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Sam Roberts @samrob12

Urban Affairs Correspondent, New York Times; Now in paperback:: A History of NY in 101 Objects. samrob@nytimes.com

Joined May 2009
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You die. What comes next? nytimes.com/2026/02/19/arts/…

Writing an Ancient Egyptian Afterlife, in 21 Feet of Scroll (Gift Article)

How would a New York Times obituary writer measure up to the scribes of the Book of the Dead? He found out at the Brooklyn Museum.

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What happens after you die? Don't Ask! nytimes.com/2026/02/19/arts/…

Writing an Ancient Egyptian Afterlife, in 21 Feet of Scroll (Gift Article)

How would a New York Times obituary writer measure up to the scribes of the Book of the Dead? He found out at the Brooklyn Museum.

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You'll remember him if you're computer didn't work: nytimes.com/2025/11/26/techn…

David Lerner, a Mr. Fix-it of Apple Computers, Dies at 72 (Gift Article)

He and a partner founded Tekserve, a Manhattan emergency room for frozen hard drives, keyboards, screens and their confounded owners.

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Terry Martin Hekker, a Happy Housewife Scorned, Dies at 92 nytimes.com/2025/11/22/books…

Terry Martin Hekker, a Happy Housewife Scorned, Dies at 92

She wrote two popular memoirs: the first about the joys of married life, the second about her husband serving her divorce papers on their 40th anniversary.

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19 Nov 2025
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. nytimes.com/2025/11/18/nyreg…

Sid Davidoff, Powerful Aide to Mayor Lindsay, Dies at 86 (Gift Article)

In the 1960s and ’70s, he was a brash lieutenant to a young, ambitious, reform-minded mayor and ended up on President Nixon’s “enemies list.”

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Leave the gun; take the pastrami: nytimes.com/2025/11/01/nyreg…

Rabbi Alvin Kass, N.Y.P.D. Chaplain for Nearly Six Decades, Dies at 89 (Gift Article)

The youngest and longest-serving chaplain in New York City history, he was also the first Jewish chief chaplain in the modern era.

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Muere Manuel Trujillo, el psiquiatra del 11-S abc.es/sevilla/ciudad/muere-… via @abc_es

Muere Manuel Trujillo, el psiquiatra del 11-S

Nacido en Sevilla, fue el director del Hospital Bellevue de Nueva York entre 1990 y 2008

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Who's Homeland Is It Anyway? nytimes.com/2025/08/28/arts/…

Homeland Security’s Embrace of Art Reopens an Old Debate

Showcasing “American Progress,” John Gast’s tableau of Manifest Destiny, is of a piece with the administration’s desire for a more traditional view of American history.

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Homeland Security’s Embrace of Art Reopens an Old Debate nytimes.com/2025/08/28/arts/…

Homeland Security’s Embrace of Art Reopens an Old Debate

Showcasing “American Progress,” John Gast’s tableau of Manifest Destiny, is of a piece with the administration’s desire for a more traditional view of American history.

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Mortimer Matz, a Virtuoso New York P.R. Man, Is Dead at 100 nytimes.com/2025/06/26/nyreg…

Mortimer Matz, a Virtuoso New York P.R. Man, Is Dead at 100

He represented the lofty as well as the low. His credits included the Nathan’s hot dog eating contest and the obligatory raincoat to keep a defendant’s cuffed hands covered in a “perp walk.”

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A Young Rockefeller Vanished in 1961. The Met’s New Wing Celebrates His Memory nytimes.com/2025/05/29/arts/…

A Young Rockefeller Vanished in 1961. The Met’s New Wing Celebrates His Memory (Published 2025)

Mary Rockefeller Morgan, daughter of Nelson and Michael’s twin, was determined to honor her family of collectors, and Indigenous art.

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A governor's legacy in celebrating art from the Global South: nytimes.com/2025/05/29/arts/…

A Young Rockefeller Vanished in 1961. The Met’s New Wing Celebrates His Memory (Published 2025)

Mary Rockefeller Morgan, daughter of Nelson and Michael’s twin, was determined to honor her family of collectors, and Indigenous art.

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Nelson Rockefeller's legacy to the Met, New York and art for art's sake: nytimes.com/2025/05/29/arts/…

A Young Rockefeller Vanished in 1961. The Met’s New Wing Celebrates His Memory (Gift Article)

Mary Rockefeller Morgan, daughter of Nelson and Michael’s twin, was determined to honor her family of collectors, and Indigenous art.

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Tom Robbins, Versatile Muckraker for The Village Voice, Dies at 76 nytimes.com/2025/05/28/busin…

Tom Robbins, Versatile Muckraker for The Village Voice, Dies at 76 (Published 2025)

He exposed corrupt officials and greedy landlords, and his reporting on prison violence was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize.

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A lion of New York politics is dead: nytimes.com/2025/05/26/nyreg…

Charles B. Rangel, Powerful Harlem Congressman, Dies at 94 (Gift Article)

The first Black chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, he was a political force for decades, only to be tarnished by an ethics violation.

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Overlooked No More: Joyce Brown, Whose Struggle Redefined the Rights of the Homeless nytimes.com/2025/05/01/obitu…

Overlooked No More: Joyce Brown, Whose Struggle Redefined the Rights of the Homeless (Published...

She successfully challenged her involuntary commitment to Bellevue Hospital in 1987, setting a precedent for homeless people that remains relevant today.

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How they found New York: nytimes.com/2025/04/18/arts/…

Guidebooks to New York Tell How to Survive Among the Natives (Gift Article)

A collection of indelible photographs, maps and “intimate guides” from 1807 to 1940 went beyond extolling the virtues of the city.

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Andrew A. Beveridge, Who Found the Unexpected in Census Data, Dies at 79 nytimes.com/2025/04/16/us/po…

Andrew A. Beveridge, Who Found the Unexpected in Census Data, Dies at 79 (Published 2025)

With his own research group and as a professor at Queens College, he plumbed raw data for often-surprising insights about the way the country was changing.

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Robert E. Ginna Jr., Whose Article Bolstered U.F.O. Claims, Dies at 99 nytimes.com/2025/03/20/books…

Robert E. Ginna Jr., Whose Article Bolstered U.F.O. Claims, Dies at 99 (Published 2025)

A founding editor of People, he also served as editor in chief of Little, Brown and produced films. But his public image was defined by a 1952 story for Life.

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He gave Reagan the "Evil Empire": nytimes.com/2025/03/18/us/po…

Anthony Dolan, Speechwriter Who Gave Reagan ‘Evil Empire,’ Dies at 76 (Gift Article)

As a conservative presidential speechwriter, he also relegated communism to “the ash heap of history.” Earlier, he won a Pulitzer Prize as a young reporter.

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