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Ike Skelton, longtime Missouri congressman, dies at 81
Mr. Skelton, a Democrat, led the House Armed Services Committee before his election defeat in 2010.
Robinson Risner, Air Force ace and POW, dies at 88
Brig. Gen. Risner was shot down over North Vietnam in 1965 and held prisoner for more than 7 years.
Earl S. Browning, WWII counterintelligence, dies at 96
The retired colonel wrote of his resistance to the U.S. Army using SS officer Klaus Barbie as an informant.
Stuntman and director Hal Needham dies at 82
After a stunt career in which he broke 56 bones, Mr. Needham directed “Smokey and the Bandit.”
Arthur C. Danto, influential art critic, dies at 89
Mr. Danto championed Andy Warhol and sought to answer the question, “What is art?”
Tadeusz Mazowiecki, Polish prime minister, dies at 86
Mr. Mazowiecki served as an adviser to Poland’s Solidarity movement before winning democratic election.
Marcia Wallace, voice of Bart Simpson’s teacher, dies at 70
Marcia Wallace, who had a role on “The Bob Newhart Show,” also voiced Bart Simpson’s teacher Krabappel.
Lou Reed, music legend, dies at age 71
The punk poet of rock-and-roll influenced generations of musicians as leader of the Velvet Underground.
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Local Obituaries
- Harold J. Peake, electrical engineer
- William T. Doherty Jr., history professor, dies at 90
- Milton Puziss, microbiologist
- Olga F. Broderick, clerk typist
- Joseph A. Rosick, bookstore owner
- Barbara B. Littlejohn, homemaker, WWII code-breaker
- Karin M. Hampton, South Lakes High janitor
- Anne Creed, longtime volunteer
- Frank J. Muth, Bethesda building company partner, dies
- Edward H. ‘Ted’ Doolin Jr., Navy captain
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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.
