Millie Veasey, Part of Trailblazing Unit in WWII, Dies at 100
She served in an all-black, all-women’s battalion tasked with untangling a mail-delivery nightmare, and later led the Raleigh chapter of the N.A.A.C.P.
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CreditNeal Boenzi/The New York Times Peter G. Peterson, a Power From Wall St. to Washington, Dies at 91
Captain of business, financier, philanthropist and public-policy watchdog, Mr. Peterson rose from humble Nebraska roots to be a force in American life.
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CreditCharles Caron Barbara Wersba, 85, Dies; Wrote Candid Books for Young Adults
Her books left more sanitized subjects behind and were among the first to explore topics like alcoholism and same-sex relationships.
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CreditJoseph Moran Lisa Garcia Quiroz, Magazine Publisher, Is Dead at 57
At Time Inc., Ms. Quiroz launched People en Español and Time for Kids and spearheaded the company’s diversity and arts philanthropy initiatives.
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CreditTom Grotta/Browngrotta Arts Katherine Westphal, Creator of Unusual Textile Art, Dies at 99
Ms. Westphal devoted her life to, in her words, “the patterning of cloth on any surface available” — including quilts, kimonos, dresses and baskets.
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CreditNewsday/Ken Spencer Les Payne, Journalist Who Exposed Racial Injustice, Dies at 76
A Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter, a passionate columnist and a mentoring editor at Newsday, he was a pioneer for fellow blacks in the profession.
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CreditFredrick Bodin/Harvard Kennedy School Francis Bator, Influential White House Economist, Dies at 92
His proposals found their way into Lyndon B. Johnson’s overtures to the Soviet Union, his collaboration with Western Europe and his War on Poverty.
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CreditRicky Powell Matt Dike, Hit-Making Founder of Hip-Hop Label, Dies at 56
His label, Delicious Vinyl, released crossover hits by Tone-Loc and Young M.C., and he helped the Beastie Boys make the groundbreaking “Paul’s Boutique.”
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CreditRoz Kelly/Michael Ochs Archives, via Getty Images Remarkable Women We Overlooked in Our Obituaries
The poet Sylvia Plath and the novelist Charlotte Brontë. Ida B. Wells, the anti-lynching activist. These extraordinary women — and so many others — did not have obituaries in The New York Times. Until now.
