Joy Covey, CFO of Amazon.com, dies at 50
Ms. Covey, who died in a bicycling accident, helped take the Internet retailer public.
Stephen E. Malawista, who discovered Lyme disease, dies
Dr. Malawista led the team that identified Lyme disease and showed it could be treated by antibiotics.
Philip Berg, controversial rabbi with celebrity followers, dies
Madonna and other celebrities studied kabbalah, a strain of Jewish mysticism, with Rabbi Berg.
Thomas E. Hutchinson, U-Va. professor, dies at 77
Dr. Hutchinson invented an eye-gaze technology that helped paralyzed people communicate by computer.
Ken Norton, boxer who broke Ali’s jaw, dies at 70
Mr. Norton fought Muhammad Ali three times in the 1970s and briefly held the heavyweight title.
Ari S. Zymelman, business lawyer, dies
Ari S. Zymelman, 50, won rulings important to defense contractors accused of abuses in the Iraq war.
Hiroshi Yamauchi, longtime Nintendo chief, dies at 85
Mr. Yamauchi also owned the Seattle Mariners before selling the team to Nintendo’s U.S. unit in 2004.
Terri Hall dies; was in ads showing smoking’s dangers
North Carolina woman was “a public health hero,” the head of the CDC said. She died at 53.
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- Harold W. Rice, Army general
- Earl W. Stevick, linguist, professor
- Franklin R. Anderson, Postal Service clerk
- Saga H. Rinta, homemaker and volunteer, dies at 91
- Gene Duman, band director in Fairfax County, dies at 76
- James E. Conner, correctional officer and deacon, dies
- Carol M. Broyles, homemaker, dies at 70
- Lt. Gen. Wallace H. Robinson Jr. dies at 93
- Sally Joy Remington, church activist and teacher
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Crime novelist Elmore Leonard dies
The writer, who had many of his works turned into movies, died Aug. 20 at his home in Bloomfield Township, Mich.
The life and career of Lindy Boggs
The first woman elected to Congress from the state of Louisiana died July 27, 2013. She was 97.
Esther Williams, movie star and swimmer, dies
The championship swimmer who became one of the world’s most popular movie stars died June 6 at age 91.
Bonnie Franklin dies
She became a household name as the independent-minded divorcee with two daughters on the sitcom “One Day at a Time.”
Joe Allbritton dies at 87
Allbritton was a self-made millionaire who built a Washington communications empire and led the once venerable Riggs National Bank.