Claude Montana, Fashion Designer Whose Look Defined the ’80s, Dies at 76
With meticulous tailoring and a taste for leather, he was the architect of the decade’s highly structured and eroticized tough-chic style.
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CreditGuy Marineau/WWD — Penske Media, via Getty Images Chuck Mawhinney, 74, Dies; Deadliest Sniper in Marine Corps History
He put the experience behind him after he returned from the Vietnam War. But fame finally caught up to him in the 1990s.
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Creditvia DVIDS Media Marc Pachter, Who Revived National Portrait Gallery, Dies at 80
He helped raise more than $20 million to keep Gilbert Stuart’s famous painting of George Washington on display in the capital rather than allow it to be auctioned off.
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CreditNeemah Aaron/Associated Press Alfred Grosser, Champion of French-German Reconciliation, Dies at 99
A German-born Jew who became a French writer and activist, he devoted his life to healing the divide between two historic enemies after the trauma of World War II.
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Roger Guillemin, 100, Nobel-Winning Scientist Stirred by Rivalries, Dies
In the race to identify the hormones used to control bodily functions, he battled with his former partner. They later shared the glory.
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CreditBaylor College of Medicine Archives Niklaus Wirth, Visionary Software Architect, Dies at 89
Pascal, the programming language he created in the early days of personal computing, offered a simpler alternative to other languages in use at the time.
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CreditNiklaus Wirth, via ETH Robert Macbeth, Founder of Harlem’s New Lafayette Theater, Dies at 89
He created a vibrant space for actors and playwrights that became a seedbed for the emerging Black Arts Movement of the 1960s and ’70s.
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Creditvia Macbeth family Hydeia Broadbent, H.I.V. and AIDS Activist, Dies at 39
Born with H.I.V. in 1984, she began raising awareness on television when she was 6 years old.
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CreditMarie D. De Jesus/Houston Chronicle, via Getty Images Charles Stendig Dies at 99; Introduced Fanciful Furniture From Abroad
For nearly two decades he traveled to factories throughout Europe, sometimes behind the Iron Curtain, to bring modern furniture to Americans.
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He became wealthy working as a hairdresser in New York, then used his funds to free enslaved people, build churches and house orphans of color.
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CreditRobert Caplin for The New York Times Overlooked No More: Henry Heard, Tap Dancer and Advocate for People with Disabilities
With one arm and one leg, he upended assumptions that disabled people could not lead fulfilling lives, and his artistry had audiences clamoring for more.
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CreditDon Brinn/Associated Press Overlooked No More: Beatrix Potter, Author of ‘The Tale of Peter Rabbit’
She created one of the world’s best-known characters for children, and fought to have the book published, but she never sought celebrity status.
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CreditPopperfoto, via Getty Images Overlooked No More: Cordell Jackson, Elder Stateswoman of Rock ’n’ Roll
A pioneering record-label owner and engineer, she played guitar in a raw and unapologetically abrasive way. “Whatever song it was,” she said, “I always creamed it.”
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CreditDan Ball Overlooked No More: Ethel Lindgren, Anthropologist of Reindeer Herding Cultures
She is best remembered for importing reindeer to the Scottish Highlands centuries after they were hunted to extinction. About 150 roam there today.
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Jimmy Van Eaton, Purveyor of the Sun Records Beat, Dies at 86
His drumming lent spontaneity and imagination to the unfettered sound of seminal rock ’n’ roll records by Jerry Lee Lewis and others.
By Bill Friskics-Warren
Ewen MacIntosh, a Star of the British Sitcom ‘The Office,’ Dies at 50
He was best known for his portrayal of the lackluster accountant Keith Bishop on Ricky Gervais’s celebrated series.
By Isabella Kwai
Ameen Sayani, Pioneering Radio Star in India, Dies at 91
One of the first voices heard on the airwaves in Asia, he became recognized by generations of listeners in India over 42 years of broadcasting Bollywood music.
By Suhasini Raj and John Yoon
Monica Hickey, Doyenne of Bridal Gowns, Dies at 100
As the director of salons at Henri Bendel, Bergdorf Goodman and Saks Fifth Avenue, she spent decades outfitting brides-to-be for their grand ceremonies.
By Alex Williams
Lefty Driesell, Hall of Fame College Basketball Coach, Dies at 92
He built Maryland into a national powerhouse and became the first coach to win more than 100 games at each of four major college programs.
By Richard Goldstein
Damo Suzuki, Singer Who Ignited the Experimental Band Can, Dies at 74
His free-spirited music ignored genre boundaries. “If you’re a creative person,” he once said, “it’s important to break rules.”
By Mike Rubin
Rabbi Jules Harlow, 92, Dies; Helped Redefine Conservative Jewish Prayer
Rabbi Harlow’s prayer books, including “Siddur Sim Shalom,” became the standards of worship in Conservative synagogues across North America.
By Ari L. Goldman
William Beecher, Who Revealed Secret Cambodia Bombing, Dies at 90
His New York Times scoop enraged the Nixon White House, which ordered a tap on his phone. He later won a Pulitzer Prize for The Boston Globe.
By Clay Risen
Charles V. Hamilton, an Apostle of ‘Black Power,’ Dies at 94
He popularized the term “institutional racism" and, with Stokely Carmichael, wrote a book in 1967 that was seen as a radical manifesto.
By Sam Roberts
Alvin Moscow, Shipwreck Chronicler and Prolific Collaborator, Dies at 98
After writing a best seller about the sinking of the Andrea Doria, he was a co-author with Richard M. Nixon, Patty Hearst, William S. Paley and others.
By Richard Sandomir
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