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  • Amnon Weinstein, Who Restored Violins From the Holocaust, Dies at 84

    Many were left behind by victims of the gas chambers. He let the instruments be heard...

  • M. Emmet Walsh, Character Actor Who Always Stood Out, Dies at 88

    His roles in films like “Knives Out” and “Blade Runner” were sometimes big, sometimes small. But...

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    Gylan Kain, 81, a Founder of the Last Poets and a Progenitor of Rap, Dies

    He spun gripping portraits of the Black experience starting in the 1960s with the seminal Harlem...

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    Lawyer, Author and TikTok Star Spent 72 Years in an Iron Lung

    Paul Alexander, who died at 78, was paralyzed with polio at age 6 and relied on...

  • Akira Toriyama, Creator of ‘Dragon Ball,’ Dies at 68

    His popular manga inspired numerous television, film and video game adaptations, reaching fans far beyond Japan’s...

  • Josette Molland, Who Told of Life in Nazi Camps Through Art, Dies at 100

    She endured horrors as a captured member of the French Resistance, and to ensure that her...

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    Juli Lynne Charlot, Creator of the Poodle Skirt, Dies at 101

    Ms. Charlot’s creation merged seamlessly with the carefree youth culture of the 1950s, becoming visual shorthand...

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    Iris Apfel, Eye-Catcher With a Kaleidoscopic Wardrobe, Dies at 102

    She came to fame in the fashion world in her 80s and 90s, and her wildly...

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    Jacob Rothschild, Banker Who Broke From His Fabled Family, Dies at 87

    The fourth Baron Rothschild, he left the family banking dynasty to start his own company, becoming...

  • Peter Anthony Morgan, Grammy-Winning Reggae Singer, Dies at 46

    Known as “Peetah,” he and other children of the singer Denroy Morgan formed the group Morgan...

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    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...

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    Niklaus Wirth Is Dead

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    William Beecher, Who Revealed Secret Cambodia Bombing, Dies at 90

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  • Overlooked No More: Pierre Toussaint, Philanthropist and Candidate for Sainthood

    He became wealthy working as a hairdresser in New York, then used his funds to free...

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    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...

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    Charles Sallis, 89, Dies; Upended the Teaching of Mississippi History

    He collaborated on a textbook so unsparing in its review of the state’s grim past that...

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    William Post, Who Helped Create Pop-Tarts, Dies at 96

    A bakery manager in Michigan, he worked with Kellogg’s to create the snack in 1964. It...

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    Bob Moore, Who Founded Bob's Red Mill, Is Dead at 94

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    Bob Edwards, Longtime Host of NPR’s ‘Morning Edition,’ Dies at 76

    He was “the voice we woke up to” for a quarter century, delivering news and interviews...

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    Steve Ostrow, Manhattan Bathhouse Impresario, Dies at 91

    The Continental Baths, which he opened in 1968, became a pivot point in Manhattan’s gay history...