The actor suffered personal and professional reversals after the end of the sitcom.

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Their 1964 track “The House of the Rising Sun,” with Mr. Valentine’s electric guitar riff, brought global fame to the British rock and rhythm-and-blues band.

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For half a century, Mr. Lee, the American-born son of Chinese immigrants, dedicated himself to documenting a community that had long gone unseen.

He also developed the “nuclear winter” concept and advocated for geoengineering as a worst-case method to counteract global warming.

In her more than 20 years at the paper, she was known for her thoroughly reported society column.

He coached at the Philadelphia university for 24 years with a blend of intensity and compassion.

The Swedish actress appeared in many Bergman films, including “The Seventh Seal” and “The Virgin Spring,” and had a long stage career. She also directed plays and movies.

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She made her most enduring mark in TV movies playing Harriet Tubman, Coretta Scott King and the fictional Jane Pittman.

As a doctor treating gay men in New York City, he became one of the first physicians to recognize the emergence of the HIV/AIDS epidemic in the early 1980s.

She excelled in drama as well as comedy, winning an Oscar for playing a lonely housewife in “The Last Picture Show.”

He also worked on many James Bond films but said the Mini Cooper jump between two Fiat factory roofs in “The Italian Job” was his favorite stunt.

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He was one of the first players of Indigenous descent to play professional hockey.

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He had several top 10 hits in the 1950s, then struggled to recover after a skull fracture.

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He used novel legal approaches to bring charges against Augusto Pinochet and others in his repressive regime.

The Oscar-nominated 1976 film, starring Woody Allen, was based on his eight years on the blacklist.

The broadcaster reigned on cable news for a quarter-century, giving guests a haven to spill their secrets, hype their projects and soften their image.

He helped shape several memorable Broadway shows, including “A Chorus Line” and “Dreamgirls.”

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Beginning his career at 10, he had long associations with Dinah Washington and Dizzy Gillespie.

After serving from 1967 to 1977 as president of what is now Bowie State University, he spent 18 years leading the National Association for Equal Opportunity in Higher Education.

The outfielder defied threats to break Babe Ruth’s home run record and never forgot the jeers he received while playing in the South during the days of segregation.

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