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November 4, 2018 at 8:58 pm

Kitty O’Neil, deaf daredevil who became ‘world’s fastest woman,’ dies at 72

“People say I can’t do anything. I say to people I can do anything I want.”

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FILE – In this Dec. 7, 2008, file photo, Nobel Prize in Chemistry laureate Osamu Shimomura speaks during the press conference at the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in Stockholm, Sweden. Shimomura, one of three scientists who won the Nobel Prize in chemistry for the discovery and development of a jellyfish protein that contributed to cancer studies, has died in Japan’s southern city of Nagasaki where he studied as a student. He was 90. His alma mater Nagasaki University said Monday, Oct. 22, 2018, that Shimomura died Friday of natural causes.(AP Photo/Scanpix, Fredrik Persson, File) TKSK803 TKSK803

October 23, 2018 at 5:20 pm

Osamu Shimomura, atomic blast survivor and Nobel-winning chemist, dies at 90

While working at Friday Harbor Laboratories, a field station run by the University of Washington, Osamu Shimomura discovered a jellyfish protein that allows scientists to...

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September 9, 2018 at 6:36 pm

Erik Hauri, scientist who found water on the moon, dies at 52

Geochemist Erik Hauri helped usher in a new era in our understanding of the moon, an astronomical object now known to have ice on its...

August 7, 2018 at 5:16 pm

Alan Rabinowitz, champion of leopards, jaguars and other wild cats, dies at 64

“The Indiana Jones of wildlife protection” had recently been a part of Journey of the Jaguar, a Panthera expedition covering about covering about 4,000 miles...

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In this May 12, 2011 photo, Aiko Herzig?Yoshinaga poses in Gardena, Calif. Herzig-Yoshinaga, who uncovered proof that thousands of Japanese-Americans incarcerated in the United States during World War II were held not for reasons of national security but because of racism, has died at age 93.Bruce Embrey, co-chair of the Manzanar Committee, told The Associated Press Wednesday, July 25, 2018, that Herzig-Yoshinaga died July 18 at her home in the Los Angeles suburb of Torrance. (Gina Ferazzi/Los Angeles Times via AP) CALOS901 CALOS901

July 25, 2018 at 5:12 pm

Aiko Herzig Yoshinaga, champion of interned Japanese Americans, dies at 93

Her archival research led to reparations for Japanese Americans exiled to World War II internment camps.

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July 22, 2018 at 4:20 pm

Shinobu Hashimoto, screenwriter of Kurosawa classics, dies at 100

He worked with the acclaimed Japanese director on films including “Rashomon,” “Seven Samurai” and “Ikiru.”

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Melvin Weinberg foreground, leaves federal court in Brooklyn, New York City on Tuesday, Aug. 19, 1980. (AP Photo)

June 7, 2018 at 4:48 pm

Mel Weinberg, con artist at center of Abscam sting, dies at 93

Mel Weinberg inspired a character portrayed by Christian Bale in the 2013 movie “American Hustle.” Weinberg was widely regarded as the linchpin of the Abscam...

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June 5, 2018 at 6:10 pm

Ted Dabney, Atari co-founder whose engineering paved the way for Pong, dies at 81

He devised a way to move objects on a television screen without the help of an expensive computer — an innovation that helped launch the...

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Jill Ker Conway, author and leader in ‘women’s studies.’ : THERE’S MORE TO MEMOIR THAN MEETS THE EYE : JILL KER CONWAY EXPLAINS THE HIDDEN ASPECTS OF AUTOBIOGRAPHIES DURING HER VISIT TO SEATTLE. SHE WILL APPEAR AT ELLIOTT BAY BOOK COMPANY TONIGHT.

June 3, 2018 at 6:52 pm

Jill Ker Conway, trailblazing historian and Smith College president, dies at 83

A historian who chronicled the role of women in American society and then made history of her own, serving as the first female president of...

May 21, 2018 at 7:18 pm

Dovey Johnson Roundtree, defense lawyer and civil rights warrior, dies at 104

Dovey Johnson Roundtree, a Washington, D.C., criminal defense lawyer and courtroom warrior for civil rights who played a critical early role in the desegregation of...

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