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![]() Paul Conrad, Cartoonist, Dies at 86 Mr. Conrad, a political cartoonist, won three Pulitzer Prizes and used his pencil to poke at politicians for more than 50 years.<br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/> <br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/> <a href="http://ads.pheedo.com/click.phdo?s=7252b37fd261b8f9a21b938a5fe62360&p=1"><img alt="" style="border: 0;" border="0" src="http://ads.pheedo.com/img.phdo?s=7252b37fd261b8f9a21b938a5fe62360&p=1"/></a> <img alt="" height="0" width="0" border="0" style="display:none" src="http://segment-pixel.invitemedia.com/pixel?code=News&partnerID=167&key=segment"/><img alt="" height="0" width="0" border="0" style="display:none" src="http://pixel.quantserve.com/pixel/p-8bUhLiluj0fAw.gif?labels=pub.29518.rss.News.18630,cat.News.rss"/> Robert Schimmel, Comedian, Dies at 60 Mr. Schimmel, a standup comic, was a frequent guest on Howard Stern’s radio show.<br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/> <br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/> <a href="http://ads.pheedo.com/click.phdo?s=55601bd330412e4fd529b9e11be264a2&p=1"><img alt="" style="border: 0;" border="0" src="http://ads.pheedo.com/img.phdo?s=55601bd330412e4fd529b9e11be264a2&p=1"/></a> <img alt="" height="0" width="0" border="0" style="display:none" src="http://segment-pixel.invitemedia.com/pixel?code=News&partnerID=167&key=segment"/><img alt="" height="0" width="0" border="0" style="display:none" src="http://pixel.quantserve.com/pixel/p-8bUhLiluj0fAw.gif?labels=pub.29518.rss.News.18630,cat.News.rss"/> George Hitchcock, Kayak Magazine Founder, Dies at 96 Mr. Hitchcock, a playwright and poet himself, included a wide variety of poets and writers in his literary magazine.<br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/> <br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/> <a href="http://ads.pheedo.com/click.phdo?s=d04793c5cae7cc1ef5d8649f12e81176&p=1"><img alt="" style="border: 0;" border="0" src="http://ads.pheedo.com/img.phdo?s=d04793c5cae7cc1ef5d8649f12e81176&p=1"/></a> <img alt="" height="0" width="0" border="0" style="display:none" src="http://segment-pixel.invitemedia.com/pixel?code=News&partnerID=167&key=segment"/><img alt="" height="0" width="0" border="0" style="display:none" src="http://pixel.quantserve.com/pixel/p-8bUhLiluj0fAw.gif?labels=pub.29518.rss.News.18630,cat.News.rss"/> Anton Geesink, Medalist Who Helped Popularize Judo, Dies at 76 Geesink stunned Japan when he defeated Japanese opponents to win the 1961 world title and capture a gold medal at the 1964 Tokyo Olympics.<br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/> <br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/> <a href="http://ads.pheedo.com/click.phdo?s=0ab86fa68d1cc7bcd7bdb46517f5e92f&p=1"><img alt="" style="border: 0;" border="0" src="http://ads.pheedo.com/img.phdo?s=0ab86fa68d1cc7bcd7bdb46517f5e92f&p=1"/></a> <img alt="" height="0" width="0" border="0" style="display:none" src="http://segment-pixel.invitemedia.com/pixel?code=News&partnerID=167&key=segment"/><img alt="" height="0" width="0" border="0" style="display:none" src="http://pixel.quantserve.com/pixel/p-8bUhLiluj0fAw.gif?labels=pub.29518.rss.News.18630,cat.News.rss"/> Vance Bourjaily, Novelist Exploring Postwar America, Dies at 87 Mr. Bourjaily’s novels often explored what it meant to be an American at a particular historical moment.<br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/> <br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/> <a href="http://ads.pheedo.com/click.phdo?s=8beda15f2bf45b6a53e6c73d9cc36005&p=1"><img alt="" style="border: 0;" border="0" src="http://ads.pheedo.com/img.phdo?s=8beda15f2bf45b6a53e6c73d9cc36005&p=1"/></a> <img alt="" height="0" width="0" border="0" style="display:none" src="http://segment-pixel.invitemedia.com/pixel?code=News&partnerID=167&key=segment"/><img alt="" height="0" width="0" border="0" style="display:none" src="http://pixel.quantserve.com/pixel/p-8bUhLiluj0fAw.gif?labels=pub.29518.rss.News.18630,cat.News.rss"/> Gail Koff, Principal in Jacoby & Meyers, Dies at 65 Ms. Koff was the “silent partner” when the national law firm opened its first New York office.<br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/> <br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/> <a href="http://ads.pheedo.com/click.phdo?s=1fc8334973ec3c0ee811ed4ecfde57df&p=1"><img alt="" style="border: 0;" border="0" src="http://ads.pheedo.com/img.phdo?s=1fc8334973ec3c0ee811ed4ecfde57df&p=1"/></a> <img alt="" height="0" width="0" border="0" style="display:none" src="http://segment-pixel.invitemedia.com/pixel?code=News&partnerID=167&key=segment"/><img alt="" height="0" width="0" border="0" style="display:none" src="http://pixel.quantserve.com/pixel/p-8bUhLiluj0fAw.gif?labels=pub.29518.rss.News.18630,cat.News.rss"/> Cammie King, Scarlett and Rhett’s Girl, Dies at 76 Ms. King played Scarlett O’Hara and Rhett Butler’s ill-fated little girl, Bonnie Blue Butler, in “Gone With the Wind.”