He helped discover cancer-causing genes. Later, as chancellor of the University of California, San Francisco, he…
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Robert S. Mueller III, 81, Dies; Rebuilt F.B.I. and Led Trump Inquiry
After he concluded that Russia had interfered in the 2016 election, he became a target of…
Continue ReadingPaul Brainerd Dies at 78; Pioneered Desktop Publishing With PageMaker
His software brought printing into the digital age, allowing users to stop manually splicing columns of…
Continue ReadingShigeaki Mori, Hiroshima Survivor Photographed With Obama, Dies at 88
He lived through the first atomic bombing in Japan and then spent decades researching the identities…
Continue ReadingChuck Norris, Crowd-Pleasing Star of Action Movies and TV, Dies at 86
He channeled his martial arts skills into heroic roles in films like “The Delta Force” and…
Continue ReadingThomas Gentille, Artist Who Made Wearable Sculpture, Dies at 89
He was a master jeweler, but his pieces looked more like miniature contemporary artworks than anything…
Continue ReadingCarol Kitman, 96, Dies; Photographer Documented the Vindman Twins
A chance encounter in Brooklyn led to a decades-long project following the boys’ lives, from childhood…
Continue ReadingAlvin Greene, a No-Show Senate Nominee Who Won Primary, Dies at 48
He made no effort to campaign but won the South Carolina Democratic primary in 2010, becoming…
Continue ReadingChristopher A. Sims, 83, Dies; Won Nobel for Modeling Economic Policy
He and Thomas J. Sargent shared the prize in 2011 for devising statistical tools to help…
Continue ReadingJudy Pace, 83, Dies; Actress Brought Layers to Black Characters
On the prime-time soap opera “Peyton Place,” she played one of TV’s first Black female antagonists.…
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