She interviewed world leaders for The Post’s Opinions section, maintaining a longtime connection to the paper that was once run by her mother, Katharine Graham.
Ms. Clair, who has died at 86, worked at a D.C. hospital before writing “Rattlebone,” a story collection about a Black community in the 1950s. Critics swooned.
He wrote more than 30 novels, including an acclaimed series about Russian detective Arkady Renko. The first volume, “Gorky Park,” was made into a 1983 film.
He escalated the country’s conflict with Boko Haram and sought to reduce state corruption, but grew increasingly unpopular over his two terms as president.
The British lawmaker worked to curb labor unions and was tipped as a potential future prime minister. He and his wife were injured in a 1984 terrorist attack.