Fletcher won an Academy Award for best actress for her infamous role playing a cruel nurse in a psychiatric hospital.
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Clayton Jacobson II, pioneer of the jet ski, dies at 88
He set out to find a way to enjoy the thrills of a motorcycle without the ‘danger of falling onto hard ground at high speeds.’
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Japanese business pioneer, philanthropist Kazuo Inamori dies at 90
Inamori was the founder of Japanese ceramics and electronics maker Kyocera.
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Jerry Allison, drummer for Buddy Holly and Crickets, dies at 82
His simple, but innovative drum licks became rock ‘n’ roll classics and were an inspiration to future stars.
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Tim Page, storied Vietnam War photographer, dies at 78
He got so close to the action he was wounded four times. “Any war picture is an antiwar picture,” he once said.
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Raymond Damadian, creator of first MRI machine, dies at 86
Often at odds with the wider medical community, he felt so snubbed by Nobel Prize judges that he took out full-page ads denouncing their decision.
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Wolfgang Petersen, blockbuster filmmaker of ‘Das Boot,’ dies
His breakthrough feature about life aboard a German U-boat was hailed as an anti-war masterpiece and nominated for six Oscars.
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Author Nicholas Evans, whose ‘Horse Whisperer’ became a phenomenon, dies at 72
Evans was deeply in debt and looking for direction when he heard story that ‘made me shiver’ and would change his life.
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‘The Snowman’ children’s author Raymond Briggs dies at 88
Briggs’ wordless book, about a boy’s wintry creation that comes to life, has sold more than 5.5 million copies around the world.
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Houshang Ebtehaj, prominent Iranian poet, dies at 94
Ebtehaj contributed to the popularity of the ghazal – a traditional form of Persian poetry set to music that expresses the writer’s feelings, especially about love, with moving intensity.