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Tag: Deaths (Obituaries)
William H. Luers, Diplomat Who Backed Czech Dissident Leader, Dies at 95
Mr. Luers doubled the museum’s endowment, modernized its financial systems, enlarged its staff to 1,800 full-time employees, secured the $1 billion Walter Annenberg collection of […]
George Ryan, Illinois Governor Who Halted Prison Executions, Dies at 91
In 2004, the investigation reached Mr. Ryan: He was accused of accepting $167,000 in cash, vacations and gifts for himself, his family and friends. Indicted […]
Alexis Herman, First Black Secretary of Labor, Dies at 77
Alexis Herman, a Democratic Party insider who grew up under segregation in Alabama and went on to become the first Black secretary of labor, a […]
Leonard Zeskind, Researcher Who Foresaw Rise of White Nationalism, Dies at 75
Leonard Zeskind, a dogged tracker of right-wing hate groups, who foresaw before almost anyone else that anti-immigrant ideologies would move to the mainstream of American […]
Theodore McCarrick, Cardinal Accused of Sexual Abuse, Dies at 94
Patrick Noaker, a lawyer for the man, said that in 1971, his client had been a student at Cathedral Preparatory School and Seminary in Queens, […]
J. Bennett Johnston, Who Shaped U.S. Energy Policy, Dies at 92
J. Bennett Johnston Jr., a Louisiana Democrat and four-term United States senator who helped shape America’s energy and science policies in an era of rising […]
Mia Love, First Black Republican Woman Elected to Congress, Dies at 49
Mia Love, the first Black Republican woman elected to Congress, who served from 2015 to 2019, died on Sunday at her home in Utah. She […]
Nita Lowey, Tenacious New York Representative, Dies at 87
Nita M. Lowey, who represented a congressional district based in Westchester County for 32 years, ardently supporting liberal causes and playing a key role in […]
Sylvester Turner, Congressman and Former Houston Mayor, Dies at 70
Sylvester Turner, a former mayor of Houston who was sworn in as a U.S. representative in January, died on Wednesday in Washington. He was 70 […]