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PublishedFebruary 15, 2020
Rajendra Kumar Pachauri, who led Nobel-winning climate panel, dies at 79
He chaired the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change panel from 2002 until he resigned in 2015.
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PublishedFebruary 8, 2020
Grandson of author James Joyce dies in France at 87
Ireland’s president says Stephen Joyce, the gatekeeper of his grandfather James’ estate and subject of the celebrated poem 'Ecce Puer,' or “Behold the Young Boy” has died.
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PublishedFebruary 5, 2020
Former Kenyan President Daniel arap Moi dies at 95
Moi was in office from 1978 to 2002, a time that was marked by the centralization of power, corruption and allegations of human rights abuse.
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PublishedDecember 25, 2019
Johanna Lindsey, master of romance novels, dies at 67
She sold more than 60 million copies in at least 12 languages – a book every eight seconds, Avon calculated in 1993.
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PublishedDecember 25, 2019
Elizabeth Spencer, prolific short-story writer and chronicler of the South, dies at 98
She often spent years crafting her novels, but 'The Light in the Piazza' was written in a single, cabin-feverish month in Montreal.
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PublishedDecember 25, 2019
Joseph Segel, founder of the Franklin Mint and QVC shopping network, dies at 88
By advertising in magazines and the Sunday supplements of newspapers, the Franklin Mint became a household name. More than 500,000 people subscribed to its monthly magazine.
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PublishedDecember 17, 2019
Felix Rohatyn, Wall Street wizard who helped save New York City from bankruptcy, dies at 91
The city had been swamped by $6 billion in short-term obligations, and creditors were balking at its attempts to borrow more.
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PublishedDecember 17, 2019
Maine author Andrew Clements, who wrote children’s book ‘Frindle,’ dies at 70
Clements wrote more than 80 children's books, including the text of picture books about a pampered Egyptian cat, an unbecoming fish and a Christmas in which Mrs. Claus stands in for Santa.
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PublishedDecember 12, 2019
Jeanne Guillemin, pioneering researcher who uncovered a Cold War secret, dies at 76
She found that an anthrax outbreak in Sverdlovsk was tied to an accident at a laboratory known as Compound 19, where the Soviet military conducted research on biological weapons.
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PublishedDecember 4, 2019
Dorcas Hardy, first woman to lead Social Security Administration, dies at 73
One of the highest-profile women in official Washington, she displayed a brusquely efficient style that surprised some legislators and union leaders who had "expected someone polite and demure," she told the Christian Science Monitor.
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