Mustapha Matura, Caribbean Playwright in London, Dies at 79
His often satirical plays spoke for an alienated West Indian population in postwar Britain and for the people he left behind in Trinidad and Tobago.
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His often satirical plays spoke for an alienated West Indian population in postwar Britain and for the people he left behind in Trinidad and Tobago.
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On an early assignment he shot a new group called the Beatles. He went on to photograph, among many others, Faye Dunaway — whom he later married.
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After her husband’s death in a plane crash in 1972, she carried on his humanitarian and philanthropic legacy.
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As the Lijadu Sisters, she and her identical twin, Taiwo, sang about injustice and hope and had a string of hit records in the 1970s.
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A four-time Olympic gold medal winner, he failed to qualify in the hurdles at the 1948 Olympic trials, but won gold in the 100-meter dash.
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Called “the woman who began the rebellion of Ethiopian women,” she helped thwart a barbaric practice that she had suffered and that had cost her sister’s life.
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He was 8 and traveling with his family when the German airship caught fire and crashed in New Jersey.
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After publishing a biography of Mary McCarthy, she changed course and plunged into the world of the Grateful Dead and the group’s devoted fans.
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After two strong seasons with the Washington Senators, he joined the Yankees to fill an outfield gap. He won three World Series rings with the team.
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She cycled away from her Boston home and into stardom, leaving a husband and three small children for a journey that came to symbolize women’s independence.
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In the 27 years she was alive, Morris fought for the rights of black women by traveling, writing, organizing protests and setting up support groups.
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Her book, “Stories of the Sahara,” has endured for generations of young Taiwanese and Chinese women yearning for independence from conservative social norms.
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Even before Disney, Reiniger told fanciful stories in animated films with her hand-cut paper silhouettes.
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She was the lead plaintiff in a Supreme Court case that successfully challenged mass internment of American citizens during World War II.
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