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Kilmer McCully, Pathologist Scorned for New Theory of Heart Disease, Dies at 91
Kilmer S. McCully, a pathologist at Harvard Medical School in the 1960s and ’70s whose colleagues banished him to the basement for insisting — correctly, it turned out — that…
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Hugues Oyarzabal, Surfing Star Who Rode With a Camera, Dies at 39
Hugues Oyarzabal, one of Europe’s most accomplished surfers and among the first to record spectacular feats from inside the curl of a wave using digital cameras, died on Feb. 21…
Anthony Dolan, Speechwriter Who Gave Reagan ‘Evil Empire,’ Dies at 76
Anthony R. Dolan, who as Ronald Reagan’s chief speechwriter deployed the phrase “evil empire” in 1983 to describe the Soviet Union and in another address consigned Marxism and Leninism to…
John A. Hemingway, Last Survivor of the Battle of Britain, Dies at 105
Addressing the British House of Commons in August 1940, Prime Minister Winston Churchill paid tribute to the pilots of the Royal Air Force who were staving off an impending German…
Nita Lowey, Tenacious New York Representative, Dies at 87
Nita M. Lowey, who represented a congressional district based in Westchester County for 32 years, ardently supporting liberal causes and playing a key role in shaping legislation to advance them,…
Roy L. Prosterman, 89, Dies; Worked to Secure Land for the Rural Poor
Roy L. Prosterman, a lawyer who left a lucrative corporate law practice to champion land reform in the underdeveloped world, died on Feb. 27 at his home in Seattle. He…
Raul M. Grijalva, a Democratic Progressive in the House, Dies at 77
Representative Raul M. Grijalva, a former political radical who became a Democratic stalwart of Arizona’s congressional delegation and who was one of the most left-leaning lawmakers on Capitol Hill, representing…
Kevin Drum, Influential Early Political Blogger, Dies at 66
Kevin Drum, who gave up his day job in software marketing to write online about politics, policy and his cats, quickly becoming a key figure in the vanguard of center-left…
Alan K. Simpson, Influential Wyoming Republican Senator, Dies at 93
Alan K. Simpson, a plain-spoken former Republican senator from Wyoming who championed immigration reforms and conservative candidates for the Supreme Court, and fought running battles with women’s groups, environmentalists and…
Larry Buendorf, Secret Service Agent Who Saved President Ford, Dies at 87
Larry Buendorf, the Secret Service agent who, by wresting a handgun away from Lynette (Squeaky) Fromme, was credited with saving the life of President Gerald R. Ford in an assassination…
