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alojapan.com/1247546/richard-a Richard Armitage, ex-U.S. diplomat known for boosting Japan ties, dies at 79 #defense #Japan #JapanNews #JapanTopics #news #Obituary #RichardArmitage #SDF #u.s. #U.S.JapanRelations Former U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage, a towering figure in the world of U.S.-Asian diplomacy known for his close connections to Japan, has died at the age of 79. Armitage, who served in the State Department’s No. 2 post in the administration of fo…

Obituary in the Guardian: Kerry Greenwood, Australian author of Phryne Fisher murder mysteries, dies aged 70

"Greenwood wrote the first Miss Fisher novel, Cocaine Blues, in 1989, and over the following three decades, went on to write 22 more. Immensely popular, the series spawned a hit ABC television show starring Essie Davis, which ran for three seasons, the first of which was picked up in more than 73 territories worldwide. It was followed by the 2020 film, Miss Fisher and the Crypt of Tears, and the 30-episode Chinese series, Miss S."

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The Guardian · Kerry Greenwood, Australian author of Phryne Fisher murder mysteries, dies aged 70By Dee Jefferson

"The article of which he was most proud was “The Woman Who Beat the Klan,” published in The Times Magazine in 1987, about Beulah Mae Donald, who sued the Ku Klux Klan for the 1981 murder of her son — he was hanged from a tree, with his throat slit, and no one was charged with the crime — and won."

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The New York Times · Jesse Kornbluth, Magazine Writer Who Covered Everything, Dies at 79By Penelope Green