<br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/> <br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/> <a href="http://ads.pheedo.com/click.phdo?s=6b45237f1617a3d7c4083de23b36e6e0&p=1"><img alt="" style="border: 0;" border="0" src="http://ads.pheedo.com/img.phdo?s=6b45237f1617a3d7c4083de23b36e6e0&p=1"/></a> <img alt="" height="0" width="0" border="0" style="display:none" src="http://segment-pixel.invitemedia.com/pixel?code=News&partnerID=167&key=segment"/><img alt="" height="0" width="0" border="0" style="display:none" src="http://pixel.quantserve.com/pixel/p-8bUhLiluj0fAw.gif?labels=pub.29518.rss.News.18630,cat.News.rss"/> Corinne Day, Photographer of Kate Moss, Is Dead Ms. Day, whose photos of Ms. Moss in the 1990s took a startling detour from the glossy world of supermodels, helped usher in a new era in fashion photography.<br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/> <br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/> <a href="http://ads.pheedo.com/click.phdo?s=48b9bca037664444b3e1fcfe4e26bcfc&p=1"><img alt="" style="border: 0;" border="0" src="http://ads.pheedo.com/img.phdo?s=48b9bca037664444b3e1fcfe4e26bcfc&p=1"/></a> <img alt="" height="0" width="0" border="0" style="display:none" src="http://segment-pixel.invitemedia.com/pixel?code=News&partnerID=167&key=segment"/><img alt="" height="0" width="0" border="0" style="display:none" src="http://pixel.quantserve.com/pixel/p-8bUhLiluj0fAw.gif?labels=pub.29518.rss.News.18630,cat.News.rss"/> Laurent Fignon, Gruff French Cyclist, Dies at 50 Mr. Fignon was a French cyclist who won more 75 races including the Tour de France in back-to-back years.<br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/> <br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/> <a href="http://ads.pheedo.com/click.phdo?s=c8e693b2bad8edba24f5c0a539a78ea8&p=1"><img alt="" style="border: 0;" border="0" src="http://ads.pheedo.com/img.phdo?s=c8e693b2bad8edba24f5c0a539a78ea8&p=1"/></a> <img alt="" height="0" width="0" border="0" style="display:none" src="http://segment-pixel.invitemedia.com/pixel?code=News&partnerID=167&key=segment"/><img alt="" height="0" width="0" border="0" style="display:none" src="http://pixel.quantserve.com/pixel/p-8bUhLiluj0fAw.gif?labels=pub.29518.rss.News.18630,cat.News.rss"/> Dorothy Sucher, Reporter in Press-Freedom Case, Dies at 77 Ms. Sucher’s reporting for a small Maryland newspaper led to a Supreme Court ruling bolstering freedom of the press.<br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/> <br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/> <a href="http://ads.pheedo.com/click.phdo?s=706a5668b2f8125f4491b7dd3c5745bb&p=1"><img alt="" style="border: 0;" border="0" src="http://ads.pheedo.com/img.phdo?s=706a5668b2f8125f4491b7dd3c5745bb&p=1"/></a> <img alt="" height="0" width="0" border="0" style="display:none" src="http://segment-pixel.invitemedia.com/pixel?code=News&partnerID=167&key=segment"/><img alt="" height="0" width="0" border="0" style="display:none" src="http://pixel.quantserve.com/pixel/p-8bUhLiluj0fAw.gif?labels=pub.29518.rss.News.18630,cat.News.rss"/> Anton Geesink, Dutch Judo World Champion, Dies at 76 Mr. Geesink stunned Japan when he defeated Japanese opponents to win the 1961 world title and capture a gold medal at the 1964 Tokyo Olympics.<br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/> <br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/> <a href="http://ads.pheedo.com/click.phdo?s=76cc602ac802aa6dca9e1e66b01693ce&p=1"><img alt="" style="border: 0;" border="0" src="http://ads.pheedo.com/img.phdo?s=76cc602ac802aa6dca9e1e66b01693ce&p=1"/></a> <img alt="" height="0" width="0" border="0" style="display:none" src="http://segment-pixel.invitemedia.com/pixel?code=News&partnerID=167&key=segment"/><img alt="" height="0" width="0" border="0" style="display:none" src="http://pixel.quantserve.com/pixel/p-8bUhLiluj0fAw.gif?labels=pub.29518.rss.News.18630,cat.News.rss"/> Alain Corneau, César-Winning Film Director, Dies at 67 The director was best known for his 1991 award-winning film “Tous les Matins du Monde.”<br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/> <br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/> <a href="http://ads.pheedo.com/click.phdo?s=c8b9f7b0116666998af785696a88ef58&p=1"><img alt="" style="border: 0;" border="0" src="http://ads.pheedo.com/img.phdo?s=c8b9f7b0116666998af785696a88ef58&p=1"/></a> <img alt="" height="0" width="0" border="0" style="display:none" src="http://segment-pixel.invitemedia.com/pixel?code=News&partnerID=167&key=segment"/><img alt="" height="0" width="0" border="0" style="display:none" src="http://pixel.quantserve.com/pixel/p-8bUhLiluj0fAw.gif?labels=pub.29518.rss.News.18630,cat.News.rss"/> Jacob Bigeleisen, Isotope Chemist on Manhattan Project, Dies at 91 Dr. Bigeleisen’s approach was ultimately unsuccessful, but he went on to open a new field of chemistry that studied ways to speed up or slow down chemical reactions.