She missed a shot at Woodstock glory. But she recorded well-received albums under her own name and worked with Frank Zappa, Jerry Garcia and others.
Tag: Deaths (Obituaries)
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Yacouba Sawadogo, African Farmer Who Held Back the Desert, Dies at 77
Against the odds, facing the encroaching Sahara, he built a forest in Burkina Faso, becoming “a national hero” and winning acclaim abroad for his innovations.
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Robert M. Solow, Groundbreaking Economist and Nobelist, Dies at 99
His elegant work established that the main determinant of economic growth was technology, not growing capital and labor.
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Bob Pardo, Pilot in Daring Rescue in Vietnam War, Dies at 89
In an extraordinary act of aerial ballet, he helped a fellow pilot whose plane had become compromised until they could be safely rescued.