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PublishedJanuary 2, 2024
Les McCann, jazz musician with politically charged hit, dies at 88
The pianist and singer’s 1969 antiwar song 'Compared to What' sold more than 1 million copies.
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PublishedDecember 31, 2023
Shecky Greene, legendary standup comic, improv master and lord of Las Vegas, dies at 97
Those who saw Greene in his decades of comedy dominance on the Vegas Strip in the 1950s, ’60s, and ’70s said that with a mic in his hand, he could roam a room and work a crowd like no other.
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PublishedDecember 31, 2023
John Pilger, Australia-born journalist and filmmaker known for covering Cambodia, dies at 84
He also won acclaim for a 1974 documentary looking into the campaign for compensation for children after concerns were raised about birth defects when expectant mothers took the drug Thalidomide.
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PublishedDecember 28, 2023
Gaston Glock, creator of handgun that flooded the world, dies at 94
The Glock handgun, designed in the early 1980s, has been embraced by police and military but decried by gun-control advocates.
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PublishedDecember 7, 2023
William P. Murphy, innovator behind advances in battlefield medicine, dies at 100
He developed the vinyl blood bag to replace bulky and breakable bottles that presented major challenges for military medics.
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PublishedNovember 16, 2023
Peter Tarnoff, U.S. envoy behind ‘Argo’ escape in Iran, dies at 86
He never publicly disclosed the full details of his role in the operation, which was the basis for the 2012 Oscar-winning film.
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PublishedNovember 14, 2023
Gary Winnick, 76, telecom tycoon at center of Global Crossing’s epic rise and fall
At its peak, the stock price of the company he founded was valued at $47 billion – more than McDonald’s or PepsiCo. It later filed for bankruptcy protection.
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PublishedNovember 14, 2023
Mel Sembler, shopping mall mogul and top Republican fundraiser, dies at 93
He was close to the Bush family and served as U.S. ambassador to Australia and Italy.
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PublishedNovember 9, 2023
Frank Borman, commander of first Apollo mission to the moon, dies at 95
The Apollo 8 astronaut also went on to become chief executive of Eastern Air Lines.
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PublishedNovember 7, 2023
Elizabeth Moynihan, impassioned scholar of Mughal gardens, dies at 94
While managing the Senate campaigns of her husband, Daniel Patrick Moynihan, she achieved wide renown for her decades of fieldwork in India.
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