<br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/> <br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/> <a href="http://ads.pheedo.com/click.phdo?s=c98a5194d64214969c075d0a35a63d89&p=1"><img alt="" style="border: 0;" border="0" src="http://ads.pheedo.com/img.phdo?s=c98a5194d64214969c075d0a35a63d89&p=1"/></a> <img alt="" height="0" width="0" border="0" style="display:none" src="http://segment-pixel.invitemedia.com/pixel?code=News&partnerID=167&key=segment"/><img alt="" height="0" width="0" border="0" style="display:none" src="http://pixel.quantserve.com/pixel/p-8bUhLiluj0fAw.gif?labels=pub.29518.rss.News.18630,cat.News.rss"/> William P. Foster, Pioneer of Florida A&M’s Marching 100, Dies at 91 Mr. Foster was an innovator of the distinctive style of the popular Florida A&M marching band.<br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/> <br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/> <a href="http://ads.pheedo.com/click.phdo?s=17f798df926c12826d617cf90a7da158&p=1"><img alt="" style="border: 0;" border="0" src="http://ads.pheedo.com/img.phdo?s=17f798df926c12826d617cf90a7da158&p=1"/></a> <img alt="" height="0" width="0" border="0" style="display:none" src="http://segment-pixel.invitemedia.com/pixel?code=News&partnerID=167&key=segment"/><img alt="" height="0" width="0" border="0" style="display:none" src="http://pixel.quantserve.com/pixel/p-8bUhLiluj0fAw.gif?labels=pub.29518.rss.News.18630,cat.News.rss"/> Robert Ingersoll, who Served as Envoy to Japan, Dies at 96 Mr. Ingersoll took his business acumen as head of one of the country’s largest manufacturing corporations to the diplomatic table as ambassador to Japan and later deputy secretary of state.<br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/> <br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/> <a href="http://ads.pheedo.com/click.phdo?s=a74a47d1ae0dfa65b1894228fc9ae2ea&p=1"><img alt="" style="border: 0;" border="0" src="http://ads.pheedo.com/img.phdo?s=a74a47d1ae0dfa65b1894228fc9ae2ea&p=1"/></a> <img alt="" height="0" width="0" border="0" style="display:none" src="http://segment-pixel.invitemedia.com/pixel?code=News&partnerID=167&key=segment"/><img alt="" height="0" width="0" border="0" style="display:none" src="http://pixel.quantserve.com/pixel/p-8bUhLiluj0fAw.gif?labels=pub.29518.rss.News.18630,cat.News.rss"/> Martin Dannenberg Is Dead at 94; Found Nuremberg Laws Document In 1945, Mr. Dannenberg, an Army intelligence officer, discovered the German document signed by Adolf Hitler that stripped Jews of their citizenship and rights.<br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/> <br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/> <a href="http://ads.pheedo.com/click.phdo?s=83668159b461edbc4f014d86002b5d20&p=1"><img alt="" style="border: 0;" border="0" src="http://ads.pheedo.com/img.phdo?s=83668159b461edbc4f014d86002b5d20&p=1"/></a> <img alt="" height="0" width="0" border="0" style="display:none" src="http://segment-pixel.invitemedia.com/pixel?code=News&partnerID=167&key=segment"/><img alt="" height="0" width="0" border="0" style="display:none" src="http://pixel.quantserve.com/pixel/p-8bUhLiluj0fAw.gif?labels=pub.29518.rss.News.18630,cat.News.rss"/> Daniel Davison, Banker Who Revitalized U.S. Trust, Dies at 85 Mr. Davison led a turnaround at United States Trust by riveting its attention on the very rich, even if it meant being willing to walk his clients’ dogs.<br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/> <br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/> <a href="http://ads.pheedo.com/click.phdo?s=5e33e72d23d9c2bcc8376bf6e59757bf&p=1"><img alt="" style="border: 0;" border="0" src="http://ads.pheedo.com/img.phdo?s=5e33e72d23d9c2bcc8376bf6e59757bf&p=1"/></a> <img alt="" height="0" width="0" border="0" style="display:none" src="http://segment-pixel.invitemedia.com/pixel?code=News&partnerID=167&key=segment"/><img alt="" height="0" width="0" border="0" style="display:none" src="http://pixel.quantserve.com/pixel/p-8bUhLiluj0fAw.gif?labels=pub.29518.rss.News.18630,cat.News.rss"/> Jack Pitney, Who Made Much of the Mini, Dies at 47 Mr. Pitney was the vice president for marketing at BMW of North America and led the wildly successful introduction of BMW’s updated Mini Cooper into the American market.