obit
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PublishedAugust 25, 2022
Jerry Allison, drummer for Buddy Holly and Crickets, dies at 82
His simple, but innovative drum licks became rock 'n' roll classics and were an inspiration to future stars.
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PublishedAugust 24, 2022
Tim Page, storied Vietnam War photographer, dies at 78
He got so close to the action he was wounded four times. "Any war picture is an antiwar picture," he once said.
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PublishedAugust 18, 2022
Raymond Damadian, creator of first MRI machine, dies at 86
Often at odds with the wider medical community, he felt so snubbed by Nobel Prize judges that he took out full-page ads denouncing their decision.
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PublishedAugust 16, 2022
Wolfgang Petersen, blockbuster filmmaker of ‘Das Boot,’ dies
His breakthrough feature about life aboard a German U-boat was hailed as an anti-war masterpiece and nominated for six Oscars.
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PublishedAugust 16, 2022
Author Nicholas Evans, whose ‘Horse Whisperer’ became a phenomenon, dies at 72
Evans was deeply in debt and looking for direction when he heard story that 'made me shiver' and would change his life.
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PublishedAugust 10, 2022
‘The Snowman’ children’s author Raymond Briggs dies at 88
Briggs' wordless book, about a boy's wintry creation that comes to life, has sold more than 5.5 million copies around the world.
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PublishedAugust 10, 2022
Houshang Ebtehaj, prominent Iranian poet, dies at 94
Ebtehaj contributed to the popularity of the ghazal – a traditional form of Persian poetry set to music that expresses the writer’s feelings, especially about love, with moving intensity.
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PublishedAugust 3, 2022
Fidel Valdez Ramos, ex-Philippine leader who helped oust dictator, dies at 94
'His contributions to the U.S.-Philippines bilateral relationship and advancing our shared goals of peace and democracy will always be remembered,' the U.S. Embassy in Manila said.
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PublishedAugust 3, 2022
Bill Donovan, journalist who covered Navajo Nation for five decades, dies at 76
His knowledge of the Navajo people, history and tribal government was encyclopedic, said Tom Arviso, former publisher of the Navajo Times.
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PublishedAugust 3, 2022
Black British civil rights campaigner Roy Hackett dies at 93
In 1963, Hackett helped organize a boycott of the government-owned Bristol Omnibus Co. over its refusal to hire Black or Asian drivers and conductors.
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