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June 16, 2026
Gregory Williams, Academic With an Uncommon Perspective on Race, Dies at 81
As a child, he discovered that his father — and therefore he and his siblings — had been passing for white. For the rest of his life, he identified as Black.
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May 31, 2026
Dang Van Phuoc Dies at 90; Intrepid Photojournalist in Vietnam War
A photographer for The Associated Press, he spent a decade on the front lines of combat in his native Vietnam and lost his right eye in a grenade explosion.
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May 22, 2026
Kitty Bruce, Caretaker of Lenny Bruce’s Legacy, Dies at 70
As Mr. Bruce’s daughter, she maintained boxes of video and audio of his groundbreaking and often scandalous work.
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May 15, 2026
Joe Sedelmaier Dies at 92; Ad Auteur Behind ‘Where’s the Beef?’
He directed nearly 1,000 comedic commercials, including a much-quoted spot for Wendy’s and one for FedEx featuring a manic speed talker.
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May 15, 2026
G. Robert Blakey Dies at 90; Drafted the RICO Anti-Racketeering Statute
He was also the chief counsel to the House Select Committee on Assassinations in the late 1970s and spent years as a Notre Dame law professor.
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May 9, 2026
Edith Eva Eger, Psychologist Who Barely Survived Auschwitz, Dies at 98
Her time in concentration camps brought her an understanding of humanity that helped her treat her patients.
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May 4, 2026
John Sterling, the Yankees’ Most Enduring Announcer, Dies at 87
He called over 5,600 games, more than any other announcer for the team, and was known for his personalized, slightly wacky home run calls.
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May 2, 2026
Nicole Hollander, Acerbic Feminist Cartoonist, Dies at 86
For more than 30 years, she wrote and illustrated “Sylvia,” a comic strip about a tart-tongued, witty woman unafraid of expressing her many opinions.
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April 22, 2026
Oscar Schmidt, Brazilian Superstar Who Spurned the N.B.A., Dies at 68
A Hall of Fame forward, he was a scoring machine, shooting from all over the court, and an early master of the three-pointer. “There was not a shot I didn’t like,” he said.
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April 22, 2026
Alan Osmond, Who Led His Brothers in a Boy Band, Dies at 76
He was the eldest original member of the Osmonds, a family singing group that hit it big in the 1970s with songs like “One Bad Apple.”
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