<br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/> <br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/> <a href="http://ads.pheedo.com/click.phdo?s=b5908756f04298cbe546228d56035180&p=1"><img alt="" style="border: 0;" border="0" src="http://ads.pheedo.com/img.phdo?s=b5908756f04298cbe546228d56035180&p=1"/></a> <img alt="" height="0" width="0" border="0" style="display:none" src="http://segment-pixel.invitemedia.com/pixel?code=News&partnerID=167&key=segment"/><img alt="" height="0" width="0" border="0" style="display:none" src="http://pixel.quantserve.com/pixel/p-8bUhLiluj0fAw.gif?labels=pub.29518.rss.News.18630,cat.News.rss"/> C. Joseph Genster, Marketer of Metrecal, Dies at 92 Mr. Genster helped develop Metrecal, the meal in a can for dieters that swept America at the beginning of the 1960s, and led its expansion.<br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/> <br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/> <a href="http://ads.pheedo.com/click.phdo?s=8ea1de1ef893a500206bcb80cd11ff29&p=1"><img alt="" style="border: 0;" border="0" src="http://ads.pheedo.com/img.phdo?s=8ea1de1ef893a500206bcb80cd11ff29&p=1"/></a> <img alt="" height="0" width="0" border="0" style="display:none" src="http://segment-pixel.invitemedia.com/pixel?code=News&partnerID=167&key=segment"/><img alt="" height="0" width="0" border="0" style="display:none" src="http://pixel.quantserve.com/pixel/p-8bUhLiluj0fAw.gif?labels=pub.29518.rss.News.18630,cat.News.rss"/> Michel Montignac, Creator of Trend-Setting Diet, Dies at 66 Mr. Montignac, who was overweight as young man, had no medical training, but created a diet that was a precursor to the South Beach Diet.<br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/> <br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/> <a href="http://ads.pheedo.com/click.phdo?s=8c6cccb2c93b7b7f7b38c9baecafb6e0&p=1"><img alt="" style="border: 0;" border="0" src="http://ads.pheedo.com/img.phdo?s=8c6cccb2c93b7b7f7b38c9baecafb6e0&p=1"/></a> <img alt="" height="0" width="0" border="0" style="display:none" src="http://segment-pixel.invitemedia.com/pixel?code=News&partnerID=167&key=segment"/><img alt="" height="0" width="0" border="0" style="display:none" src="http://pixel.quantserve.com/pixel/p-8bUhLiluj0fAw.gif?labels=pub.29518.rss.News.18630,cat.News.rss"/> Franz Schurmann, Cold War Expert on China, Dies at 84 A professor at the University of California, Berkeley, for nearly four decades, he traveled the world and helped found the Pacific News Service.<br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/> <br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/> <a href="http://ads.pheedo.com/click.phdo?s=4cef286142ac89f2dc9c2e001eb2f852&p=1"><img alt="" style="border: 0;" border="0" src="http://ads.pheedo.com/img.phdo?s=4cef286142ac89f2dc9c2e001eb2f852&p=1"/></a> <img alt="" height="0" width="0" border="0" style="display:none" src="http://segment-pixel.invitemedia.com/pixel?code=News&partnerID=167&key=segment"/><img alt="" height="0" width="0" border="0" style="display:none" src="http://pixel.quantserve.com/pixel/p-8bUhLiluj0fAw.gif?labels=pub.29518.rss.News.18630,cat.News.rss"/> David Weber, Southwest Expert, Dies at 69 Mr. Weber wrote about the history of the borderlands between present-day Mexico and the United States, examining cultural, political and military interactions.<br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/> <br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/> <a href="http://ads.pheedo.com/click.phdo?s=f93118a0c50569e989259a5c60eff2fe&p=1"><img alt="" style="border: 0;" border="0" src="http://ads.pheedo.com/img.phdo?s=f93118a0c50569e989259a5c60eff2fe&p=1"/></a> <img alt="" height="0" width="0" border="0" style="display:none" src="http://segment-pixel.invitemedia.com/pixel?code=News&partnerID=167&key=segment"/><img alt="" height="0" width="0" border="0" style="display:none" src="http://pixel.quantserve.com/pixel/p-8bUhLiluj0fAw.gif?labels=pub.29518.rss.News.18630,cat.News.rss"/> Satoshi Kon, Anime Filmmaker, Dies at 46 Mr. Kon was a Japanese filmmaker and comic-book artist whose dazzling visual compositions won him a devoted following.<br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/> <br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/> <a href="http://ads.pheedo.com/click.phdo?s=6182dfdd694c0a116c40af6861885748&p=1"><img alt="" style="border: 0;" border="0" src="http://ads.pheedo.com/img.phdo?s=6182dfdd694c0a116c40af6861885748&p=1"/></a> <img alt="" height="0" width="0" border="0" style="display:none" src="http://segment-pixel.invitemedia.com/pixel?code=News&partnerID=167&key=segment"/><img alt="" height="0" width="0" border="0" style="display:none" src="http://pixel.quantserve.com/pixel/p-8bUhLiluj0fAw.gif?labels=pub.29518.rss.News.18630,cat.News.rss"/> David Rowland, Maker of a Tidily Stacked Chair, Dies at 86 Mr. Rowland’s invention, which was an alternative to the folding chair, made it possible to store many chairs in a small space.