She worked on NBC hits including “Friends” and “Frasier” before being named president of ABC Entertainment in 1996.

He led labor’s largest organization at a time of falling union membership and as large unions seceded from the AFL-CIO.

The centenarian war vet raised millions to support health workers.

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Mr. Holbrook played Twain for 63 years and also was Deep Throat in “All the President’s Men.”

His clients ran the gamut from human rights organizations to disgraced film producer Harvey Weinstein.

When appointed principal in 1968, he was the first lay person to head a Catholic school in the Washington archdiocese. He expanded the academic curriculum at a school known as a sports powerhouse.

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.

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Kaye, Elyse

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Kirby, Virginia

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Klotz, Linda

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Lobel, Marilyn

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Lucy, Robert

Matthews, Clarence

McLean, Susan

Michel, Werner

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Mitchell, Cindy

Mullikin, Donald "don"

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Phillips, Jennifer

Powell, Richard "dick"

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Sallah, James

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Schneider, Ellen Vala

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Smith, David

Snapp, Lee

Soranzo, Kathy

Stancliff, Paul

Stewart, Denise

Stracuzzi, Nicoletta

Strain, John

Sturner, Esther

Tatariw, Suzanne

Thomas, Anne "cille"

Thomason, Florence

Toye, Bernadine "bernie"

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Weigl, Robert

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Wilson Jr., Mack

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Bell, Shirley

Blincoe, Donald

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Bossard, Nathan

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Bridge, Marguerite

Brody, Jeffrey

Brown, Dean

Bush, Stephen

Byrne, Marjorie

Caldwell, Martyn

Caporaletti, Leo

Carpenter, Joseph

Carr Jr., Albert

Cassidy, Susan

Charuhas, Aristotele "telly"

Chase, Nervin

Christ, Irma

Cleary, Thomas

Clough, Rober

Cohen, Howard

Commiso, Mary

Cox, Christine

Crothers, Richard

Davis, Mary

Dentzer, William

Doerschner, Robert "bob"

Doherty, Susan

Dunkins, Louetta Pryor

Durkan, Marie

Elliott, Teresa

Ellis, Edwin "eddie"

Estrain, Jay

Ezell, Ethel

Falk, Bobbie

Faucette, Todd

Feldman, Edward

Fenerty, Joye

Fickett, Shirley

Fisler, Jean

Flood, Linton "lenny"

Fox, Patricia

Freeman Sr., Michael "clutch"

Fried, Nanette

Galant, Raymond

Gallamore, Suellen

Garcia, Elenilson Orellana "nelson"

Gates, Barbara

George, Peggy

Gonzaga-Desierto, Elvira "diana"

Gooch, Raymond

Gorman, Lydia

Grandier, Francine

Gray Sr., Parks Wilson

Green, Carolyn D. "candi"

Green, Carolyn D. "candi"

Greene, Natalie

Grimes, Gary

Hacking, Jeremy

Hamilton, Lyle

Hammon, Elizabeth

Hanna, Lee

Harris, Eloise

Harrison Sr., Daniel

Hart, Oddie

Hawkes, Rachelle

Holmes, John

Hosley, Jefferey

Hosley, Jeffrey

Hunter, Jo-Anne Sewell

Hurwitz, Muriel

Jackson, Charlotte

Jackson, Elease

Jackson, Loretta

Jackson, Norma

Jagoda, Flory

Jennings, Essie "sno"

Johnson, Edward

Johnson, Marcia

Jones, Anita

Jones, Earl

Joseph, Jacqueline

Judge, Phyllis

Kalcounos, Charles "nick"

Kaplowitz, Barbara

Kaye, Elyse

Kaylor, Marc

Keker, Christina "tina"

Kirby, Virginia

Klein, Edward

Klenk, Glenn

Klotz, Linda

Kolf, Richard

Konig, Elizabeth "lee"

Krouse, George

Lann, Irma

Lawson, Ruth

Lee, Octavia

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Lennon Sr., Robert

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Lewis, Thomas

Lewis, Thomas

Lobel, Marilyn

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Long, Joe

Long, Mary

Louie, Donald

Lucy, Robert

Marshall, Derrell

Martin, Robert

Matthews, Clarence

Max, Eleanor

McElwee, Teresa

McLean, Susan

McNamara, Brian

Menditch, Miriam

Michel, Werner

Michel, Werner

Miller, Edythe

Mitchell, Cindy

Mitchell, Dorothy

Mohr, Jo Ann

Moore, Winter "dubby"

Morgan, Martha Elizabeth

Morgan, Patricia

Mullikin, Donald "don"

Murphy Sr., Clifton

Myers, Joan

Nash, Emma

Nelson, Teresa

Neustadt, Carol

Newby Jr., John

Newby Jr., John

Newman, Tyra

Nicholson, Elaine

Nocera, Anthony

Odinetz, Genevieve

Okusa, Hideko

Ours Jr., David

Palmer, Barbara

Parrish, Alvin

Parrish, Murray

Perry  , Marie E.

Phillips, Jennifer

Pooley, Julie

Powell, Richard "dick"

President, Gloria

Price, Warren

Quarto, Margaret

Raper, Gladys

Rawlings, Robert

Reiser, Selma

Rich, Michael

Rich, Michael

Richardson, Eudora "dora"

Richman, Paul

Rinard, Phyllis

Roark M.d., George

Roeser Jr., Carl "uckle"

Russell, Philip

Ryan, Edward

Sadak, Zarifah

Sallah, James

Satloff, Beverly

Saunders, Emmett

Scarborough, Walterene "rene"

Schneider, Ellen Vala

Scott, Lucille

Scott, Robert "winnie"

Shapiro, Irving

Shimada, Jeffrey

Silver, Elaine

Silver, Joan

Smith, David

Smith, Virginia "ginger"

Snapp, Lee

Soranzo, Kathy

Sparrow, Renee B.

Speight, Susie

Stancliff, Paul

Stewart, Denise

Stracuzzi, Nicoletta

Strain, John

Sturner, Esther

Tatariw, Suzanne

Taylor, Jeanette

Thomas, Anne "cille"

Thomas Jr., Robert "hadley"

Thomason, Florence

Tietz, Gilbert

Toye, Bernadine "bernie"

Trew, James

Walsh, Agnes

Walsh, Ruth

Ward, Hestella

Ward, Mildred

Warner, John

Weigl, Robert

Welsch, Oswald

Westermeier Jr., John "jay"

Williams, James

Wilson Jr., Mack

Wright, Joseph

Wynder, Herbert

Yao, Mary

Young, Eunice

Young, Joyce

Young, Michael

Zillian, Josephine

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