Obit watch: December 17, 2025.

Gil Gerard, actor.

Other credits include “Airport ’77”, the good “Hawaii Five-0”, and “E.A.R.T.H. Force”.

Robert Samuelson, long time economics columnist for “Newsweek” and the Washington Post.

Norman Podhoretz, conservative political writer.

(Hattip on Mr. Gerard and Mr. Podhoretz to Lawrence.)

Edited to add: archived NYT obits for Mr. Gerard and Mr. Podhoretz.

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One Response to “Obit watch: December 17, 2025.”

  1. Jimmy McNulty says:
    December 17, 2025 at 8:42 pm

    Other than William Safire, Robert Samuelson was the only reason to read the OpEd pages.
    He also wrote the most popular Econ 101 text. I think he was a straightshooter, at least as much as any economist can be.

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