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PublishedJune 28, 2023
Joseph Pedott, entrepreneur who sparked Chia Pet craze, dies at 91
He turned the Chia Pet and Clapper light switch into retail sensations with jingles – "Ch-ch-ch-Chia"; "Clap on, clap off!" – that have echoed in ears for generations.
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PublishedJune 28, 2023
Peg Yorkin, feminist leader and philanthropist, dies at 96
As the longtime chair and co-founder of the Feminist Majority Foundation, she urged supporters to join her in promoting women's equality and empowerment.
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PublishedJune 22, 2023
Ben Helfgott, Holocaust survivor and Olympic weightlifter, dies at 93
His entire life was a show of strength, from his endurance as a teenager in Nazi concentration camps to his exploits on the world's athletic stage.
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PublishedJune 15, 2023
Robert Gottlieb, celebrated literary editor of Toni Morrison and Robert Caro, dies at 92
Gottlieb had one of the greatest runs of any editor after World War II and helped shape the modern publishing canon.
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PublishedJune 14, 2023
Roger Payne, scientist who discovered whales can sing, dies at 88
Payne made the discovery in 1967 during a research trip to Bermuda in which a Navy engineer provided him with a recording of curious underwater sounds documented while listening for Russian submarines.
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PublishedJune 1, 2023
Don Bateman, a force in aviation safety, dies at 91
He invented a cockpit warning system alerting pilots about potential deadly obstacles in their path over land and sea.
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PublishedJune 1, 2023
Harald zur Hausen, who found virus link to cervical cancer, dies at 87
The research led by zur Hausen into the human papillomavirus, or HPV, turned a theory that was once on the fringes of scientific acceptance into new fields of ontological study.
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PublishedMay 31, 2023
Theodoros Pangalos, outspoken Greek former foreign minister, dies at 84
He had a long history of unguarded remarks, having managed, as foreign minister in the 1990s, to offend Germany – which he compared to a 'giant with a child's brain' – and Turkey, after he referred to Turks as 'thieves and rapists.'
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PublishedMay 31, 2023
Veteran character actor John Beasley, featured in ‘Everwood,’ dies at 79
He played a kindly school bus driver on the TV drama, and he also appeared in dozens of films dating back to the 1980s.
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PublishedMay 30, 2023
Brian Shul, fighter pilot who soared after being shot down in Vietnam, dies at 75
Doctors told Shul he’d never fly again after nearly burning to death. He later flew the world’s fastest plane in top-secret Cold War missions.
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