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- DIED. Alden Whitman, 76, former New York Times copy editor
- and reporter renowned for his lively and illuminating
- obituaries; in Monte Carlo, Monaco. Whitman, who preferred the
- term "biographical profile" to obituary, traveled all over the
- world meeting many of his subjects before their deaths. Charles
- Lindbergh, Anthony Eden, Harry Truman and Charlie Chaplin were
- a few of the notables he captured through informal interviews,
- kept confidential until their deaths. "A good obit," he once
- wrote, "has all the characteristics of a well-focused snapshot
- . . . a quick fix on the subject, his attainments, his
- shortcomings and his times."
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