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Tom McNichol - Tom McNichol, a frequent contributor to TheAtlantic.com, is a San Francisco writer whose work has also appeared in the New Yorker, the New York Times, the Washington Post, and on NPR's "All Things Considered."

The Way They Lived

By Tom McNichol
Dec 16 2011, 1:03 PM ET Comment

The year 2011 saw the deaths of world-changing figures -- inventors and movie stars, peacemakers and dictators. Below, a look back at some of their lives. 



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