obit
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PublishedAugust 22, 2023
Ada Deer, tireless advocate for Native American rights, dies at 88
She campaigned for tribal self-determination, including while serving as the first woman to lead the Bureau of Indian Affairs.
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PublishedAugust 17, 2023
Michael Parkinson, popular British talk-show host, dies at 88
His program became a regular stopping point for entertainers, athletes, politicians and other international newsmakers from Madonna to Nelson Mandela to Muhammad Ali.
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PublishedAugust 16, 2023
Keith Waldrop, avant-garde poet who won National Book Award, dies at 90
Waldrop won the National Book Award in 2009 with "Transcendental Studies: A Trilogy," an inventive collection of poems whose words, like a collage, were drawn from other works.
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PublishedAugust 16, 2023
Renata Scotto, starring soprano of 20th-century opera, dies at 89
She gave her first concerts as a young girl in Italy during World War II, serenading neighbors from her apartment window.
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PublishedAugust 10, 2023
Rodriguez, ‘Sugar Man’ singer with an aura of mystery, dies at 81
The Detroit musician's rock anthems made him an unwitting folk hero in apartheid-era South Africa. His story was later chronicled in an Oscar-winning documentary.
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PublishedAugust 9, 2023
Williamson Murray, military historian who peered beyond battles, dies at 81
His research often explored the intersections of military strategy, politics and industry such as the retooling of factories for war efforts, particularly during World War II.
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PublishedAugust 1, 2023
Richard Simpson, country’s first chief product safety regulator, dies at 93
With oversight of thousands of consumer products, he was a powerful and controversial force in Washington.
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PublishedJuly 26, 2023
Pamela Blair, original performer of comedic ‘Chorus Line’ gem, dies at 73
Her portrayal of Valerie Clarke in "A Chorus Line" gave her original bragging rights to one of the most memorable characters in a Broadway juggernaut – which ran for more than 6,100 performances from 1975 to 1990.
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PublishedJuly 26, 2023
Charles Wurster, scientist who battled to ban pesticide DDT, dies at 92
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in 1972 banned most uses of dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane in the United States.
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PublishedJuly 25, 2023
Richard Barancik, last of ‘Monuments Men’ from World War II, dies at 98
His unit, tasked with safeguarding European art and culture amid the destruction and plunder of war, was dramatized in the 2014 Hollywood film.
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