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Hal Jackson, Pioneer in Radio and Racial Progress, Dies at 96
Mr. Jackson, a major presence on New York City airwaves for decades, influenced generations of broadcasters.
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Paul Fussell, Literary Scholar and Critic, Is Dead at 88
Mr. Fussell, a wide-ranging author, may be best remembered for ?The Great War and Modern Memory,? his study of World War I and the influence of its horrors on art and literature.
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City Room: After 36 Marathons, One Radio Goes Silent
Steve Mendelsohn, who died of cancer on Wednesday, was a vital part of the New York City Marathon for more than three decades.
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Jean Pakter, Women?s Health Advocate in New York, Dies at 101
As head of the city?s maternity services bureau, Dr. Pakter supported a law that legalized abortion in New York before Roe v. Wade, and one of her studies led to a breakthrough in care for premature babies.
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Henry Denker, Author in Many Genres, Dies at 99
Mr. Denker?s large output ranged from novels and movies to TV and Broadway plays.
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Eugene Polley, Inventor of the Wireless TV Remote, Dies at 96
Mr. Polley, a Zenith engineer, invented the Flash-Matic remote control for television, and spent years reminding people he was the device?s sole inventor.
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Katie Beckett, Who Inspired Health Reform, Dies at 34
Kathleen Sebelius, the secretary of health and human services, called Ms. Beckett ?an inadvertent pioneer in the civil rights movement for people with disabilities.?
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Frederick J. Brown, Painter of Musicians, Dies at 67
Mr. Brown explored the relationship between music and painting in portraits of hundreds of jazz and blues artists.
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Robin Gibb, Member of the Bee Gees, Dies at 62
Mr. Gibb was the second member of this brother act, whose sound helped define the disco era, to die.
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Abdel Basset Ali al-Megrahi, Lockerbie Bomber, Dies at 60
Abdel Basset Ali al-Megrahi was the only person convicted in the attack on Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland, which killed 270 people.
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Herbert Breslin, Pavarotti Publicist and Manager, Dies
Mr. Breslin was the brash publicist and manager of the tenor Luciano Pavarotti who described his philosophy this way: ?Marketing an artist is basically like marketing a bar of soap.?
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Peter D. Fuller Dies at 89; Had to Return Derby Purse
The owner of Dancer?s Image, Mr. Fuller had to return his Kentucky Derby winner?s purse of $122,600 after the painkiller Phenylbutazone was found in the horse?s urine.
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Crawford Greenewalt Jr., Archaeologist Who Dug at Sardis, Dies at 74
Professor Greenewalt, an archaeologist, transformed scholars? understanding of Sardis, now western Turkey.
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Walter Wink, Theologian Who Challenged Orthodoxy, Dies at 76
A liberal scholar, Dr. Wink?s views on homosexuality, nonviolence and the nature of Jesus caused many theologians to bridle.
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Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, German Baritone, Dies at 86
Mr. Fischer-Dieskau?s beautiful voice and mastery of technique made him the 20th century?s pre-eminent interpreter of art songs.
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Barbara D?Arcy White, Interior Design Guru, Dies at 84
Ms. D?Arcy was an interior decorator whose eclectic sense of style helped change Americans? taste in home furnishings in the 1950s, ?60s and ?70s, when she worked at Bloomingdale?s.
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Ed Ray, Bus Driver Who Helped Save Kidnapped Children, Dies at 91
Mr. Ray was hailed as a hero in 1976 for leading 26 children to safety after they were all kidnapped and buried below ground in a truck trailer.
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Archie Peck, Competitive Croquet Star, Dies at 76
A six-time national champion, commonly called Silky Legs, Mr. Peck was known for his rugged good looks, effortless athleticism and aggressive style of play.
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Donna Summer, Queen of Disco, Dies at 63
Ms. Summer was a five-time Grammy winner who became a superstar in the 1970s with hits like ?Last Dance.?
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Chuck Brown, Godfather of Go-Go, Dies at 75
Mr. Brown became a local hero in Washington for creating a strutting funk variant that is the city?s signature dance genre.
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Jean Craighead George, Children?s Author, Dies at 92
Ms. George?s home held a menagerie, as did her books, most of them written for children and young adults.
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James Abdnor, Former South Dakota Senator, Dies at 89
James Abdnor, a Republican, served four terms in the House and one in the Senate after defeating George S. McGovern in 1980.
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Carlos Fuentes, Mexican Novelist, Dies at 83
Mr. Fuentes was Mexico?s elegant public intellectual and grand man of letters whose panoramic novels captured the complicated essence of his country?s history.
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Harold A. Poling, a Chairman of Ford, Dies at 86
Mr. Poling rose through the ranks with a management style that brought stability in tough times.
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Mike McGrady, Known for a Literary Hoax, Dies at 78
As a Newsday journalist, Mr. McGrady led his colleagues in the creation of ?Naked Came the Stranger,? a steamy parody novel.
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Duck Dunn, Bassist in Booker T. and the MG?s, Dies at 70
Mr. Dunn?s simple but inventive bass playing helped define the sound of Memphis soul music.
