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PublishedDecember 28, 2023
Gaston Glock, creator of handgun that flooded the world, dies at 94
The Glock handgun, designed in the early 1980s, has been embraced by police and military but decried by gun-control advocates.
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PublishedDecember 7, 2023
William P. Murphy, innovator behind advances in battlefield medicine, dies at 100
He developed the vinyl blood bag to replace bulky and breakable bottles that presented major challenges for military medics.
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PublishedNovember 16, 2023
Peter Tarnoff, U.S. envoy behind ‘Argo’ escape in Iran, dies at 86
He never publicly disclosed the full details of his role in the operation, which was the basis for the 2012 Oscar-winning film.
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PublishedNovember 14, 2023
Gary Winnick, 76, telecom tycoon at center of Global Crossing’s epic rise and fall
At its peak, the stock price of the company he founded was valued at $47 billion – more than McDonald’s or PepsiCo. It later filed for bankruptcy protection.
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PublishedNovember 14, 2023
Mel Sembler, shopping mall mogul and top Republican fundraiser, dies at 93
He was close to the Bush family and served as U.S. ambassador to Australia and Italy.
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PublishedNovember 9, 2023
Frank Borman, commander of first Apollo mission to the moon, dies at 95
The Apollo 8 astronaut also went on to become chief executive of Eastern Air Lines.
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PublishedNovember 7, 2023
Elizabeth Moynihan, impassioned scholar of Mughal gardens, dies at 94
While managing the Senate campaigns of her husband, Daniel Patrick Moynihan, she achieved wide renown for her decades of fieldwork in India.
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PublishedOctober 24, 2023
Kenneth Force, standard-bearer of military music, dies at 83
For nearly half a century, he led the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy Regimental Band, a mainstay of celebrations including the presidential inaugural parade.
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PublishedOctober 12, 2023
Charles Feeney, philanthropist who gave away his billions, dies at 92
For decades, the former duty-free tycoon donated nearly $8 billion to humanitarian efforts and institutions. He tried to keep it all secret.
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PublishedOctober 5, 2023
Endel Tulving, psychologist who altered the study of memory, dies at 96
Tulving drew distinctions between different forms of memory and how the brain encodes and stores information.
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