Webthis article is part of overlooked, a series of obituaries about remarkable people whose deaths, beginning in 1851, went unreported in the times.

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Thanks for joining us this summer as we revisited some of the 200,000 memorable lives featured in the new york times’s archive.

Webhis passing has left a void in the hearts of those who knew him, but his legacy continues to inspire and guide those who seek to live a life of simplicity, self.

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Websince 1851, obituaries in the new york times have been dominated by white men.

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Webso begins the ultimately inspirational and uplifting obituary for “bodysurfer, mom, goldwyn girl, movie & tv actress, footlighter, grandmother, and real estate.

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