- Emily Langer
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- Spurgeon M. Keeny Jr. dies; arms control strategist was 87
- Nellie Gray, March for Life founder, dead at 88
- Obituary: George Economos, POW and scientist, dies at 92
- Stepping into Andrew Wyeth’s studio, and paintings, in Chadds Ford, Pa.
- George A. Miller dies at 92; psychologist helped lead cognitive science revolution
- Joseph F. Fulton, economics researcher
- Ali F. Sevin, transportation official
- Franklin M. Schultz, lawyer
- Robert S. Ledley, physicist who invented first full-body CT scanner, dies at 86
- Paul Southwick, Navy photographer who later assisted two presidents, dies at 92
- Ann Curtis dies at 86; swimmer won two gold medals at 1948 London Olympic Games
- Charles E. Rinaldi dies; retired assistant D.C. police chief was 84
- Vincent R. Mancusi dies; Attica prison warden was 98
- Else Holmelund Minarik, 91, was author of the ‘Little Bear’ pictures books
- Stephen R. Covey dies; author of ‘The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People’ was 79
- Doris Sams dies; women’s baseball star was 85
- Joyce D. Miller dies; influential women’s union organizer was 84
- Andy Griffith, Mayberry’s Sheriff Andy Taylor, dies at 86
- Evelyn Lear, premier American soprano of contemporary opera, dies at 86
- A Local Life: Tom Roberts, violin collector and anonymous Smithsonian donor, 75
- Rodney King dies; victim of L.A. police beating was 47
- Former U.S. Rep. Norman F. Lent dies; New York Republican was 81
- Elinor Ostrom, first woman to receive Nobel Prize in economics, dies at 78
- Richard Dawson of ‘Family Feud’ and ‘Hogan’s Heroes’ dies at 79
- Sattareh Farman Farmaian, 90, ‘mother of social work’ in Iran
- Bob Slaughter, D-Day veteran who helped create National Memorial in Bedford,Va.
- Pearl Golacinski, mother who fought for son’s release during Iran hostage crisis, dies at 85
- Eugene J. Polley, engineer who invented the first wireless TV remote control, dies at 96
- Jean Craighead George, author of ‘My Side of the Mountain’ and ‘Julie of the Wolves,’ dies at 92
- Lauren Webster, University of Virginia student and volunteer paramedic, dies at 25
- Evelyn Bryan Johnson dies; ‘Mama Bird’ was a prolific pilot
- TV game-show creator, producer Bob Stewart, 91, dies
- Microbiologist Irving Millman, 88, helped develop hepatitis B vaccine
- Ed Purrington, who helped transform the Washington National Opera, is dead at 82
- Helen Lundeen Whittemore ran a D.C. business and was wife of poet laureate
- Contralto Lili Chookasian dies at 90
- Raymond Aubrac, French Resistance leader, dies at 97
- Elan Steinberg, World Jewish Congress leader, dies at 59
- John E. Petersen, economist and George Mason professor, dies at 71
- Constantine Valanos, Capitol Hill restaurateur, dies at 93
- Ex-president Miguel de la Madrid, who saved Mexico from economic collapse, dies
- Roger C. Molander, arms control strategist who led movement on nuclear threat, dies at 71
- Priscilla L. Buckley, steward of conservative National Review and sister of William, dies
- A Local Life: Irving Swanson, 99, House clerk announced declarations of war and peace
- Shirley May France, who as a young woman tried to swim the English Channel, dies at 79
- John Cowles Jr., Minneapolis publisher and philanthropist, dies at 82
- Lawrence Anthony, South African conservationist, dies at 61
- Louisa Bowen, homemaker and secretary, dies at age 102
- Jay McMullen, award-winning CBS television journalist, dies at 90
- Disney composer wrote ‘It’s a Small World’
- Tina Strobos, Dutch student who rescued 100 Jews during the Holocaust, dies at 91
- Harriet Kassman, D.C.’s unofficial arbiter of haute couture, dies at 90
- Jan Berenstain, co-creator of the Berenstain Bears children’s books, dies at 88
- Foreign correspondent Marie Colvin, 56, killed in Syria
- Roger J. Miner, federal judge
- Charles Anthony, Metropolitan Opera tenor
- Whitney Houston dies at age 48
- A Local Life: John Nucci, 50, paralyzed chef who survived 1989 attack
- Gerald Poulsen, WAMU’s bluegrass-spinning Jerry Gray, dies at 78
- Wislawa Szymborska, a Nobel Prize-winning Polish poet, dies at 88
- Patricia Neway, ‘Sound of Music’ Tony winner
- Camilla Williams, an acclaimed soprano who broke racial bounds, dies at 92
- Mary Ellen Avery, 84, dies; pediatrician helped save premature babies with her research
- Nancy Clarke, White House chief florist, dies
- Dan Evins, founder of Cracker Barrel highway empire, dies
- Elia S. Parsons, co-author of parenting guide ‘The Mother’s Almanac,’ dies at 74
- Conservative columnist Tony Blankley dies at 63
