‘Professional adventurer’ John Fairfax dies
(Peter Kemp)
Mr. Fairfax rowed across both the Atlantic and Pacific, hunted big game, fought sharks and was an authority on baccarat.
Whitney Houston dies at age 48
Whitney Houston, the gospel-inspired pop singer who sold more than 140 million albums and struggled with drug abuse and a troubled marriage, died Feb. 11 in Beverly Hills, Calif. She was 48.
A Local Life: John Nucci, 50, paralyzed chef
Mr. Nucci, of St. Mary’s County, called himself “the guy who refused to be a victim.” He died Jan. 5 of complications from gunshot wounds he suffered in a random act of violence in 1989.
Paralyzed skier became a teacher and painter
Jill Kinmont Boothe, a ski champion who was paralyzed in 1955 during the week she appeared on the cover of Sports Illustrated, died Feb. 9 at 75.
Jeffrey Zaslow, co-author of ‘The Last Lecture’
Mr. Zaslow, 53, co-wrote the bestselling book — about a professor dying of cancer — with Randy Pausch.
Robert Hecht Jr., antiquities dealer, 92
Mr. Hecht died three weeks after his criminal trial in Rome on charges of trafficking in looted antiquities. The trial ended with no verdict.
Robert Citron, aerospace engineer, dies at 79
Mr. Citron’s boyhood fantasy of traveling beyond Earth inspired ventures to commercialize space. He died Jan. 31.
John T. Sargent Sr., Doubleday chief executive, dies at 87
Mr. Sargent, a publisher, editor and socialite who helped recruit his friend Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis as an editor, died Feb. 5
Antoni Tapies, Catalan artist, dies at 88
Antoni Tapies, one of the world’s top contemporary art figures, died Feb. 6 in Barcelona. He was 88.
Roger Boisjoly, engineer, dies at 73
Roger Boisjoly, an engineer who warned of danger before the 1986 explosion that destroyed the space shuttle Challenger, dies at 73.
Last-known veteran of World War I dies
Florence Green, the world’s last-known veteran of World War I, died Feb. 4 in King’s Lynn, England. She was 110.
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Elouise Cobell, advocate for American Indians, dies at 65
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Norman Corwin, giant of radio’s Golden Age, dies at 101
Corwin wrote, produced and directed radio dramas for CBS in the ’30s and ’40s.
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