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Dominik Duka, Czech Cardinal Jailed Under Communism, Dies at 82 (Thu, 04 Dec 2025)
While in prison in 1981, he befriended the dissident and future Czech president Vaclav Havel. Later, he became a conservative voice in Rome.
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Steve Cropper, Guitarist, Songwriter and Shaper of Memphis Soul Music, Dies at 84 (Thu, 04 Dec 2025)
As a member of Booker T. & the MG’s and as a producer, he played a pivotal role in the rise of Stax Records, a storied force in R&B in the 1960s and ’70s.
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Mel Leipzig, Painter Called the ‘Chekhov of Trenton,’ Dies at 90 (Thu, 04 Dec 2025)
He put fellow New Jerseyans at the center of his work, and a critic praised the “mysterious emotional tensions” in his pictures of ordinary people.
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Yegor Ligachev, Gorbachev’s No. 2 Who Turned Foe, Is Dead at 100 (Wed, 03 Dec 2025)
As the Kremlin’s hard-line Communist ideologist, he initially embraced his boss’s modernizing reforms before turning against them as threats to the Soviet order.
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Ludwig Minelli, Founder of Swiss Assisted-Suicide Group, Dies at 92 (Wed, 03 Dec 2025)
Dignitas has helped more than 3,000 people take their own lives, an act that Mr. Minelli maintained was a fundamental exercise of free will.
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Eugene Hasenfus, Gunrunner Who Exposed Iran-Contra Plot, Dies at 84 (Wed, 03 Dec 2025)
He emerged out of obscurity when his cargo plane was shot down while illegally ferrying arms to Nicaraguan rebels, setting off a scandal that tarnished the Reagan and Bush White Houses.
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David Pryce-Jones, Conservative Writer With Clout, Dies at 89 (Wed, 03 Dec 2025)
The author of novels, histories, biographies and influential political essays, he approached them all with a droll British wit and a steadfast commitment to Western values.
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Reginald T. Jackson, A.M.E. Bishop Who Helped Sway Votes, Dies at 71 (Wed, 03 Dec 2025)
Influential from New Jersey to Georgia, he was part of a long tradition among Black clergy of fighting bias and getting out the vote. “No vote, no clout,” he’d say.
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Kai Erikson, Sociologist Who Probed Invisible Scars of Disasters, Dies at 94 (Mon, 01 Dec 2025)
A professor at Yale, he immersed himself in communities after catastrophic events like Three Mile Island, the Exxon Valdez oil spill and Hurricane Katrina.
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Overlooked No More: Dorothy Wise, the ‘Grandmother of Pool’ Who Defied the Odds (Thu, 04 Dec 2025)
She elbowed her way into what had long been a man’s game and won the first women’s national championship in 1967 — and then repeated the feat four more years in a row.
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Charles Norman Shay, Tribal Elder and World War II Hero, Dies at 101 (Thu, 04 Dec 2025)
As a 19-year-old medic, he won a Silver Star for his service during D-Day. Later, in the Korean War, he earned a Bronze Star.
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Daniel Woodrell, ‘Country Noir’ Novelist of ‘Winter’s Bone,’ Dies at 72 (Wed, 03 Dec 2025)
His tales of violence and squalor in his native Ozarks had the timeless quality of fables and inspired several movies.
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Biyouna, Algerian Star With Tart Tongue Onscreen and Off, Dies at 73 (Mon, 01 Dec 2025)
For generations of Algerians, the fierce independence of her persona reflected their struggles in a country torn by civil war and repression.
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James Riches, Fire Chief Who Lost Firefighter Son on 9/11, Dies at 74 (Wed, 03 Dec 2025)
He spent months searching the wreckage of the World Trade Center for his son’s remains, then suffered lung illnesses attributed to toxic dust.
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Fuzzy Zoeller, Who Won Two Majors on the PGA Tour, Dies at 74 (Mon, 01 Dec 2025)
He was a witty and popular figure, but his racially insensitive remarks about Tiger Woods at the 1997 Masters led to death threats and many apologies.
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Colleen Jones, Curling Champion and Broadcaster, Dies at 65 (Sat, 29 Nov 2025)
She won two world titles and six Canadian national championships, and was also a television anchor, reporter and commentator.
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Tom Stoppard, Award-Winning Playwright of Witty Drama, Dies at 88 (Sun, 30 Nov 2025)
Drawing comparisons to the greatest of dramatists, he entwined erudition with imagination in stage works that won accolades on both sides of the Atlantic.
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Walter Dowdle, Public Health Leader in Times of Crises, Dies at 94 (Sat, 29 Nov 2025)
Dr. Dowdle, a microbiologist who became the No. 2 official at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, helped lead the nation’s response to AIDS.
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Ellen Bryant Voigt, Poet With a Musical Ear, Dies at 82 (Sat, 29 Nov 2025)
Her nine volumes included “Kyrie,” a suite of sonnets about the 1918 influenza epidemic. She was also Pulitzer Prize finalist and a poet laureate of Vermont.
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Ruth Thorne-Thomsen, Photographer of Dreamlike Tableaux, Dies at 82 (Fri, 28 Nov 2025)
Using a pinhole camera, she captured miniature landscapes that she had fashioned to resemble surreal versions of 19th-century travel photos.
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