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July 20, 2007
Ministry of Gossip
Feb. 21, 2011
Books
An 800-page draft of “Charlie Wilson’s War,” the late George Crile’s real-life tale of three unlikely heroes who helped topple the Soviet empire, languished in his desk drawer for years.
Dec. 26, 2007
Movies
Charlie Wilson dies at 76; hard-partying Texas congressman backed Afghan resistance fighters
Feb. 10, 2010
Nation Now
Entertainment & Arts
A film about an Afghan conflict and a politician can triumph -- if the audience is on its side.
Jan. 7, 2008
Obituaries
Influential legislator helped funnel money and weapons to the mujahedin to battle occupying Soviets in the 1980s. His story, including an alleged hot tub-cocaine scandal, inspired a 2007 Tom Hanks film.
Music
Charlie Wilson sat on a balcony at his manager’s home in Granada Hills and took in the view of the 118 Freeway stretching out below him.
Aug. 1, 2018
Charlie Wilson is proof that age is nothing but a number, and R&B is here to stay.
March 27, 2015
“CHARLIE Wilson’s War” is an anachronism, the wrong movie at the wrong time.
Dec. 21, 2007