Jules Feiffer, Acerbic Cartoonist, Writer and Much Else, Dies at 95

In his long-running Village Voice comic strip and in his many plays and screenplays, he took delight in skewering politics, relationships and human nature.

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Jules Feiffer, cartoonist who lampooned conformity, hypocrisy and the upper class, dies at 95

Jules Feiffer, the cartoonist and playwright whose syndicated comic strip ran for four decades, has died. The Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award winner was 95.
Los Angeles Times - 10h
Acting legend Dame Joan Plowright dies at 95

She was one of Britain's most acclaimed stage and screen stars and the widow of Sir Laurence Olivier.
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Joan Plowright, award-winning 'Enchanted April' and 'Stalin' actor, dies at 95

Joan Plowright, the celebrated English actor whose career included the films 'Enchanted April,' 'The Entertainer' and 'Spiderwick Chronicles,' has died at 95.
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Dame Joan Plowright, Tony Award-winning British actor, dies at 95

Part of an astonishing generation of British actors, including Judi Dench, Vanessa Redgrave, Eileen Atkins and Maggie Smith, Joan Plowright won a Tony Award, two Golden Globes and nominations for ...
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Joan Plowright, Tony-winning actor and widow of Laurence Olivier, dies at 95

Award-winning British actor Joan Plowright, who with her late husband Laurence Olivier did much to revitalize the U.K.’s theatrical scene in the decades after World War II, has died.
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Acting legend Joan Plowright dies at 95: Oscar nominee whose first love remained theatre

One of the UK's finest stage actresses, she later appeared in films including Tea with Mussolini.
BBC News - 4d
Joan Plowright, British stage actor and wife of Laurence Olivier, dies at 95

Joan Plowright, Tony Award-winning British stage actor and wife of Laurence Olivier, dies at 95
ABC News - 4d
Joan Plowright, celebrated star of stage and screen, dies aged 95

Actor helped shape British postwar theatre through her performances at the Royal Court, National Theatre and in the West End. • Michael Billington: Plowright was a dynamic force • Joan ...
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‘I became an optimist the night my wife died’: a science writer on loss and letting go of rationalism

Sumit Paul-Choudhury had always prided himself on his critical thinking, until his wife was diagnosed with cancer and he was forced to rethink his life from scratch. People reacted in different ...
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