Singer Patti Page achieved hits with ‘Tennessee Waltz,’ other pop numbers
Known as the “Singing Rage,” Ms. Page, 85, became one of the most successful female pop singers.
Lloyd H. Elliott, 94, GWU president
Low-key education administrator was influential in modernizing George Washington University.
Canadian diplomat who sheltered Americans in Iran hostage crisis dies
John Sheardown’s heroic efforts in the legendary rescue of Americans from Tehran.
Catherine O’Neill, political and social activist, dies at 70
Mrs. O’Neill founded the Women’s Commission for Refugee Women and Children in 1989.
Jim Davenport, longtime Associated Press reporter, dies at 54
South Carolina reporter broke open the Gov. Mark Sanford scandal in 2009.
Local Obituaries
- W. Kennedy Cromwell III, Foreign Service officer
- Robert W. Marsh, Presbyterian minister, dies at 82
- Albert W. Saenz, 89, theoretical physicist
- Graham E. Beard, Army colonel, physician
- William I. Goewey, Navy commander, teacher
- Paul L. Johnson, health policy evaluator
- Larry Fox, Washington Post reporter
- Frances R. Glennon, editor
- William C. Wagner, USDA official
- George J. Viksnins, Georgetown professor
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- Adams, Julia R.
- Aiken, Hazel R.
- Bellesky, Irene J.
- Benson Jr., James O.
- Bjerde, Lars
- Board, Jamar
- Borden, Dorothy
- Cole, William F.
- Cuevo, Lolita T.
- Derricks, Edra R.
- Donn, Bertram
- Douglas, James E.
- Edward, McBrideJ.
- Edwards Jr., William Merida
- Fairchild, Mary H.
- Fearon Sr., James R.
- Fitzgerald, Margaret S.
- Forster, Victoria Anne
- Graham, Charles R.
- Grant, Elmer Watson
- Guess, Ethel L.
- Haas, Victor E.
- Haman, Janine K.
- Harper, John H.
- Harris, Mary I.
- Havranek, Norma F.
- Hawkins, Gracie M.
- Heider Jr., George C.
- Inlow, John R.
- Jackson, Frank M.
- Jackson, Thomas J.
- Jones Sr., Henry H.
- Keith, Betsy W.
- Kiernan, Carol
- L., Leapley
- Laine, Peter J.
- Lassiter, Sally J.
- Lee, Janet H.
- Lichtenberg, Charlotte S.
- Lindsay, Johnny M.
- Locher, Anne F.
- Luddy, E.noel
- Martin Sr., William S.
- McDaniel, Ellen G.
- McIntyre, Barbara A.
- Miller, Irit
- Mohler, James K.
- Nash, Genevieve D.
- O'Donnell, Rosemary K.
- Patterson, Charlotte C.
- Phelps, David D.
- Prather, Tom
- Rabren, Douglas H.
- Ray, Cleveland
- Rogers, Irma R.
- Scalettar, Gordon S.
- Sharper, Helen L.
- Simms, Ardala
- Sween, Lawrence C.
- Thompson, Jeffrey E.
- Triplett, Cornelia W.
- Tyer, Richard H.
- V., Carlton Dade
- Weiss, Marion
- Wetherill, William R.
- White, Paul E.
- Wolfe, Shirley Jean
Galleries
Joe Allbritton dies at 87
Allbritton was a self-made millionaire who built a Washington communications empire and led the once venerable Riggs National Bank.
Ravi Shankar dies at 92
The Indian sitar virtuoso and world musical icon helped millions discover Indian music traditions.
Brazilian architect Oscar Niemeyer dies at 104
Niemeyer brought a daring and dramatic approach to public-works design through his glass cathedrals, cantilevered roofs and ovular-shaped buildings.
George McGovern dies (1922-2012)
The former senator lost to Nixon in the 1972 presidential election.
Norodom Sihanouk, Cambodia’s leader through decades of upheaval, dies
The revered former king was a towering figure in politics.
