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In Memoriam

Queen Elizabeth II, the Longest-Reigning British Monarch, Has Died at 96

Queen Elizabeth, who celebrated her Platinum Jubilee this year, has died at the age of 96, surrounded by her family at Balmoral.
By Morgan Halberg

An Observer Tribute to the Creative Talent We Lost in 2020

Honoring those who touched our lives with their works, ideas and lives.
By The Editors
2018 was a horrible year for tearful goodbyes.

In Memoriam: Rex Reed Says Goodbye to the Biggest Stars of 2018

Looking back at a catastrophic year, 2019 has got to be better.
By Rex Reed
The Gang of Four. (Photo: Twitter/@cbrangel)

‘The Gang of 4 Is No More’: Outpouring of Condolences After Basil Paterson’s Death

By Jill Colvin
Basil Paterson at his son's swearing-in ceremony in 2008. (Photo: Chris Hondros/Getty Images)

Basil Paterson Dead at 87

By Jill Colvin
Frankie Knuckles in the DJ booth at crobar during the opening night party in 2003. (Photo by J. Countess/WireImage)

The Man Who Danced Next to Me: A Remembrance of Frankie Knuckles, 1955-2014

By Hal Rubenstein
Matthew Power

Remembering Journalist Matthew Power

By Kara Bloomgarden-Smoke
Roger Ebert would give two thumbs up to this idea.

Here’s Looking at Them: A Tearful Toast to Those We Lost in the Year That Just Ended

By Rex Reed
Ned Vizzini

Writer Ned Vizzini Is Dead At 32

By Kara Bloomgarden-Smoke
Al Goldstein with his friend, the magician Penn Jillette. (Photo by Getty Images)

Al Goldstein, Founder of <em>Screw</em> Magazine, Has Died

By Ken Kurson
Mayor Michael Bloomberg and Nelson Mandela in 2005. (Photo: NYC Mayor's Office)

Mayor Bloomberg Orders Flags Lowered to Half-Staff to Honor Mandela

By Ross Barkan
Peter Kaplan and Jared Kushner hawking papers at Grand Central Station the day after the launch of the tabloid format of the Observer, February 2007. (Photo courtesy of The New York Observer)

Mentor. Partner. Friend.

By Jared Kushner
David Rakoff. (Getty Images)

David Rakoff’s Last Words

By Matthew Kassel
James Gandolfini. (Getty)

Gov. Christie Orders New Jersey Flags Fly at Half-Staff for James Gandolfini

By Rebecca Hiscott
Alan Abelson (Photo: Brad Trent for Barron's

Remembering <em>Barron’s</em> Columnist Alan Abelson

By Matthew Kassel
Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert (YouTube)

In Memoriam: A Look Back at <em>Siskel and Ebert and the Movies</em> (Video)

By Drew Grant
Mayor Michael Bloomberg (Photo: Getty)

Mayor Bloomberg Eulogizes 'Our Moses,' Ed Koch

By Hunter Walker
Venice. (Courtesy Getty Images)

Outspoken Former Mayor Ed Koch on His Life and the City He Left Behind

By Hunter Walker

A Sad Time For Michael Wolff

By Kara Bloomgarden-Smoke

Nora Ephron and <em>The New York Observer</em>: A Footnote

By Foster Kamer

A Few Words About MCA

By Foster Kamer

That Time Michael Moore Harassed Dick Clark (Video)

By Foster Kamer
Mourner Jeffrey Wendt wearing his "Breitbart Is Here" button at Sanctuary last night. (Photo: Hunter Walker)

What Would Breitbart Do?: Manhattan Conservatives Mourn Fallen Firebrand

By Hunter Walker
Hitchens. (Christian Witkin)

Christopher Hitchens Has Died

By Emily Witt
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