<br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/> <br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/> <a href="http://ads.pheedo.com/click.phdo?s=134ce06fdfe0c4bf7f5eadc5d67588e8&p=1"><img alt="" style="border: 0;" border="0" src="http://ads.pheedo.com/img.phdo?s=134ce06fdfe0c4bf7f5eadc5d67588e8&p=1"/></a> <img alt="" height="0" width="0" border="0" style="display:none" src="http://segment-pixel.invitemedia.com/pixel?code=News&partnerID=167&key=segment"/><img alt="" height="0" width="0" border="0" style="display:none" src="http://pixel.quantserve.com/pixel/p-8bUhLiluj0fAw.gif?labels=pub.29518.rss.News.18630,cat.News.rss"/> Benjamin Kaplan, Crucial Figure in Nazi Trials, Dies at 99 Mr. Kaplan, a state supreme court judge, helped craft the indictment of the Nazi war criminals who were tried at Nuremberg while an officer in the Army.<br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/> <br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/> <a href="http://ads.pheedo.com/click.phdo?s=d3714b14612f4b7db1c9596009c80022&p=1"><img alt="" style="border: 0;" border="0" src="http://ads.pheedo.com/img.phdo?s=d3714b14612f4b7db1c9596009c80022&p=1"/></a> <img alt="" height="0" width="0" border="0" style="display:none" src="http://segment-pixel.invitemedia.com/pixel?code=News&partnerID=167&key=segment"/><img alt="" height="0" width="0" border="0" style="display:none" src="http://pixel.quantserve.com/pixel/p-8bUhLiluj0fAw.gif?labels=pub.29518.rss.News.18630,cat.News.rss"/> Marcel Albert, Air Ace of France in World War II, Dies at 92 Mr. Albert was one of the leading French fighter pilots of World War II, flying Soviet-built planes against the Nazis on the Eastern front.<br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/> <br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/> <a href="http://ads.pheedo.com/click.phdo?s=2d0f91426fd1ded413840fad4b090bdd&p=1"><img alt="" style="border: 0;" border="0" src="http://ads.pheedo.com/img.phdo?s=2d0f91426fd1ded413840fad4b090bdd&p=1"/></a> <img alt="" height="0" width="0" border="0" style="display:none" src="http://segment-pixel.invitemedia.com/pixel?code=News&partnerID=167&key=segment"/><img alt="" height="0" width="0" border="0" style="display:none" src="http://pixel.quantserve.com/pixel/p-8bUhLiluj0fAw.gif?labels=pub.29518.rss.News.18630,cat.News.rss"/> William Saxbe, Attorney General During Watergate Inquiry, Dies at 94 Mr. Saxbe, a blunt-spoken Republican maverick from Ohio, was a Nixon appointee who as attorney general presided during the Watergate inquiry.<br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/> <br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/> <a href="http://ads.pheedo.com/click.phdo?s=1dede70c0e7c002b692a7c107d9e496d&p=1"><img alt="" style="border: 0;" border="0" src="http://ads.pheedo.com/img.phdo?s=1dede70c0e7c002b692a7c107d9e496d&p=1"/></a> <img alt="" height="0" width="0" border="0" style="display:none" src="http://segment-pixel.invitemedia.com/pixel?code=News&partnerID=167&key=segment"/><img alt="" height="0" width="0" border="0" style="display:none" src="http://pixel.quantserve.com/pixel/p-8bUhLiluj0fAw.gif?labels=pub.29518.rss.News.18630,cat.News.rss"/> Gheorghe Apostol, Romanian Communist Who Criticized Ceausescu, Dies at 97 A former party leader, Mr. Apostol gained international attention by publicly criticizing Nicolae Ceausescu in 1989, shortly before the dictator’s overthrow and execution.<br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/> <br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/> <a href="http://ads.pheedo.com/click.phdo?s=f7d02a83837a6a7076c3e5c42c0cc03c&p=1"><img alt="" style="border: 0;" border="0" src="http://ads.pheedo.com/img.phdo?s=f7d02a83837a6a7076c3e5c42c0cc03c&p=1"/></a> <img alt="" height="0" width="0" border="0" style="display:none" src="http://segment-pixel.invitemedia.com/pixel?code=News&partnerID=167&key=segment"/><img alt="" height="0" width="0" border="0" style="display:none" src="http://pixel.quantserve.com/pixel/p-8bUhLiluj0fAw.gif?labels=pub.29518.rss.News.18630,cat.News.rss"/> John Holusha, a Writer for The Times, Dies at 67 Mr. Holusha reported on business subjects, including the automobile industry and real estate, for nearly three decades.<br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/> <br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/> <a href="http://ads.pheedo.com/click.phdo?s=fc9f1213e7df302e1852d9e21b11b69b&p=1"><img alt="" style="border: 0;" border="0" src="http://ads.pheedo.com/img.phdo?s=fc9f1213e7df302e1852d9e21b11b69b&p=1"/></a> <img alt="" height="0" width="0" border="0" style="display:none" src="http://segment-pixel.invitemedia.com/pixel?code=News&partnerID=167&key=segment"/><img alt="" height="0" width="0" border="0" style="display:none" src="http://pixel.quantserve.com/pixel/p-8bUhLiluj0fAw.gif?labels=pub.29518.rss.News.18630,cat.News.rss"/> Thomas White Jr., City Councilman From Queens, Dies at 71 Mr. White pushed for economic development and was a champion of women and minority business owners.