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Ray Jenkins, Newspaperman Who Covered Civil Rights Era, Dies at 89
Ray Jenkins, the city editor of The Alabama Journal, was eating a bologna sandwich at his desk on April 5, 1960, and thumbing through a week-old copy of The New York Times when a full-page ad caught his eye.
Kay Hagan, Former North Carolina Senator, Dies at 66
Kay Hagan, a former Democratic senator from North Carolina who served one term in the capital after defeating Elizabeth Dole, a Republican, in 2008, died Monday at her home in Greensboro, North Carolina. She was 66.
Sally Soames, Fearless Photographer With Personal Touch, Dies at 82
Sally Soames, an intrepid British photojournalist who prided herself on establishing a personal connection with the politicians, actors, writers, artists and others she photographed, died on Oct. 5 at her home in London. She was 82.
Paul F. Markham, Kennedy Friend at Chappaquiddick, Dies at 89
Paul F. Markham, who dived into dark waters to try to find a young woman who was in a car with Sen. Edward M. Kennedy when Kennedy famously drove off a bridge in Chappaquiddick, Massachusetts, in 1969, died on July 13 in Peabody, Massachusetts He was 89.Lois Wille, Pulitzer-Winner in Her Beloved Chicago, Dies at 87
Lois Wille, a Chicago reporter, editorial writer and author who examined, scolded and challenged the city she loved with hard-hitting investigations and won two Pulitzer Prizes, died Tuesday at her home in downtown Chicago. She was 87.Cardinal Jaime Ortega, a Cuban Bridge to U.S., Dies at 82
Cardinal Jaime Lucas Ortega y Alamino, the former archbishop of Havana, who helped re-establish relations between Cuba and the United States and revive Catholicism on the island, died Friday in Havana. He was 82.
Hugh Southern, a Creator of the TKTS Booth, Dies at 87
NEW YORK — Hugh Southern held some high-profile jobs. He was acting chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts during the culture wars of the 1980s and, briefly, general manager of the Metropolitan Opera.
Gloria Schiff, Fashion Editor and Glamorous Twin Model, Dies at 90
Gloria Schiff, a fashion editor at Vogue, a philanthropist and one half of a pair of glamorous twins in midcentury New York society, died on May 2 at her home in Manhattan. She was 90.Jean Vanier, Savior of People on the Margins, Dies at 90
Jean Vanier, who dedicated his life to improving conditions for people on the margins and founded two worldwide organizations for those with developmental disabilities, died Tuesday in Paris. He was 90.Kitty Tucker, Who Raised Awareness of the Silkwood Case, Dies at 75
Kitty Tucker, a public interest lawyer and anti-nuclear activist who helped raise national awareness of nuclear power whistleblower Karen Silkwood’s death, died March 30 in Silver Spring, Maryland. She was 75.Lorraine Branham, Journalism Dean and Mentor, Dies at 66
Kelsey Davis was on the verge of dropping out of the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University two years ago. Her grades were poor and she felt insecure, doubtful that she belonged at such a prestigious institution. In sorting out her situation, she met with the school’s dean, Lorraine Branham, a longtime journalist and, like her, a black woman.
Dan Robbins, Who Made Painting as Easy as 1-2-3 (and 4-5-6), Dies at 93
Dan Robbins was no Leonardo da Vinci. But he copied one of the master’s basic techniques and thereby enabled children to grow up believing that they, too, could paint “The Last Supper.”Mona Lee Brock, Farmers' 'Angel' on the Line, Dies at 87
Mona Lee Brock had farming in her bones.Fred Malek, 82, Republican Fundraiser and Presidential Adviser, Dies
Fred Malek, a major Republican fundraiser and adviser to several presidents who also had a business career that included a stint as president of Marriott Hotels, died Sunday in Virginia. He was 82.Tejshree Thapa, Defender of Human Rights in South Asia, Dies at 52
Tejshree Thapa, a human rights lawyer who helped to expose the scope of mass rapes in the war-torn Balkans and South Asia and to build the legal arguments for the prosecution of those rapes as crimes against humanity, died Tuesday in New York. She was 52.Antonia Rey, Latin Actress of Stage and Screen, Dies at 92
In her native Cuba in the 1950s, Antonia Rey was a leading lady of the stage, playing Madge in William Inge’s “Picnic,” the title character in George Bernard Shaw’s “Candida” and Elizabeth Proctor in Arthur Miller’s “The Crucible.”Marjorie Weinman Sharmat, 90, 'Nate the Great' Author, Dies
Marjorie Weinman Sharmat had two dreams as a child — to become a detective and to be a writer. By age 8 she had accomplished both, after she and a friend put out their own spy newspaper, The Snooper’s Gazette. Most of its news came from eavesdropping on adults.William Powers, University of Texas Leader Who Helped Dissect Enron, Dies at 72
William C. Powers Jr., a long-serving president of the University of Texas who earlier produced a scathing report in 2002 on the wrongdoing that led to the collapse of the Enron Corp., died Sunday in Austin, Texas. He was 72.William Powers, University of Texas Leader Who Helped Dissect Enron, Dies at 72
William C. Powers Jr., who was a long-serving president of the University of Texas and who produced a scathing report in 2002 on the wrongdoing that led to the collapse of the Enron Corp., died Sunday in Austin, Texas. He was 72.George Stade, Scholar-Novelist Partial to the Popular, Dies at 85
George Stade, a highbrow literary scholar who studied lowbrow fiction and who wrote the provocative 1979 satirical crime novel “Confessions of a Lady-Killer,” died on Feb. 26 in Silver Spring, Maryland. He was 85.
