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Béla Király, 97

Gen. Béla Király, 97, a Hungarian military leader who survived a death sentence imposed by Budapest's Kremlin-controlled government, commanded the tumultuous 1956 uprising against Soviet invaders and decades later served in his country's first post-communist parliament, died July 4 in Budapest. N...


Harry J. Gray, 89

Harry J. Gray, 89, a retired United Technologies chief executive credited with transforming the company into a defense and industrial giant, died July 8 at a hospital in Hartford, Conn. No cause of death was reported.


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