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Academy Award-winning actress Joan Fontaine dies at 96
The actress was known for portraying romantic vulnerability and for her feud with sister Olivia de Havilland.
Charismatic actor Peter O’Toole dies at 81
The actor, whose breakout role was in 1962’s “Lawrence of Arabia,” had a prolific and celebrated career.
Joe Bihari, pioneering blues record producer, dies at 88
Joe Bihari, co-founder of Modern Records, who discovered B.B. King, dies at 88.
Edwin A. “Ned” Shuman, Navy aviator and POW, dies at 82
Capt. Shuman led prisioners in prayer services in defiance of their North Vietnamese captors.
Audrey Totter, film noir femme fatale, dies at 95
Miss Totter played the bad girl in many film noir classics of the 1940s and ’50s.
Herbert J. McChrystal Jr., Army major general, dies at 89
Gen. McChrystal received four Silver Stars and was the father of Army Gen. Stanley A. McChrystal.
Charles M. Vest, MIT president, dies at 72
Dr. Vest advanced gender equality among academics and free online courses at MIT.
‘It’s Academic’ host Mac McGarry dies
TV quizmaster, 87, spent half a century pitching teens hundreds of thousands of fastball trivia questions.
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- Bruce van Voorst, magazine correspondent
- Anne Mattern, school physician, dies at 91
- Edward M. Carlstead, Navy commander
- K Warren Easley, Monsanto executive
- Alice Ryba Larson, homemaker, dies at 88
- Russell R. Rausch, Air Force colonel
- Susan M. Wilhere, elementary school teacher
- Nan M. Stiles, federal employee, dies at 81
- Claire M. Gilbert dies; social worker
- Ira S. Siegler. lawyer
Galleries
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.”
