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Jonathan Frid, Ghoulish ‘Dark Shadows’ Star, Dies at 87

Mr. Frid was a Shakespearean actor who found unexpected, and by his own account unwanted, celebrity as the vampire Barnabas Collins in the cult soap opera.

John Golding, Critic and Scholar of the Abstract, Dies at 82

Mr. Golding, a British critic, scholar and painter, was an authority on Cubism.

Lewis Nordan, Writer Who Spun Lyrical Tales, Dies at 72

Mr. Nordan’s best-known novel, “Wolf Whistle,” was based on the murder of Emmett Till in 1955.

Dora Saint Dies at 98; Wrote of English Village Life

Mrs. Saint’s gentle books, about the quaint and quirky English villages of Fairacre and Thrush Green, were a balm to postwar readers.

Lili Chookasian, Opera Singer, Dies at 90

Ms. Chookasian, praised for her immense and velvety voice, was a principal singer with the Metropolitan Opera, appearing there 290 times from 1962 to 1986.

Reed Whittemore, Former Poet Laureate, Dies at 92

Mr. Whittemore was also a biographer of poets, including William Carlos Williams.

Christine Brooke-Rose, Experimental Writer, Dies at 89

The author of more than a dozen novels, as well as short stories, essays and criticism, Ms. Brooke-Rose was one of relatively few Britons to maintain a long association with experimental fiction.

Mauricio Lasansky, Master Printmaker, Dies at 97

Mr. Lasansky was known for his multiprocess prints, as well as a series of drawings depicting the horrors of Nazism.

Katherine Russell Rich, Who Wrote of Cancer Fight, Dies at 56

Ms. Rich wrote a memoir about the daily trials encountered in a place she called Cancerland, and ended up living there far longer than the year or two she had expected.

Antonio Tabucchi, Elegiac Italian Writer, Dies at 68

Mr. Tabucchi, a distinguished Italian novelist, wrote novels that became a standard held aloft by opponents of the right-wing government of former Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi.