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Maureen Flavin Sweeney, Whose Weather Report Delayed D-Day, Dies at 100
She helped save General Eisenhower’s invasion from potential disaster, enabling the Allies to gain a foothold in France that proved essential to victory in World...
Paula Murphy, Once ‘the Fastest Woman on Wheels,’ Dies at 95
She proved that women could gain fame as speed demons on land by setting records on the Bonneville Salt Flats and on the nation’s racetracks.
Lionel Dahmer, Who Agonized About Raising a Serial Killer, Dies at 87
The father of Jeffrey Dahmer, he wrote a memoir that one reviewer said sought to “peer not just into the soul of his son but...
Suzanne Somers, Star of ‘Three’s Company,’ Is Dead at 76
She became famous for playing, as she put it, “one of the best dumb blondes that’s ever been done,” then became a sex-positive health and...
Marilyn Lovell, Astronaut’s Wife in the Spotlight, Dies at 93
She embodied the glamour and the hardship of being married to an American hero. Her husband, Jim Lovell, was the captain of the ill-fated Apollo...
Christine King Farris, Last Sibling of Martin Luther King Jr., Dies at 95
She supported him during the civil rights movement and promoted his legacy after he was assassinated.
Retired Cabdriver Works to Bring Recognition to Bangladeshi War Veterans
From freedom fighter to war hero to business leader to immigrant cabdriver, one man’s quest to keep his past alive in a new land.
Ted Kaczynski, ‘Unabomber’ Who Attacked Modern Life, Dies at 81
Alone in a shack in the Montana wilderness, he fashioned homemade bombs and launched a violent one-man campaign to destroy industrial society.
Mark Gietzen, 69, Dies; Zealous Lieutenant in the Anti-Abortion Movement
He helped make Kansas a staging ground for the nation’s abortion debate, but failed to overturn the state’s recent vote in favor of abortion rights.
Vida Blue, Pitching Sensation for Champion A’s Teams, Dies at 73
In his rookie season in 1971, he was an unstoppable fastball pitcher. Then he had a fight with the owner of the Athletics that left...
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