Clemens Kalischer, 97, Refugee Photographer of Humanity, Dies
He escaped war-torn Europe, had a lucky break in New York and then defined himself by remaining invisible behind the camera.
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CreditAgence France-Presse — Getty Images Yvette Horner, France’s Star Accordionist, Is Dead at 95
She came to fame entertaining in the caravan that accompanies the Tour de France. In recent decades she achieved a kitschy cool.
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CreditDorothy Hurt William Reese, Leading Seller of Rare Books, Is Dead at 62
For nearly 40 years, Mr. Reese shaped tastes, cultivated collectors and advised museums and libraries from his by-appointment-only store in New Haven.
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CreditReuters Stephen Reid, Gentleman Bank Robber Turned Writer, Dies at 68
Mr. Reid, a member of the Stop Watch Gang, later found success as a writer, but he was never able to fully leave his past behind.
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CreditJim Klepitsch/Sun-Times George N. Leighton, Lawyer Who Fought Segregation, Dies at 105
Mr. Leighton overcame systemic discrimination to serve as a state and federal judge, eventually becoming a fixture in Chicago’s legal community.
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CreditBob Fitch Photography Archive, Department of Special Collections, Stanford University Libraries Dorothy Cotton, Rights Champion and Close Aide to King, Dies at 88
Ms. Cotton was a leading campaigner for voting rights in the Deep South and was with Dr. King in Memphis during his final hours.
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CreditThe Virginian-Pilot, via Associated Press Anne Donovan, a Power in Women’s Basketball, Dies at 56
A dominating college player in the early 1980s, she went on to win championships as a coach in the W.N.B.A. and the Summer Olympics.
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CreditMario Tama/Gettty Images D.J. Fontana, 87, Elvis Presley’s Longtime Drummer, Is Dead
He was the first drummer in Presley’s band, helping to shape the early sound of rock ’n’ roll, and played with him for 14 years.
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CreditUnited News/Popperfoto, via Getty Images Leslie Grantham, “EastEnders” Villain, Is Dead at 71
As the unscrupulous, adulterous Dirty Den Watts, Mr. Grantham provided the long-running British soap opera with many of its most dramatic plots.
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She brought a scientific approach to cooking, taught countless women marketable skills and wrote a cookbook that defined American food for the 20th century.
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Credit Overlooked No More: How One Woman Shook Up the Abolitionist Movement
“We should do more and talk less.” With that statement Mary Ann Shadd Cary questioned the anti-slavery establishment and helped define a new role for black women. But her work didn’t end there.
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Credit Overlooked No More: The Russian Icon Who Was Hanged for Killing a Czar
Sophia Perovskaya, an aristocrat, was executed for a political crime after leading the 1881 assassination of Czar Alexander II.
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Credit Overlooked No More: She Followed a Trail to Wyoming. Then She Blazed One.
The Western territory made history in 1869 by giving women the right to vote. When Esther Morris became justice of the peace a few months later, she made history as well.
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Credit Overlooked No More: Margarita Xirgu, Theater Radical Who Staged Lorca’s Plays
The Spanish film star and theater director was known for taking chances in her politics, in her private life and on the stage.