<br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/> <br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/> <a href="http://ads.pheedo.com/click.phdo?s=22f97951547c3b291804721220c6fe8f&p=1"><img alt="" style="border: 0;" border="0" src="http://ads.pheedo.com/img.phdo?s=22f97951547c3b291804721220c6fe8f&p=1"/></a> <img alt="" height="0" width="0" border="0" style="display:none" src="http://segment-pixel.invitemedia.com/pixel?code=News&partnerID=167&key=segment"/><img alt="" height="0" width="0" border="0" style="display:none" src="http://pixel.quantserve.com/pixel/p-8bUhLiluj0fAw.gif?labels=pub.29518.rss.News.18630,cat.News.rss"/> Edward Kean, Chief Writer of ‘Howdy Doody,’ Dies at 85 Mr. Kean, the chief writer of “The Howdy Doody Show” and the man behind its theme song’s lyrics, once said he was probably best known for coining the word “cowabunga.”<br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/> <br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/> <a href="http://ads.pheedo.com/click.phdo?s=43d928cba16b21071c88ce6bd339bbb3&p=1"><img alt="" style="border: 0;" border="0" src="http://ads.pheedo.com/img.phdo?s=43d928cba16b21071c88ce6bd339bbb3&p=1"/></a> <img alt="" height="0" width="0" border="0" style="display:none" src="http://segment-pixel.invitemedia.com/pixel?code=News&partnerID=167&key=segment"/><img alt="" height="0" width="0" border="0" style="display:none" src="http://pixel.quantserve.com/pixel/p-8bUhLiluj0fAw.gif?labels=pub.29518.rss.News.18630,cat.News.rss"/> Christoph Schlingensief, Artistic Provocateur, Dies at 49 Mr. Schlingensief, a German filmmaker, theater director and all-purpose gadfly, waged a tireless assault on received opinion in the arts and politics.<br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/> <br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/> <a href="http://ads.pheedo.com/click.phdo?s=fc23d3fbea5358202c1c25fdea08fad4&p=1"><img alt="" style="border: 0;" border="0" src="http://ads.pheedo.com/img.phdo?s=fc23d3fbea5358202c1c25fdea08fad4&p=1"/></a> <img alt="" height="0" width="0" border="0" style="display:none" src="http://segment-pixel.invitemedia.com/pixel?code=News&partnerID=167&key=segment"/><img alt="" height="0" width="0" border="0" style="display:none" src="http://pixel.quantserve.com/pixel/p-8bUhLiluj0fAw.gif?labels=pub.29518.rss.News.18630,cat.News.rss"/> Dr. James M. Tanner, an Expert in How Children Grow, Is Dead at 90 Dr. Tanner was a pediatrician who developed standards that helped define what constitutes normal growth.<br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/> <br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/> <a href="http://ads.pheedo.com/click.phdo?s=c4f4e37fe7893648cab9952d6c5d0d5c&p=1"><img alt="" style="border: 0;" border="0" src="http://ads.pheedo.com/img.phdo?s=c4f4e37fe7893648cab9952d6c5d0d5c&p=1"/></a> <img alt="" height="0" width="0" border="0" style="display:none" src="http://segment-pixel.invitemedia.com/pixel?code=News&partnerID=167&key=segment"/><img alt="" height="0" width="0" border="0" style="display:none" src="http://pixel.quantserve.com/pixel/p-8bUhLiluj0fAw.gif?labels=pub.29518.rss.News.18630,cat.News.rss"/> George David Weiss, Writer of Hit Pop Songs, Dies at 89 Mr. Weiss was a songwriter whose credits include “The Lion Sleeps Tonight’ and “What a Wonderful World.”<br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/> <br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/> <a href="http://ads.pheedo.com/click.phdo?s=9cf30322ba5fa0369e816730bbc3e6e7&p=1"><img alt="" style="border: 0;" border="0" src="http://ads.pheedo.com/img.phdo?s=9cf30322ba5fa0369e816730bbc3e6e7&p=1"/></a> <img alt="" height="0" width="0" border="0" style="display:none" src="http://segment-pixel.invitemedia.com/pixel?code=News&partnerID=167&key=segment"/><img alt="" height="0" width="0" border="0" style="display:none" src="http://pixel.quantserve.com/pixel/p-8bUhLiluj0fAw.gif?labels=pub.29518.rss.News.18630,cat.News.rss"/> Robert W. Gundlach, Leading Xerox Inventor, Dies at 84 Mr. Gundlach had 155 patents to his name on behalf of Xerox when he retired in 1995, including a crucial innovation in offset duplicating.<br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/> <br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/> <a href="http://ads.pheedo.com/click.phdo?s=0a420328ff539bdb4665dad526eefb2f&p=1"><img alt="" style="border: 0;" border="0" src="http://ads.pheedo.com/img.phdo?s=0a420328ff539bdb4665dad526eefb2f&p=1"/></a> <img alt="" height="0" width="0" border="0" style="display:none" src="http://segment-pixel.invitemedia.com/pixel?code=News&partnerID=167&key=segment"/><img alt="" height="0" width="0" border="0" style="display:none" src="http://pixel.quantserve.com/pixel/p-8bUhLiluj0fAw.gif?labels=pub.29518.rss.News.18630,cat.News.rss"/> O. Ivar Lovaas, Pioneer in Developing Therapies for Autism, Dies at 83 A psychologist who developed widely used therapies for children with autism, and who helped change the treatment and the perception of the condition.