All she wrote: our obituaries editor reflects on 2021

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<p>From <a href="https://www.economist.com/obituary/2021/04/15/prince-philip-duke-of-edinburgh-died-on-april-9th?utm_campaign=a.io&utm_medium=audio.podcast.np&utm_source=theintelligence&utm_content=discovery.content.anonymous.tr_shownotes_na-na_article&utm_term=sa.listeners" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Prince Philip</a> to <a href="https://www.economist.com/obituary/2022/01/01/desmond-tutu-believed-that-truth-was-the-best-weapon" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Desmond Tutu</a>, from an <a href="https://www.economist.com/obituary/2021/07/15/esther-bejarano-died-on-july-10th?utm_campaign=a.io&utm_medium=audio.podcast.np&utm_source=theintelligence&utm_content=discovery.content.anonymous.tr_shownotes_na-na_article&utm_term=sa.listeners" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">anti-racism campaigner</a> and member of the Auschwitz Girls’ Orchestra to a <a href="https://www.economist.com/obituary/2021/09/02/obituary-gino-strada-believed-health-care-was-a-human-right?utm_campaign=a.io&utm_medium=audio.podcast.np&utm_source=theintelligence&utm_content=discovery.content.anonymous.tr_shownotes_na-na_article&utm_term=sa.listeners" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">war surgeon</a> focused on civilians to an <a href="https://www.economist.com/obituary/2021/05/20/asfaw-yemiru-died-on-may-8th?utm_campaign=a.io&utm_medium=audio.podcast.np&utm_source=theintelligence&utm_content=discovery.content.anonymous.tr_shownotes_na-na_article&utm_term=sa.listeners" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">impoverished Ethiopian</a> whose school for the poor educated 120,000 students: our obituaries editor reflects on the famed and the lesser-known figures who died in 2021. </p><p>For full access to print, digital and audio editions of <em>The Economist</em>, subscribe here <a href="http://www.economist.com/intelligenceoffer" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">www.economist.com/intelligenceoffer</a></p> <hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>