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Everett Lilly, Bluegrass Musician, Dies at 87
When Mr. Lilly and his brother moved from West Virginia to Boston in 1952, they brought bluegrass and old-time music with them to the Northeast.
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Louis Pollak, Judge and Civil Rights Advocate, Dies at 89
Judge Pollak, who was recruited to the NAACP Legal Defense Fund, worked on Brown v. Board of Education and later argued successfully on behalf of convicted Freedom Riders before the Supreme Court.
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Michael Rosenbaum, CBS Producer, Dies at 64
The former Tel Aviv bureau chief for CBS News produced shows for ?60 Minutes,? including the first television interview with the family of the Unabomber, Theodore J. Kaczynski.
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Horst Faas, Vietnam War Photographer, Dies at 79
Mr. Faas, a two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning war photographer who later was editor of The Associated Press staff in Saigon, produced the most haunting photographs of the Vietnam War.
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Angelica Garnett, Memoirist of Bloomsbury, Dies at 93
Ms. Garnett, the last direct link to the Bloomsbury set, was raised amid secrets by parents who prized literature, art and sex.
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Bob Boozer, Former N.B.A. and Olympic Player, Dies at 75
A member of the gold-medal-winning United States basketball team and a two-time all-American at Kansas State, Boozer went on to play 11 seasons in the N.B.A.
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E. J. Potter, Motorcycle Daredevil, Dies at 71
Mr. Potter reached incredibly high speeds on motorcycles he modified himself, including one that he rigged with a Chevy V-8 and another that he fitted with a jet engine.
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Carroll Shelby, Builder of Cobra Sports Car, Dies at 89
After he quit driving, Mr. Shelby began building his Cobras in 1962, and his company became one of the most successful independent sports-car builders of the era.
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Evelyn Johnson, Pilot Who Set Records, Dies at 102
No woman has piloted an airplane more than Mrs. Johnson, who flew 5.5 million miles and the equivalent of more than six and a half years in flight hours.
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Joyce Redman, Actress Who Feasted on Roles, Dies at 96
Ms. Redman was widely acclaimed for her intelligent stage presence in Shakespearean drama and French comedy.
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C. David Heymann, Biographer of Rich and Famous, Dies at 67
Mr. Heymann?s biographies were admired for their comprehensiveness and criticized for their use of single sources to reconstruct historical events.
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Vidal Sassoon, Hairdresser and Trendsetter, Dies at 84
Mr. Sassoon changed the way women wore and cared for their hair, fashioning short, often striking styles known for their geometric shapes and sharp angles that were also easy to maintain.
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Nicholas Katzenbach, 1960s Political Shaper, Dies at 90
Mr. Katzenbach, an attorney general under President Lyndon B. Johnson, tackled segregation, the Cuban missile crisis, Vietnam War strategy and the Kennedy assassination in his government service.
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Stacy Robinson, Giants Receiver in the ?80s, Dies at 50
Mr. Robinson, who retired from the game at 29, later became an official with the N.F.L. Players Association.
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Mort Lindsey, Musical Director, Dies at 89
Working with luminaries like Merv Griffin on television, Barbra Streisand in Central Park and Judy Garland at Carnegie Hall, Mr. Lindsey had a musical career spanning six decades.
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Digby Wolfe, Actor and ?Laugh-In? Writer, Dies at 82
Mr. Wolfe, who got his start at the BBC, went on to help start up a zany American comedy.
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Roman Totenberg, Violinist and Teacher, Dies at 101
Mr. Totenberg influenced generations of musicians, and appeared on countless recordings.
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Bob Stewart, Inventor of Game Shows, Is Dead at 91
Mr. Stewart was a television producer with a penchant for transforming the seemingly mundane into blockbuster shows like ?The Price Is Right? and ?To Tell the Truth.?
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Carl Johan Bernadotte, 95, Swedish Prince Who Followed Love, Dies
The former Swedish prince, whom the Grand Duchess of Luxembourg made a count five years after he wed Kerstin Wijkmark, became a businessman in Manhattan.
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George Lindsey, TV?s Goober Pyle, Dies at 83
Mr. Lindsey introduced the character of Goober ? the quintessential grinning hayseed, equal parts annoying and endearing ? on ?The Andy Griffith Show.?
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David Weiss, Swiss Artist of Fischli/Weiss, Dies at 65
Mr. Weiss met his future partner, Peter Fischli, in 1977. Their first collaboration involved photos of lunch meat.
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Margie Stewart, World War II Pinup Girl, Dies at 92
A wholesome-looking pinup girl who hit a tender spot in homesick soldiers? hearts.
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Donna Summer, 1948-2012
The disco queen, who scored hits with pulsing anthems like ?Last Dance? and ?Love to Love You Baby,? has died at 63.
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A ?Wild Rumpus? With Maurice Sendak
Maurice Sendak, who died at the age of 83, was widely considered the most important children?s book artist of the 20th century.
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Remembering Vidal Sassoon
The hair pioneer, who died at the age of 84, helped women change the way they thought about their tresses.
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The Public Editor: Someone Dies. But That Is Only the Beginning.
Lives of interest and impact, as retold by the Times obituary writers.
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