Obituaries

Politics

Nelson Mandela Is Dead

Passes away at 95 following health battle

Scott Shackford | 12.5.2013 5:19 PM

Economics

RIP Ronald Coase, the Economist Who Hated Math

Ronald Coase's reach covered everything from the air we breathe to the airwaves through which we communicate.

Brian Doherty | 11.10.2013 12:00 PM

Civil Liberties

How Lou Reed Inspired Anti-Communist Revolutionaries and the Rest of Us

Matt Welch | 10.27.2013 4:57 PM

Music

Lou Reed, RIP

One of rock's greatest lyricists has died.

Jesse Walker | 10.27.2013 2:07 PM

Culture

Alan Petigny, RIP

An historian of the permissive society passes away.

Jesse Walker | 10.14.2013 9:53 AM

Culture

The Endless Lives of Iain M. Banks

The late science fiction novelist grappled with a fundamental existential-and libertarian-question.

Peter Suderman | 9.15.2013 3:00 PM

Policy

Ronald Coase vs. the Broadcast Monopolists

The late economist made the case against the FCC and similar regulatory bodies.

Jesse Walker | 9.3.2013 10:02 AM

Culture

Frederik Pohl, Sci Fi Author, Dies Aged 93

Attended the first sci-fi convention in Philly in 1936

Reason Staff | 9.2.2013 8:30 PM

Culture

James Gandolfini, RIP: How Tony Soprano Changed American Culture

Nick Gillespie | 6.20.2013 9:38 AM

Politics

The Legacy of Frank Lautenberg

The late Sen. Frank Lautenberg's true legacy is one of entrepreneurship.

Ira Stoll | 6.3.2013 6:00 PM

Culture

Slayer Guitarist Jeff Hanneman, RIP

Damon Root | 5.4.2013 11:40 AM

Culture

George Jones, RIP

The great country singer dies at age 81.

Jesse Walker | 4.26.2013 11:13 AM

Policy

Margaret Thatcher Decentralized the British Economy but Centralized Politics

Matthew Feeney | 4.8.2013 2:10 PM

Politics

The Real Thatcher and the Symbolic Thatcher

Behind the icon

Jesse Walker | 4.8.2013 12:28 PM

Politics

Margaret Thatcher: The Iron Lady in Fact and Fiction

Nick Gillespie | 4.8.2013 9:13 AM

Culture

In Memoriam: Roger Ebert

Death of a critic

Jesse Walker | 4.5.2013 10:57 AM

Civil Liberties

RIP Shannon Larratt and Joe Weider, Two Huge Pioneers of Self-Ownership

Mike Riggs | 3.25.2013 4:07 PM

Policy

RIP, Harry Reems, Who Starred in Deep Throat with Linda Lovelace

Nick Gillespie | 3.20.2013 5:22 PM

Policy

Stanley Cohen, RIP

The death of a sociologist

Jesse Walker | 1.17.2013 4:33 PM

Economics

Nobel Prize Winning Economist James Buchanan, R.I.P.

Brian Doherty | 1.9.2013 11:02 AM

Politics

When Marvin Miller Almost Hired Richard Nixon

Matt Welch | 11.27.2012 4:51 PM

Culture

James W. Moseley, RIP

The death of a UFO hoaxster.

Jesse Walker | 11.20.2012 10:45 AM

Politics

Russell Means, R.I.P.

Brian Doherty | 10.22.2012 3:52 PM

George McGovern

George McGovern, R.I.P.

The former Democratic senator from South Dakota and 1972 Democratic nominee has died

Ed Krayewski | 10.21.2012 11:55 AM

Politics

George McGovern: An Appreciation

The Democrats' 1972 nominee is dying.

Jesse Walker | 10.19.2012 9:33 AM

Culture

The World Mourns Prince Paddy Roy Bates of Sealand

Jesse Walker | 10.15.2012 10:39 AM

Politics

Arlen Specter, R.I.P.

Peter Suderman | 10.14.2012 2:04 PM

History

Eugene Genovese, RIP

Death of a "Marxist conservative"

Jesse Walker | 9.26.2012 4:13 PM

Civil Liberties

Thomas Szasz: How and Why the Great Libertarian Psychiatrist Thought What He Did

Brian Doherty | 9.11.2012 3:15 PM

Policy

Misunderstanding Thomas Szasz

The late social critic was constantly misread.

Jesse Walker | 9.11.2012 1:02 PM

Policy

Thomas Szasz, Relentless Freedom Fighter, Dead at 92

Jacob Sullum | 9.11.2012 10:42 AM

Politics

Ronald Hamowy, R.I.P.

Brian Doherty | 9.11.2012 1:02 AM

Politics

Goodbye to Gore Vidal, America's Biographer and Champion

Remembering one of my favorite writers

Brian Doherty | 8.1.2012 3:09 PM

Politics

Gore Vidal, Milton Friedman, and…Teenage Hookers

Nick Gillespie | 8.1.2012 11:29 AM

Culture

Gore Vidal, RIP

A great writer has died.

Jesse Walker | 8.1.2012 9:44 AM

Politics

Alexander Cockburn, RIP

Jesse Walker | 7.21.2012 2:13 PM

Television

Mayberry, RIP: Andy Griffith Dies at Age 86

Nick Gillespie | 7.3.2012 12:56 PM

Economics

Anna Schwartz, RIP

Nick Gillespie | 6.24.2012 8:34 AM

Politics

Elinor Ostrom, Scholar Who Argued for Decentralization, RIP

Jesse Walker | 6.12.2012 11:22 AM

Culture

More on the Death of Ray Bradbury

Brian Doherty | 6.6.2012 2:17 PM

Culture

R.I.P. Ray Bradbury

Peter Suderman | 6.6.2012 10:50 AM

Politics

Douglas Fletcher, R.I.P.

Tim Cavanaugh | 5.31.2012 1:56 PM

Culture

Doc Watson, RIP

Jesse Walker | 5.29.2012 10:04 PM

Culture

Farewell to Eugene Polley, Inventor of the Wireless Remote

Jesse Walker | 5.23.2012 10:36 AM

Culture

Robin Gibb, R.I.P.

Brian Doherty | 5.21.2012 2:01 PM

Culture

Donna Summer, RIP

Jesse Walker | 5.17.2012 12:53 PM

Culture

Peter Bergman, RIP

Jesse Walker | 3.9.2012 3:17 PM

Culture

Farewell to a Friend: Andrew Breitbart (1969-2012)

Matt Welch | 3.1.2012 11:21 AM