<br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/> <br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/> <a href="http://ads.pheedo.com/click.phdo?s=b5d3b6035ca9e092890182d4b9e2b548&p=1"><img alt="" style="border: 0;" border="0" src="http://ads.pheedo.com/img.phdo?s=b5d3b6035ca9e092890182d4b9e2b548&p=1"/></a> <img alt="" height="0" width="0" border="0" style="display:none" src="http://segment-pixel.invitemedia.com/pixel?code=News&partnerID=167&key=segment"/><img alt="" height="0" width="0" border="0" style="display:none" src="http://pixel.quantserve.com/pixel/p-8bUhLiluj0fAw.gif?labels=pub.29518.rss.News.18630,cat.News.rss"/> Harold Dow, ‘48 Hours’ Correspondent, Dies at 62 Mr. Dow was an Emmy-winning CBS News correspondent who helped shape the documentary program “48 Hours” and covered the kidnapping of Patricia Hearst.<br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/> <br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/> <a href="http://ads.pheedo.com/click.phdo?s=f0c69db1f8f69f00c025d1667e1a4511&p=1"><img alt="" style="border: 0;" border="0" src="http://ads.pheedo.com/img.phdo?s=f0c69db1f8f69f00c025d1667e1a4511&p=1"/></a> <img alt="" height="0" width="0" border="0" style="display:none" src="http://segment-pixel.invitemedia.com/pixel?code=News&partnerID=167&key=segment"/><img alt="" height="0" width="0" border="0" style="display:none" src="http://pixel.quantserve.com/pixel/p-8bUhLiluj0fAw.gif?labels=pub.29518.rss.News.18630,cat.News.rss"/> Harrison Price, a Planner of Disney Parks, Dies at 89 Mr. Price helped plan various Disney amusement parks, and also worked with SeaWorld, Knott’s Berry Farm and Six Flags.<br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/> <br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/> <a href="http://ads.pheedo.com/click.phdo?s=b9f7a28953ea616d940f3d92c4c135ee&p=1"><img alt="" style="border: 0;" border="0" src="http://ads.pheedo.com/img.phdo?s=b9f7a28953ea616d940f3d92c4c135ee&p=1"/></a> <img alt="" height="0" width="0" border="0" style="display:none" src="http://segment-pixel.invitemedia.com/pixel?code=News&partnerID=167&key=segment"/><img alt="" height="0" width="0" border="0" style="display:none" src="http://pixel.quantserve.com/pixel/p-8bUhLiluj0fAw.gif?labels=pub.29518.rss.News.18630,cat.News.rss"/> Roy Pinney, Man of Snakes, Baby Photos and Adventure, Is Dead at 98 Mr. Pinney, who held many distinctions as a writer, journalist and snake lover, was once described as “a hard man to pin down” because of his achievements.<br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/> <br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/> <a href="http://ads.pheedo.com/click.phdo?s=67e1b8ba87e7510697ea8f0c537563e3&p=1"><img alt="" style="border: 0;" border="0" src="http://ads.pheedo.com/img.phdo?s=67e1b8ba87e7510697ea8f0c537563e3&p=1"/></a> <img alt="" height="0" width="0" border="0" style="display:none" src="http://segment-pixel.invitemedia.com/pixel?code=News&partnerID=167&key=segment"/><img alt="" height="0" width="0" border="0" style="display:none" src="http://pixel.quantserve.com/pixel/p-8bUhLiluj0fAw.gif?labels=pub.29518.rss.News.18630,cat.News.rss"/> Mario Obledo, Hispanic Rights Leader, Dies at 78 Mr. Obledo was a founder and leader of major Hispanic-American organizations and served as California’s secretary of health and welfare.<br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/> <br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/> <a href="http://ads.pheedo.com/click.phdo?s=d8a7584b50443b86b3815b2d7919f252&p=1"><img alt="" style="border: 0;" border="0" src="http://ads.pheedo.com/img.phdo?s=d8a7584b50443b86b3815b2d7919f252&p=1"/></a> <img alt="" height="0" width="0" border="0" style="display:none" src="http://segment-pixel.invitemedia.com/pixel?code=News&partnerID=167&key=segment"/><img alt="" height="0" width="0" border="0" style="display:none" src="http://pixel.quantserve.com/pixel/p-8bUhLiluj0fAw.gif?labels=pub.29518.rss.News.18630,cat.News.rss"/> Bill Millin, Scottish D-Day Piper, Dies at 88 Mr. Millin, who was asked to play the bagpipes as British troops landed in Normandy, was immortalized in the movie “The Longest Day.”<br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/> <br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/> <a href="http://ads.pheedo.com/click.phdo?s=f0a63bc48725a6b130f0fd113c871102&p=1"><img alt="" style="border: 0;" border="0" src="http://ads.pheedo.com/img.phdo?s=f0a63bc48725a6b130f0fd113c871102&p=1"/></a> <img alt="" height="0" width="0" border="0" style="display:none" src="http://segment-pixel.invitemedia.com/pixel?code=News&partnerID=167&key=segment"/><img alt="" height="0" width="0" border="0" style="display:none" src="http://pixel.quantserve.com/pixel/p-8bUhLiluj0fAw.gif?labels=pub.29518.rss.News.18630,cat.News.rss"/> Harold Connolly, Who Beat Odds in Olympics and Romance, Dies at 79 Mr. Connolly won the hammer throw at the 1956 Olympics despite a withered left arm, and later married the women’s discus champion.