led the Voice of America under Republican administrations decades before hard-right media commentators — including his son Tucker Carlson — and President Trump pushed to effectively silence the US-funded broadcaster, died March 24 at his home in Boca Grande, Fla. The Boston native was 84. The death was announced in statements by Tucker Carlson and his family, but no cause was given.
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washingtonpost.com | Brian Murphy
Julio Simón, Argentine torturer convicted in landmark case, dies at 84 (washingtonpost.com) Julio Simón, Argentine torturer convicted in landmark case, dies at 84 By Brian Murphy 2025032919423400 Julio Simón, a police enforcer and torturer during Argentina's military dictatorship who remorselessly defended the atrocities before being convicted in a landmark 2006 trial that reopened prosecutions from the "Dirty War" of the 1970s and '80s, died March 25 at a prison near Buenos Aires. He was 84....
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3 weeks ago | 
washingtonpost.com | Brian Murphy
Dick Carlson, a former journalist who led the Voice of America under Republican administrations decades before hard-right media commentators — including his son Tucker Carlson — and President Trump pushed to effectively silence the U.S.-funded broadcaster, died March 24 at his home in Boca Grande, Florida. He was 84. The death was announced in statements by Tucker Carlson and his family, but no cause was given.
