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Lisa Lane, chess champion whose reign was meteoric, dies at 90

Lisa Lane was an early star of American chess who was a two-time US women’s champion and the first chess player to appear on the cover of Sports Illustrated.

Shani Mott, black studies scholar who examined power, dies at 47

In Dr. Mott's studies of race and power in America, she encouraged her students and others to examine their own lives.

Linda Bean, an entrepreneur, GOP activist, and granddaughter of outdoor retailer LL Bean, has died

Ms. Bean was a leading proponent and protector of Maine's lobster industry and the state's central coast.

William Whitworth, gracious editor who shaped The Atlantic’s writing and readers’ tastes, dies at 87

With Mr. Whitworth as top editor, The Atlantic became “the best-edited magazine in America,” a former colleague once wrote.

Robert L. Barry, US diplomat who negotiated Cold War pact, dies at 89

Mr. Barry was the chief negotiator for the United States for an agreement on NATO and Warsaw Pact forces in Europe in 1986.

Maurizio Pollini, pianist who reveled in demanding music, dies at 82

The Italian pianist was famous for his technical mastery.

Longtime Baltimore Orioles owner Peter Angelos dies at 94

Angelos had been ill for several years. His family announced his death in a statement thanking the caregivers “who brought comfort to him in his final years.”

Lyn Hejinian, 82, dies; leading light of the Language poetry movement

Lyn Hejinian channeled the seismic social changes and avant-garde artistic climate of the 1960s into work that was both richly lyrical and groundbreaking in its experimentalism.