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PublishedDecember 31, 2023
Shecky Greene, legendary standup comic, improv master and lord of Las Vegas, dies at 97
Those who saw Greene in his decades of comedy dominance on the Vegas Strip in the 1950s, ’60s, and ’70s said that with a mic in his hand, he could roam a room and work a crowd like no other.
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PublishedDecember 31, 2023
John Pilger, Australia-born journalist and filmmaker known for covering Cambodia, dies at 84
He also won acclaim for a 1974 documentary looking into the campaign for compensation for children after concerns were raised about birth defects when expectant mothers took the drug Thalidomide.
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PublishedDecember 28, 2023
Gaston Glock, creator of handgun that flooded the world, dies at 94
The Glock handgun, designed in the early 1980s, has been embraced by police and military but decried by gun-control advocates.
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PublishedSeptember 6, 2023
Shabtai Shavit, Israeli spymaster who led Mossad in 1990s, dies at 84
Shavit led the Mossad from 1989 to 1996, guiding the agency through a critical juncture in Middle East history.
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PublishedAugust 30, 2023
Newspaper group publisher G. Ogden Nutting dies at 87
Nutting helped grow his family’s newspaper business to more than 50 daily publications in 18 states.
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PublishedJuly 5, 2023
Hong Kong-born singer Coco Lee dies at age 48
Lee became a singer after winning first runner up in an annual competition held by broadcaster TVB in Hong Kong, and released her first album at age 19.
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PublishedJuly 4, 2023
Yan Mingfu, Communist Party envoy to protesters in Tiananmen Square, dies at 91
In 1989, Yan visited student-led protesters who were on a hunger strike and told them they were hurting chances for reform, urging them to go home.
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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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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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