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January 26, 2019 at 5:44 pm

Florence Knoll Bassett, designer who transformed corporate offices, dies at 101

With her sleek furnishings and floor plans, Florence Know Bassett was “the single most powerful figure in the field of modern design,” one journalist observed....

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FILE — Roy Hargrove performs during a “Celebrate Brooklyn” concert in Prospect Park in Brooklyn, June 24, 2011. Hargrove, a virtuoso trumpeter who became a symbol of jazz’s youthful renewal in the early 1990s, and then established himself as one of the most respected musicians of his generation, died on Friday, November 2, 2018, in Manhattan. He was 49. (Mylan Cannon/The New York Times) XNYT434 XNYT434

November 3, 2018 at 3:50 pm

Roy Hargrove, Grammy-winning trumpeter of protean talent, dies at 49

Trumpeter Roy Hargrove, a prolific player who provided his jazz sound to records across a vast range of styles and won two Grammys, has died...

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October 4, 2018 at 4:18 pm

Leon Lederman, who won Nobel Prize for key discoveries in particle physics, dies at 96

Leon Lederman, a major figure in physics who became a passionate voice for science education, died Oct. 3 at a care facility in Rexburg, Idaho....

August 30, 2018 at 4:30 pm

Marie Severin, versatile Hall of Fame comic-book illustrator, dies at 89

She co-created “Spider-Woman” and helped illustrate “The Incredible Hulk” and other Marvel Comics classics.

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April 24, 2018 at 4:22 pm

Bob Dorough, who set numbers and grammar to music in ‘Schoolhouse Rock!,’ dies at 94 WATCH

Besides writing for animated TV shorts, Bob Dorough had a long career as a jazz musician and composer.

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This 1955 photo provided by Heinz Endowments shows Drue Heinz in Pittsburgh. Drue Heinz, the widow of the former head of the H.J. Heinz Co. and a longtime patron of the literary arts has died, she was 103. The Heinz family and The Heinz Endowments said she died Friday, March 30, 2018 in Lasswade, Scotland. (H.J. Heinz II/Heinz Endowments via AP) NY114 NY114

April 5, 2018 at 1:32 pm

Drue Heinz, philanthropist and Paris Review publisher, dies at 103

Drue Heinz, 103, the British-born widow of Henry J. "Jack" Heinz II, was a quiet but influential force in the literary and cultural life of...

January 23, 2018 at 5:28 pm

Wyatt Tee Walker, civil rights leader and top assistant to Martin Luther King Jr., dies at 89

The Rev. Wyatt Tee Walker, a pastor and leading civil rights leader in Virginia who, as a top assistant to the Rev. Martin Luther King...

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December 5, 2012 at 10:12 pm

Jazz legend Dave Brubeck dies at 91

Dave Brubeck's 1959 recording "Time Out," with its infectious hit "Take Five," became the first jazz album to sell 1 million copies.

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March 26, 2011 at 8:36 pm

First female VP candidate Geraldine Ferraro dies at 75

Geraldine Ferraro, the savvy New York Democrat who was embraced as a symbol of women's equality in 1984 when she became the first woman nominated...

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January 8, 2011 at 8:35 pm

Giffords known as a pragmatic moderate member of Congress

Arizona Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, a rising star of the Democratic Party, was elected to Congress in 2006 and built a reputation as a pragmatic moderate...

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