<br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/> <br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/> <a href="http://ads.pheedo.com/click.phdo?s=58624c3f6a01367c73f21d2cad4680a9&p=1"><img alt="" style="border: 0;" border="0" src="http://ads.pheedo.com/img.phdo?s=58624c3f6a01367c73f21d2cad4680a9&p=1"/></a> <img alt="" height="0" width="0" border="0" style="display:none" src="http://segment-pixel.invitemedia.com/pixel?code=News&partnerID=167&key=segment"/><img alt="" height="0" width="0" border="0" style="display:none" src="http://pixel.quantserve.com/pixel/p-8bUhLiluj0fAw.gif?labels=pub.29518.rss.News.18630,cat.News.rss"/> Frank Kermode, a Critic Who Wrote With Style, Is Dead at 90 Mr. Kermode was a professor at English and American universities who wrote or edited more than 50 books and who was knighted for his work.<br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/> <br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/> <a href="http://ads.pheedo.com/click.phdo?s=418e6b15a4a685cffdb9f2fa4edf36c1&p=1"><img alt="" style="border: 0;" border="0" src="http://ads.pheedo.com/img.phdo?s=418e6b15a4a685cffdb9f2fa4edf36c1&p=1"/></a> <img alt="" height="0" width="0" border="0" style="display:none" src="http://segment-pixel.invitemedia.com/pixel?code=News&partnerID=167&key=segment"/><img alt="" height="0" width="0" border="0" style="display:none" src="http://pixel.quantserve.com/pixel/p-8bUhLiluj0fAw.gif?labels=pub.29518.rss.News.18630,cat.News.rss"/> Amin al-Hindi, Former Palestinian Intelligence Chief, Dies at 70 Mr. Hindi was an associate of Yasir Arafat who was widely suspected of having played an organizing role in the deadly attack on Israeli athletes at the 1972 Munich Olympics.<br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/> <br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/> <a href="http://ads.pheedo.com/click.phdo?s=c1e74010d39e2ed9779f2ee448cd47c3&p=1"><img alt="" style="border: 0;" border="0" src="http://ads.pheedo.com/img.phdo?s=c1e74010d39e2ed9779f2ee448cd47c3&p=1"/></a> <img alt="" height="0" width="0" border="0" style="display:none" src="http://segment-pixel.invitemedia.com/pixel?code=News&partnerID=167&key=segment"/><img alt="" height="0" width="0" border="0" style="display:none" src="http://pixel.quantserve.com/pixel/p-8bUhLiluj0fAw.gif?labels=pub.29518.rss.News.18630,cat.News.rss"/> Herman Leonard Dies at 87; His Photos Visualized Jazz Mr. Leonard’s photos, discovered years later, chronicled the postwar jazz scene.<br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/> <br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/> <a href="http://ads.pheedo.com/click.phdo?s=bc7e9f737498c47d04c87674c83bf1c3&p=1"><img alt="" style="border: 0;" border="0" src="http://ads.pheedo.com/img.phdo?s=bc7e9f737498c47d04c87674c83bf1c3&p=1"/></a> <img alt="" height="0" width="0" border="0" style="display:none" src="http://segment-pixel.invitemedia.com/pixel?code=News&partnerID=167&key=segment"/><img alt="" height="0" width="0" border="0" style="display:none" src="http://pixel.quantserve.com/pixel/p-8bUhLiluj0fAw.gif?labels=pub.29518.rss.News.18630,cat.News.rss"/> Bobby Thomson Dies at 86; Hit Epic Home Run Thomson’s 1951 “shot heard round the world” endures as perhaps the most dramatic play in baseball history.<br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/> <br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/> <a href="http://ads.pheedo.com/click.phdo?s=dfcf08d701f69fb7c6766b38069273de&p=1"><img alt="" style="border: 0;" border="0" src="http://ads.pheedo.com/img.phdo?s=dfcf08d701f69fb7c6766b38069273de&p=1"/></a> <img alt="" height="0" width="0" border="0" style="display:none" src="http://segment-pixel.invitemedia.com/pixel?code=News&partnerID=167&key=segment"/><img alt="" height="0" width="0" border="0" style="display:none" src="http://pixel.quantserve.com/pixel/p-8bUhLiluj0fAw.gif?labels=pub.29518.rss.News.18630,cat.News.rss"/> Sports of The Times: ‘Shot Heard Round the World’ Was Just a Homer to Thomson
Bobby Thomson, who died Monday, was adamant that he wasn’t tipped off to the pitch he hit for a three-run home run to win the 1951 pennant for the New York Giants.<br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/> <br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/> <a href="http://ads.pheedo.com/click.phdo?s=42656a9bef821f6a5a85606dfcfbf583&p=1"><img alt="" style="border: 0;" border="0" src="http://ads.pheedo.com/img.phdo?s=42656a9bef821f6a5a85606dfcfbf583&p=1"/></a> <img alt="" height="0" width="0" border="0" style="display:none" src="http://segment-pixel.invitemedia.com/pixel?code=News&partnerID=167&key=segment"/><img alt="" height="0" width="0" border="0" style="display:none" src="http://pixel.quantserve.com/pixel/p-8bUhLiluj0fAw.gif?labels=pub.29518.rss.News.18630,cat.News.rss"/> |