Obituaries
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Howard Slusher, Sports Agent Known for His Toughness, Dies at 85
In 1984, when he was seeking a new contract for Randy White, the future Hall of Fame defensive tackle for…
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Gary Gaines, Coach of ‘Friday Night Lights’ Fame, Dies at 73
Gary Gaines, who coached the high school football team in West Texas that was the subject of “Friday Night Lights:…
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Jerry Allison, Who Played Drums With Buddy Holly, Dies at 82
Jerry Allison, who played drums with Buddy Holly and was a co-writer of two of his signature late-1950s songs, “That’ll…
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Dorli Rainey, Unlikely Face of the Occupy Movement, Dies at 95
Dorli Rainey, a veteran liberal activist, had just gotten off a bus in downtown Seattle on Nov. 15, 2011, and…
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Len Dawson, Who Took the Chiefs to a Championship, Dies at 87
Len Dawson, the Hall of Fame quarterback who spent his first five pro football seasons as a seldom-used backup but…
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Julian Robertson, 90, Dies; Brought Hedge Funds Into the Mainstream
Julian Robertson, a Wall Street investor who with a handful of others pushed short-selling into the mainstream, helping to create…
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Joanne Koch, Who Led Lincoln Center’s Film Society, Dies at 92
Joanne Koch, the longtime head of the Film Society of Lincoln Center, who stared down picketers and, at times, government…
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Archbishop Rembert Weakland, Critic of Vatican Orthodoxy, Dies at 95
Archbishop Rembert G. Weakland, a liberal critic of Vatican orthodoxy who led the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Milwaukee for 25…
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David A. Kay, Who Searched for Nuclear Weapons in Iraq, Dies at 82
David A. Kay, a nuclear weapons expert who led a fruitless hunt for weapons of mass destruction in Iraq after…
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Donald Jonas, Retail Magnate Who Sold Art to Help Nurses, Dies at 92
Donald Jonas, whose success as a retailer enabled him and his wife to amass an impressive collection of Abstract Expressionist…