Bart Barnes
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Douglas Feaver, Washington Post editor who ran online operation, dies at 84
As a reporter in the 1970s and 1980s, he specialized in writing about transportation. He also was assistant Metropolitan editor and a business-desk editor. → Read More
Mark Russell, political satirist with a star-spangled piano, dies at 90
With his instrument of choice, he called himself a "political cartoonist for the blind.” → Read More
Bernard Kalb, journalist and commentator, dies at 100
He resigned in 1986 as State Department spokesman to protest a government disinformation campaign. → Read More
Cecilia ‘Cissy’ Marshall, keeper of Thurgood Marshall’s legacy, dies at 94
The former NAACP legal secretary married Marshall in 1955 and burnished his reputation as the leading legal architect of the civil rights movement. → Read More
Max Woodward, Kennedy Center theater executive, dies at 76
He joined the performing arts center in 1971 as an usher and worked his way into theater programming. → Read More
June Randolph, civic leader in Occoquan, Va., dies at 101
She helped the historic town rebuild after Hurricane Agnes in 1972. → Read More
James Hill, Post Writers Group editor, dies at 75
He became managing editor of The Washington Post’s Writers Group of opinion journalists and columnists, editorial cartoonists and comic strip authors → Read More
Phyllis Oakley, former assistant secretary of state, dies at age 87
Mrs. Oakley rose to prominence in the late 1980s as State Department deputy spokesperson under George P. Shultz. She later became deputy director of refugee affairs and retired in 1999 as assistant secretary for intelligence and research. → Read More
Rudolph Pyatt Jr., Washington Post local business columnist, dies at 88
Mr. Pyatt was among an early corps of Black journalists who cracked the segregation barriers of Southern newspapers when he began his career in 1964 at his hometown publication, the Charleston (S.C.) News & Courier. → Read More
Sergei Tolstoy, ‘bohemian’ descendant of Leo Tolstoy, dies at 99
For three decades, he lived in a low-income, assisted-living apartment in the District’s Foggy Bottom neighborhood. → Read More
John Hawke Jr., ‘dean’ of banking lawyers and former comptroller of the currency, dies at 88
He was chairman of the Arnold & Porter law firm in Washington, general counsel to the board of governors of the Federal Reserve System and Undersecretary of the Treasury for Domestic Finance. → Read More
Jim Pressler, Washington lawyer in negligence cases, dies at 73
He specialized in negligence and personal-injury cases, civil law and public-sector employment and was for 13 years general counsel to the Fraternal Order of Police in Washington. → Read More
Michael Smith, a top U.S. trade representative, dies at 85
The cause was pneumonia, said his wife, Deborah Wince-Smith. “He has been one of America’s strongest advocates, helping to break down trade barriers around the world,” said U.S. Trade Representative Clayton Yeutter when Mr. Smith retired from government service as deputy U.S. Trade Representative to start his own international trade consulting business in 1988. A Foreign Service officer who was… → Read More
Gladys Stern, who led Georgetown Day School, dies at 104
She led the school for 21 years until retiring in 1996. → Read More
Stanley Harris, U.S. attorney and federal judge, dies at 93
As U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia in 1982 and 1983, he supervised the prosecution of John W. Hinckley Jr. for the 1981 attempted assassination of President Ronald Reagan. → Read More
Montgomery Meigs, who led U.S. Army in Europe, dies at 76
The four-star general also oversaw NATO peacekeeping efforts in Bosnia. → Read More
Stuart Freudberg, executive at Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments, dies at 67
He spearheaded the agency’s efforts for cleaner water in the Potomac and Anacostia rivers. → Read More
Robert L. Smith, who led Sidwell Friends School, dies at 96
He served as headmaster of the elite private school from 1965 to 1978. → Read More
Frank Schlesinger, architect who helped revive Pennsylvania Avenue, dies at 95
He designed dozens of commercial and residential buildings. → Read More
Walter F. Mondale, Carter’s vice president who lost White House bid, dies at 93
A former Democratic senator from Minnesota and vice president, his unusually candid and forward-looking bid for the pinnacle of American politics was blocked by President Ronald Reagan’s landslide reelection victory in 1984. → Read More