Martin E. Marty, a pre-eminent religious historian, prolific author, dependable exponent of mainstream Protestantism and staunch champion of pluralism, died on Tuesday in Minneapolis. He […]
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Rose Girone, Oldest Holocaust Survivor, Dies at 113
Rose Girone was eight months pregnant and living in Breslau, Germany, in 1938 when her husband was sent to the Buchenwald concentration camp. She secured […]
Clint Hill, Who Sprang to Kennedys’ Side as Shots Were Fired, Dies at 93
Clint Hill, the Secret Service agent who leaped onto President John F. Kennedy’s limousine as it came under fire in Dallas and prevented a scrambling […]
Alvin F. Poussaint, Pioneering Expert on Black Mental Health, Dies at 90
Alvin F. Poussaint, a psychiatrist who, after providing medical care to the civil rights movement in 1960s Mississippi, went on to play a leading role […]
Frank G. Wisner, Diplomat With Impact on Foreign Policy, Dies at 86
Frank G. Wisner, a veteran American diplomat, Washington insider and foreign affairs specialist who relished the prestige of ambassadorial life as much as the back-channel […]
William R. Lucas, Official Blamed in Challenger Tragedy, Dies at 102
William R. Lucas, who oversaw development of rockets for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration and shouldered much of the institutional blame for the catastrophic […]
Thomas Gaither, Who Chose Jail After Civil Rights Sit-ins, Dies at 86
The sit-in movement that began at a whites-only lunch counter in Greensboro, N.C., in 1960 and soon spread to other cities, pricking the nation’s conscience […]
Rick Kuhn, 69, Dies; Convicted in a College Gambling Scandal
Rick Kuhn, a Boston College basketball player who was convicted for taking part in a headline-making point-shaving scandal that was largely organized by Henry Hill, […]
Richard Hays, 76, Dies; Theologian Who Had Stunning Change of Heart
For decades, conservative Christians opposed to homosexuality cited the Bible scholarship of Richard B. Hays, the dean of Duke Divinity School, who provided a full-on […]
Charles Person, Youngest of the Original Freedom Riders, Dies at 82
Charles Person, the youngest of the 13 original Freedom Riders who traveled from Washington to Birmingham, Ala., in 1961 in an effort to integrate interstate […]