 | Juan Jose Valdez, Last Marine Out of Saigon, Dies at 88 |
During the fall of the South Vietnamese capital in 1975, he helped evacuate thousands, and was nearly left behind. | |
| Lou Holtz, Who Coached Unbeaten Notre Dame to a Title, Dies at 89 |
Known for reviving football programs, he led six major colleges to bowl games, winning a national championship in 1989 after restoring the Irish to greatness. | |
| Christian Astuguevieille, 79, Dies; Created Strange Scents and Enigmatic Objects |
For Commes des Garçons, he designed improbable perfumes that conjured burning rubber and cars leaking oil. His uncanny art pieces were equally contrarian. | |
| John P. Hammond, Pioneer in 1960s Blues Renaissance, Dies at 83 |
With his acclaimed interpretations of Delta Blues standards, he was a fixture on the Greenwich Village music scene for decades. | |
| Bob Power, 73, Hip-Hop Engineer and Tribe Called Quest Collaborator, Dies |
A producer, recording engineer and sound mixer, he helped pioneer sampling in rap music, including on the influential album ?The Low End Theory? by A Tribe Called Quest. | |
| Bruce Froemming, a Durable, No-Nonsense Umpire, Dies at 86 |
He called 5,163 regular season major league games over a record 37 consecutive seasons. And he wouldn?t hesitate to give a player or a manager the boot. | |
| Isaiah Zagar, Creator of Tile-Swirling, Mind-Bending Murals, Dies at 86 |
He covered Philadelphia with more than 50,000 square feet of madcap mosaics, showcasing his work at the Magic Gardens Museum. | |
| Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Autocratic Cleric Who Made Iran a Regional Power, Is Dead at 86 |
As Iran?s second supreme leader, he brutally crushed dissent at home and expanded Iran?s footprint abroad, challenging Saudi Arabia for dominance in the Middle East. | |
| Joe Randall, Chef Who Celebrated Black Cooking Traditions, Dies at 79 |
He helped bring the African American cooking of the Carolina Lowcountry to the world and became known as the ?dean of Southern Cuisine.? | |
| Ed Iskenderian, Hot Rod Pioneer Known as the ?Camfather,? Dies at 104 |
?His influence can be felt in every form of motorsport today,? Car and Driver magazine wrote of the man who powered some of the fastest cars of his era with his innovative engine camshafts. | |
| Neil Sedaka, Singing Craftsman of Memorable Pop Songs, Dies at 86 |
He sang and co-wrote some of the definitive teenage anthems of the 1950s and early ?60s, including ?Breaking Up Is Hard to Do,? and then reinvented his career in the ?70s. | |
| Iris Cantor, Philanthropist and Art Collector, Dies at 95 |
She and her husband, the financier B. Gerald Cantor, amassed one of the largest private collections of Rodin artworks, donating much of it to museums around the world. | |
| Sondra Lee Dies at 97; Originated Roles in ?Peter Pan? and ?Hello, Dolly!? |
With her frenetic energy and 4-foot-10 frame, Ms. Lee seemed destined to play a certain kind of stage character: excitable, endearing and charmingly scheming. | |
| Overlooked No More: Bobby Garnett, ?Godfather? of Vintage Dealers |
His store, Bobby From Boston, transformed the way vintage men?s wear is sold, serving as a model for a generation of retailers. | |
| Edward L. Deci, 83, Dies; Found Self-Determination as a Key to Happiness |
His work with his colleague Richard Ryan changed how psychologists understand human motivation and what people require to flourish. | |
| Jo Ann Bland, Child Activist in Civil Rights Struggle, Dies at 72 |
At 11, she was one of the youngest at the 1965 ?Bloody Sunday? voting rights march in Selma, Ala., and was injured while crossing the Edmund Pettus Bridge. | |
| Jean Widmer, Designer of Celebrated French Graphics, Dies at 96 |
His minimalist road signs became a visual hallmark of France?s highways. He also created logos for cultural institutions like the Pompidou Center. | |
| Dan Duckhorn, Who Transformed Napa Valley Merlot, Is Dead At 87 |
A founder of Duckhorn Vineyards, a California winemaker, Mr. Duckhorn transformed merlot from a blending grape into a premier American variety. | |
| Teresa de Lauretis, Coiner (and Critic) of Queer Theory, Dies at 87 |
She came up with the term as the title of a 1990 conference but saw its later popularity as a little superficial. | |
| Oliver Grant, a Business Architect of the Wu-Tang Clan, Dies |
He was behind the scenes with Wu-Tang Clan, the New York rap group, since its founding and helped expand its reach with a fashion line. | |
| Rose Lesniak, Poet Who Rescued Children and Trained Dogs, Dies at 70 |
A magnetic personality, she reinvented herself twice, bringing the same spirit to investigating child abuse and communing with dogs that she did to writing poetry. | |
| Jeff Galloway, Olympian Who Transformed American Distance Running, Dies at 80 |
A runner, coach and best-selling author, he created the widely embraced run-walk-run method, which helped make running more accessible to the public. | |
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