Nikolai Antoshkin, Who Helped Halt Chernobyl Disaster, Dies at 78
MOSCOW — Gen. Nikolai T. Antoshkin, the commander of a perilous helicopter firefighting operation in which he and other pilots
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Phil Spector, Music Producer Known for the ‘Wall of Sound,’ Dies at 81
Phil Spector, one of the most influential and successful record producers in rock ’n’ roll, who generated a string of
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Sylvain Sylvain of the Proto-Punk Band New York Dolls Dies at 69
The band made a quick splash but within a few years had dissolved, leaving only two albums from its heyday,
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Alan Canfora, Who Carried Wounds From Kent State, Dies at 71
A forensic analysis of the audio file commissioned by The Plain Dealer of Cleveland confirmed that a voice on the
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George Whitmore, Climber Who Vanquished El Capitan, Dies at 89
Early on the morning of Nov. 12, 1958, George Whitmore, Warren Harding and Wayne Merry accomplished something many climbers considered
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Marsha Zazula, ‘Metal Matriarch’ of Metallica and Others, Dies at 68
“Marsha and I would go to bars and change all the fliers every two to three days,” Mr. Zazula wrote
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Kim Tschang-Yeul, 91, Dies; Painted Water Drops Swollen With Meaning
SEOUL — Kim Tschang-Yeul, who devoted a half century to creating luminous paintings of water drops that are informed by
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Tom Lankford, 85, Dies; Southern Journalist With Divided Loyalties
On one occasion, those ties probably saved his life. During the assault on the Freedom Riders in Birmingham, a group
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Debra Ivory, Smiling Owner of a Barbecue Haven, Dies at 62
This obituary is part of a series about people who have died in the coronavirus pandemic. Read about others here.
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Shirley Abrahamson, Trailblazing Wisconsin Judge, Dies at 87
Shirley Abrahamson, an indefatigable jurist known for her activist voice and tart dissents who was the first woman on the
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