
Harrison Smith
Writer at The Washington Post
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Rick Derringer, who sang the chart-topper ‘Hang On Sloopy,’ dies at 77 (washingtonpost.com) Rick Derringer, who sang the chart-topper ‘Hang On Sloopy,’ dies at 77 By Harrison Smith 2025052800331100 Rick Derringer, a wide-ranging musician who sang the garage-rock anthem "Hang On Sloopy," wrote the 1970s hit "Rock and Roll, Hoochie Koo," produced parody songs for "Weird Al" Yankovic and gave pro wrestler Hulk Hogan a theme song, died May 26 in Ormond Beach, Florida. He was 77. His wife, Jenda...
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stripes.com | Harrison Smith
A Legion of Honor medal, France’s highest honor for merit, sits on display aboard the USS Bataan in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., May 7, 2016. Marthe Cohn, a spy for the French resistance in World War II and recipient of the honor, died on Wednesday, May 21, at the age of 105. (Michelle Reif/U.S. Marine Corps) When she was asked to spy for the French army, Marthe Cohn recalled decades later, she didn’t hesitate before saying yes.
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Marthe Cohn, a Jewish spy in Nazi Germany, dies at 105 (washingtonpost.com) Marthe Cohn, a Jewish spy in Nazi Germany, dies at 105 By Harrison Smith 2025052302535100 When she was asked to spy for the French army, Marthe Cohn recalled decades later, she didn't hesitate before saying yes. It was late 1944, months before the end of World War II in Europe.
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bostonglobe.com | Harrison Smith
William H. Luers, an arts-minded US diplomat who worked to shield the Czech writer and dissident Vaclav Havel from communist reprisals during the Cold War, and who later helped grow the Metropolitan Museum of Art while serving as president of the New York institution, died May 10 at his home in Washington Depot, Conn. He was 95. The cause was prostate cancer, said his wife, Wendy Luers.
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washingtonpost.com | Harrison Smith
Robert Benton, Oscar-winning screenwriter and director, dies at 92 (washingtonpost.com) Robert Benton, Oscar-winning screenwriter and director, dies at 92 By Harrison Smith 2025051421110000 Robert Benton, who helped usher in a bold new era of Hollywood filmmaking as a co-writer of "Bonnie and Clyde," and who later stepped behind the camera to direct acclaimed movies including "Kramer vs.
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