<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[Obituaries]]></title><description><![CDATA[Obituaries]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/stream/4d6a3bf5-0b51-48ae-884b-3b24841c3485</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Thu, 10 Jul 2025 10:51:50 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://www.ft.com/stream/4d6a3bf5-0b51-48ae-884b-3b24841c3485?format=rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><copyright><![CDATA[© Copyright The Financial Times Ltd 2025. "FT" and "Financial Times" are trademarks of the Financial Times. 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music]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/c4f6e139-aa72-4c7b-900c-8dbef4c96a6f</link><guid isPermaLink="false">c4f6e139-aa72-4c7b-900c-8dbef4c96a6f</guid><pubDate>Sat, 05 Jul 2025 04:00:31 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Violeta Chamorro, Nicaragua’s president, 1929-2025]]></title><description><![CDATA[Conciliator who guided the nation to peace after decades of civil strife and war]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/071a5278-6e86-4559-ae69-e929ebaaec2a</link><guid isPermaLink="false">071a5278-6e86-4559-ae69-e929ebaaec2a</guid><pubDate>Sat, 28 Jun 2025 04:00:25 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Alfred Brendel, pianist, 1931-2025]]></title><description><![CDATA[The musician’s mastery lay in his sense of timing, which extended to his love of humour]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/5bdb4420-9b2e-487d-9f76-b6d0bdbf8b02</link><guid isPermaLink="false">5bdb4420-9b2e-487d-9f76-b6d0bdbf8b02</guid><pubDate>Fri, 20 Jun 2025 12:00:01 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Leonard Lauder, visionary beauty brand builder, 1933-2025]]></title><description><![CDATA[Estée Lauder’s self-styled ‘lipstick salesman’ was instrumental in shaping the modern prestige industry]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/ce9b09c4-a5be-43a1-a0be-c6193630b47c</link><guid isPermaLink="false">ce9b09c4-a5be-43a1-a0be-c6193630b47c</guid><pubDate>Fri, 20 Jun 2025 11:03:36 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Brian Wilson, Beach Boys musician, 1942-2025]]></title><description><![CDATA[He popularised a California surfing soundtrack before taking rock ’n’ roll to experimental places with ‘Pet Sounds’]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/370c532b-406b-462d-a330-dc5d5a5a8ba6</link><guid isPermaLink="false">370c532b-406b-462d-a330-dc5d5a5a8ba6</guid><pubDate>Wed, 11 Jun 2025 17:20:04 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sly Stone, musician and bandleader, 1943-2025]]></title><description><![CDATA[Visionary leader of Sly and the Family Stone fused funk, psychedelia and R&B to create music of enduring influence]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/f7eef4d6-fd10-4eac-b9c2-ebb28164e749</link><guid isPermaLink="false">f7eef4d6-fd10-4eac-b9c2-ebb28164e749</guid><pubDate>Wed, 11 Jun 2025 11:32:23 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Stanley Fischer, economist, 1943-2025]]></title><description><![CDATA[He was among the most influential macroeconomists of his generation]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/f857d555-dba1-4352-b501-afd2108cf4a7</link><guid isPermaLink="false">f857d555-dba1-4352-b501-afd2108cf4a7</guid><pubDate>Fri, 06 Jun 2025 11:32:02 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o, writer, 1938-2025]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Kenyan won both acclaim and enemies for works that explored empire, power and language]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/a250dd3d-e5ea-4559-9e5f-abe8dfee3991</link><guid 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GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[George Wendt, actor, 1948-2025]]></title><description><![CDATA[As Norm from ‘Cheers’ he played a lugubrious beer-swilling everyman]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/983902f9-5e6c-4fff-955c-5d335027c041</link><guid isPermaLink="false">983902f9-5e6c-4fff-955c-5d335027c041</guid><pubDate>Sat, 24 May 2025 04:00:03 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Robert Monks, founding father of shareholder activism, 1933-2025]]></title><description><![CDATA[Businessman who sought to move beyond short-term profits and act in a socially and environmentally responsible manner]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/c5150265-89f1-450d-a336-53c38bce008c</link><guid isPermaLink="false">c5150265-89f1-450d-a336-53c38bce008c</guid><pubDate>Sat, 17 May 2025 04:00:50 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[José Mujica, Uruguayan president, 1935-2025]]></title><description><![CDATA[Former leftwing guerrilla fighter, known for humble lifestyle, became a unifying social reformer]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/e2a1f3d2-8cfd-40dc-993c-3efdad48df0b</link><guid isPermaLink="false">e2a1f3d2-8cfd-40dc-993c-3efdad48df0b</guid><pubDate>Thu, 15 May 2025 04:00:17 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sybil Shainwald, lawyer and women’s health activist, 1928-2025 ]]></title><description><![CDATA[Passionate feminist who successfully took on the pharmaceutical industry]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/7e928a0e-2d6b-427e-9a35-b4aeb1740757</link><guid isPermaLink="false">7e928a0e-2d6b-427e-9a35-b4aeb1740757</guid><pubDate>Sat, 10 May 2025 04:01:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Jane Gardam, novelist, 1928-2025]]></title><description><![CDATA[The prizewinning witty chronicler of middle-class life claimed writing was her ‘salvation’]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/e7b1e4b4-8a74-4007-95a0-b876fd96ad3c</link><guid 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1960-2025]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Asia expert was known for her network of contacts, intrepid reporting and ability to handle big egos]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/ec0bbb63-50b2-4259-b15a-c17e9d6067f7</link><guid isPermaLink="false">ec0bbb63-50b2-4259-b15a-c17e9d6067f7</guid><pubDate>Mon, 31 Mar 2025 11:34:59 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Oleg Gordievsky, KGB spy turned British agent, 1938-2025]]></title><description><![CDATA[His escape from Moscow as the net closed on him was a memorable episode of cold war espionage]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/e544a191-b2a5-4093-be51-075ed0cd065a</link><guid isPermaLink="false">e544a191-b2a5-4093-be51-075ed0cd065a</guid><pubDate>Sat, 29 Mar 2025 05:00:55 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sofia Gubaidulina, composer, 1931-2025]]></title><description><![CDATA[She grew up in Soviet Russia but was inspired by hearing secret harmonies and celebrated for her sacred music]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/b2c4e5e2-3f1a-4877-b763-e5fae024bd69</link><guid isPermaLink="false">b2c4e5e2-3f1a-4877-b763-e5fae024bd69</guid><pubDate>Sat, 22 Mar 2025 05:00:51 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Athol Fugard, playwright, 1932-2025]]></title><description><![CDATA[Chronicler of South Africa’s painful apartheid era and path to democracy ]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/3f6b0466-aaef-4075-832c-d8a9ab3d5d48</link><guid isPermaLink="false">3f6b0466-aaef-4075-832c-d8a9ab3d5d48</guid><pubDate>Sat, 15 Mar 2025 05:00:28 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[James Harrison, blood donor, 1936-2025]]></title><description><![CDATA[The railway worker who found his mission and saved the lives of more than 2mn babies ]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/8e8f932a-3935-4e63-9e44-a5c71700018a</link><guid isPermaLink="false">8e8f932a-3935-4e63-9e44-a5c71700018a</guid><pubDate>Sat, 08 Mar 2025 05:00:48 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