- British illustrator Ronald Searle dies at 91
- Ed Jenkins, former Democratic congressman from Georgia, dies at 78
- Jerzy Kluger, boyhood friend of Pope John Paul II
- Eva Zeisel, groundbreaking designer, dies
- John E. Zucker, allergist known for daily pollen count, dies at 70
- James A. Zimble, Navy surgeon general, dies at 78
- Russell Hoban, author of ‘Riddley Walker,’ dies at 86
- Daniel Leviton, 1931-2011 A professor of death, and teacher to the end
- Eugene White, 87, was ‘revolutionary’ of clinical pharmacies
- J. Lynn Helms, Reagan FAA chief, dies at 86
- Thomas E. Bryant dies at 75; led the President’s Commission on Mental Health
- Jazz’s Bill Tapia, who helped revive Hawaii’s iconic ukulele, dies at 103
- James Atherton, news photographer, captured iconic Washington events
- Montserrat Figueras, Spanish singer of early music, dies at 69
- Richard L. Grossman, organizer who sought to curtail corporate power, has died
- Ruth Stone, poet who won wide acclaim later in life, dies at 96
- A Local Life: Franklin Weaver, 86, the man who loved pigeons
- Christopher Ma, Washington Post Co. senior vice president, dies at 61
- John C. “Jack” Keeney, long-serving federal prosecutor, dies at 89
- Eugene N. Hamilton, 78, dies; was D.C. Superior Court chief judge
- Richard H. Medley, noted consultant on financial matters, dies
- John W. ‘Jack’ Townsend Jr., NASA physicist, dies
- Herbert S. Okun, U.S. peace negotiator during the Balkan conflict, dies at 80
- Norton T. Dodge, U-Md. economics professor and Soviet art collector, dies at 84
- Morris Philipson, who led University of Chicago Press to prestige, dies at 85
- Tom Keith, sound-effects man on ‘Prairie Home Companion,’ dies
- Jim Murray, D.C. police force recruiter who later became a priest, has died
- Bob Beaumont, who created early mass-produced electric cars in 1970s, dies at 79
- ‘Son . . . . if you want to be a writer, someday you’ll be.’
- Antonio Cassese, judge who led tribunal after Balkan wars in 1990s, dies at 74
- Piri Thomas, whose raw 1967 memoir inspired nascent Latino writers, has died
- Morris E. Chafetz, authority on alcohol abuse, dies at 87; wife Marion D. Chafetz dies at 86
- Laura Pollan, leader of Cuban protest group Ladies in White, dies at 63
- Dennis Ritchie, founder of Unix and C, dies at 70
- Robert Myers, Washingtonian co-founder, led council on ethics in world affairs
- Frank Kameny, leading gay rights activist, dies at 86
- Ralph J. Temple, top ACLU lawyer who fought for civil rights, dies at 78
- A Local Life: Everett Hicks, 93, arborist who cared for Mellon family’s trees
- Michael Nussbaum, First Amendment lawyer who defended writers, dies at 76
- Bob Cassilly, sculptor and creator of quirky St. Louis museum and park, dies at 61
- Roger G. Kennedy, 85, former Smithsonian director, dies
- Smithsonian’s Roger Kennedy has died
- Wangari Maathai, 71, Nobelist and advocate for Kenyan women, environment, dies
- Frank B. Gettings, Hirshhorn curator who sought out overlooked artists, dies at 80
- Historian Oscar Handlin was considered the father of immigration study
- Phoebe R. Silver, federal employee, synagogue member
- Former Sen. Charles H. Percy dies at 91
- A Local Life: Suey Ying Chin, 98, mainstay of Chinese Christian Church
- Project Gutenberg creator Michael S. Hart dies at 64
- Gualtiero Jacopetti, Italian film director, dies at 91
- Four-star general Donn A. Starry dies at 86
- Nadine P. Winter, member of District’s first elected council, dies at 87
- Stetson Kennedy, author of ‘Klan Unmasked,’ dies at 94
- Joey Vento, Geno’s Steaks founder, dies at 71
- John Murphy, Pr. George’s superintendent who helped bridge racial gap, dies
- William B. Kannel, renowned medical researcher, dead at 87
- Hazel Johnson-Brown, pioneering black Army nurse, dies at 83
- George C. Devol, 99, self-taught tinkerer who invented robotic arm
- Louise Behrend, concert violinist and Suzuki method teacher, dies at 94
- Retired Col. Charles P. Murray Jr., Medal of Honor recipient, dies at 89
- Eric J. Schwarz, musician
- Gertie G. McDaniel, IBM analyst
- Howard G. Paster, forceful lobbyist who helped push NAFTA agreement, dies at 66
- Ray Anderson, ‘greenest CEO in America,’ dies at 77
- Yvonne A. Mahoney, kindergarten teacher
- Retired Rear Adm. Maurice H. ‘Mike’ Rindskopf dies at 93
- Rudolf Brazda dies; gay man who survived Nazi concentration camp was 98
- Airline historian R.E.G. ‘Ron’ Davies dies at 90
- Opera expert Lascelles, cousin of Queen Elizabeth II, dies at 88
- Clarence E. Miller, Ohio congressman, dies at 93
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