Orlando Cepeda, Baseball Star Known as the Baby Bull, Dies at 86
Only the second Puerto Rican native elected to the Hall of Fame, he hit 379 home runs but later served time in prison on a drug-smuggling charge.
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CreditAssociated Press Ann Lurie, Nurse Who Became a Prominent Philanthropist, Is Dead at 79
A former hippie who chafed at wealth, she married a Chicago real estate titan and, after his death, donated hundreds of millions in her adopted city and beyond.
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CreditDaniel Boczarski/Getty Images for Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago Martin Mull, Comic Actor Who Rose to Fame on ‘Mary Hartman,’ Dies at 80
Mr. Mull, who was also an artist and a musician, had a long list of credits that included the sitcoms “Roseanne” and “Veep.”
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CreditEverett Collection Doris Allen, Analyst Who Saw the Tet Offensive Coming, Is Dead at 97
Her warning of a big buildup of enemy troops poised to attack South Vietnam in 1968 was ignored, a major U.S. Army intelligence failure during the war.
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Paul Sperry, Tenor Who Specialized in American Song, Dies at 90
He carved out a niche by singing the music of living composers from his own country. He was praised by critics at home and abroad.
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CreditVictor Parker Kinky Friedman, 79, Dies; Musician and Humorist Slew Sacred Cows
He and his band, the Texas Jewboys, won acclaim for their satirical takes on American culture. He later wrote detective novels and ran for governor of Texas.
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CreditPaul Sequeira, via Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images Jamie Kellner, TV Executive Who Started Fox and WB, Dies at 77
With an emphasis on younger viewers, he established the networks as serious rivals to ABC, CBS and NBC, which had ruled television for nearly 40 years.
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CreditJavier Mendoza/Associated Press Buzz Cason, Songwriter Best Known for ‘Everlasting Love,’ Dies at 84
As a performer, he was a leading figure in the early days of Nashville rock ’n’ roll. He later found success as a writer, producer and publisher.
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CreditCountry Music Hall of Fame and Museum Bill Cobbs, ‘Bodyguard’ and ‘Night at the Museum’ Actor, Dies at 90
He was not a Hollywood household name. But his face was one anyone who watched TV or movies over the past several decades could recognize.
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More in Overlooked ›Overlooked No More: Otto Lucas, ‘God in the Hat World’
His designs made it onto the covers of fashion magazines and onto the heads of celebrities like Greta Garbo. His business closed after he died in a plane crash.
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CreditEvening Standard, via Hulton Archive/Getty Images Overlooked No More: Lorenza Böttner, Transgender Artist Who Found Beauty in Disability
Böttner, whose specialty was self-portraiture, celebrated her armless body in paintings she created with her mouth and feet while dancing in public.
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Creditvia Leslie-Lohman Museum of Art Overlooked No More: Hansa Mehta, Who Fought for Women’s Equality in India and Beyond
For Mehta, women’s rights were human rights, and in all her endeavors she took women’s participation in public and political realms to new heights.
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Creditvia Mehta family Overlooked No More: Bill Hosokawa, Journalist Who Chronicled Japanese American History
He fought prejudice and incarceration during World War II to lead a successful career, becoming one of the first editors of color at a metropolitan newspaper.
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CreditCloyd Teter/The Denver Post, via Getty Images Overlooked No More: Min Matheson, Labor Leader Who Faced Down Mobsters
As director of the International Ladies’ Garment Workers’ Union, she fought for better working wages and conditions while wresting control from the mob.
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Elaine Schwartz, Longtime Principal of an Innovative School, Dies at 92
A co-founder of the Center School in Manhattan, she implemented once-radical ideas that put the students first. She retired four decades later, at 91.
By Clay Risen
Shahjahan Bhuiya, Bangladeshi Executioner Turned TikTok Star, Is Dead
He hanged high-profile inmates in exchange for a reduction in his own robbery and murder sentences, and became a social media sensation after his release.
By Saif Hasnat and Yan Zhuang
Kaz Hosaka, 65, Dies; Led Two Poodles to Westminster Glory
He began handling dogs in his native Japan and then became a poodle specialist, leading Spice and Sage to Best in Show victories.
By Richard Sandomir
Russell Morash, ‘This Old House’ and ‘The French Chef’ Producer, Dies at 88
Hailed as a pioneer of D.I.Y. programming, he oversaw groundbreaking how-to shows on public television in the days before HGTV and YouTube.
By Alex Williams
Tom Prasada-Rao, Whose Song Elegized George Floyd, Dies at 66
His 2020 lament “$20 Bill” was covered by scores of artists and, a fellow musician said, might well be destined for the folk music canon.
By Penelope Green
Seth Binzer, cantante de Crazy Town conocido como ‘Shifty Shellshock’ , fallece a los 49 años
Era el líder de la banda de rap-rock Crazy Town, conocida sobre todo por la exitosa canción “Butterfly”.
By Sara Ruberg and Hank Sanders
Sika Anoa’i, W.W.E. Hall of Famer and Father of Roman Reigns, Dies at 79
He was part of the superstar tag team the Wild Samoans and a member of the dynasty of Samoan wrestlers that includes today’s biggest star, his son.
By Alexandra E. Petri
Eric Hazan, Publisher and Historian on France’s Left, Dies at 87
He elevated many of France’s most provocative writers through his publishing house, La Fabrique, but he made his greatest mark as a politically engaged, and strolling, historian of Paris.
By Adam Nossiter
Frederick Crews, Withering Critic of Freud’s Legacy, Dies at 91
A literary critic, essayist and author, he was a leading voice among revisionist skeptics who saw Freud as a charlatan and psychoanalysis as a pseudoscience.
By Scott Veale
Tamayo Perry, Professional Surfer, Dies After Shark Attack Off Oahu
Mr. Perry also appeared in television and movies, including roles in “Blue Crush,” “Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides” and “Hawaii Five-0.”
By Remy Tumin
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