Olivier Holmey
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A look back at some of the notable figures who died this year, from Jane Goodall to Ozzy Osbourne.
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Notable deaths of 2025
“How much harm the women and men of the Church do when they erect walls,” Francis said late in life. “Rigidity is a sin that often enters into clerics.”
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December 22, 2025 at 3:09 PM
A look back at some of the notable figures who died this year, from Jane Goodall to Ozzy Osbourne.
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Nicola Pietrangeli wasn't just the first Italian to win a Grand Slam singles title. He was a cultural phenomenon.
Our obituary of the tennis player, whose death was announced on Monday:
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Our obituary of the tennis player, whose death was announced on Monday:
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Nicola Pietrangeli, Italy’s tennis maestro who danced on clay, dies at 92
Pietrangeli wasn't just the first Italian to win a Grand Slam singles title. He was also a cultural phenomenon.
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December 1, 2025 at 9:32 AM
Nicola Pietrangeli wasn't just the first Italian to win a Grand Slam singles title. He was a cultural phenomenon.
Our obituary of the tennis player, whose death was announced on Monday:
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Our obituary of the tennis player, whose death was announced on Monday:
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"I wasn’t much use as a reporter," Tom Stoppard said of his first career. "I felt I didn’t have the right to ask people questions. I always thought they’d throw the teapot at me or call the police."
He instead became a playwright - one of the greatest there was.
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He instead became a playwright - one of the greatest there was.
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Tom Stoppard, playwright who dazzled with verbal gymnastics, dies aged 88
"What's it about?" was a frequent response from bemused theatre-goers to "Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead", Tom Stoppard's first stage triumph.
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November 29, 2025 at 9:28 PM
"I wasn’t much use as a reporter," Tom Stoppard said of his first career. "I felt I didn’t have the right to ask people questions. I always thought they’d throw the teapot at me or call the police."
He instead became a playwright - one of the greatest there was.
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He instead became a playwright - one of the greatest there was.
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"There are birth dates that are not recorded in paperwork but which are, instead, the days when you finally become who you really are," Ornella Vanoni wrote of the first time she stepped onto a stage.
Vanoni, one of Italy's great singers, died last week. She was 91.
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Vanoni, one of Italy's great singers, died last week. She was 91.
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November 24, 2025 at 10:38 AM
"There are birth dates that are not recorded in paperwork but which are, instead, the days when you finally become who you really are," Ornella Vanoni wrote of the first time she stepped onto a stage.
Vanoni, one of Italy's great singers, died last week. She was 91.
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Vanoni, one of Italy's great singers, died last week. She was 91.
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Four steps separated Ornella Vanoni from the life she craved: the four steps leading up to the stage of Milan's Piccolo Teatro...
Our @reuters.com account of the life and music of Vanoni, one of Italy's great singers, who died on Friday:
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Our @reuters.com account of the life and music of Vanoni, one of Italy's great singers, who died on Friday:
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November 23, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Four steps separated Ornella Vanoni from the life she craved: the four steps leading up to the stage of Milan's Piccolo Teatro...
Our @reuters.com account of the life and music of Vanoni, one of Italy's great singers, who died on Friday:
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Our @reuters.com account of the life and music of Vanoni, one of Italy's great singers, who died on Friday:
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