Deaths (Obituaries) – Page 47

The Rev. Timothy Keller, Pioneering Manhattan Evangelist, Dies at 72

Shunning fire and brimstone, he became a best-selling author and founded Redeemer Presbyterian Church, which drew young New Yorkers.

Mr. Rourke was a key, if habitually unsung, part of the influential British band’s success. He died in New York of pancreatic cancer.

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.

With a fortune made in real estate, he went into the media business in a landmark leveraged buyout of the Tribune Company in 2007. Bankruptcy ensued.

As a journalist in Mississippi, he championed civil rights. He later became the face of the U.S. government during the Iranian hostage crisis.