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Lester Breslow, Who Tied Good Habits to Longevity, Dies at 97
Posted: April 18th, 2012, 4:00pm EDT by By DOUGLAS MARTIN
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Dr. Breslow was a public health leader whose research gave mathematical proof to the notion that people can live longer and healthier by changing habits like smoking, diet and sleep.
NYT > Sports
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Giorgio Chinaglia, Italian Star and the Cosmos’ Leader, Dies at 65
Posted: April 3rd, 2012, 2:17pm EDT by By DOUGLAS MARTIN
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Mr. Chinaglia came to the New York Cosmos professional soccer team as one of Europe’s greatest goal scorers, then attracted almost as much attention for his impenitent candor.
NYT > Home Page
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Barney Rosset, 1922-2012: Barney Rosset, Grove Press Publisher, Dies at 89
Posted: February 23rd, 2012, 2:55am EST by By DOUGLAS MARTIN
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Barney Rosset, who helped change the course of publishing in the United States, bringing masters like Samuel Beckett to Americans’ attention, and who won celebrated First Amendment slugfests against censorship, died on Tuesday.
NYT > Sports
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Freddie Solomon, Star Receiver With 49ers and Dolphins, Dies at 59
Posted: February 14th, 2012, 11:06pm EST by By DOUGLAS MARTIN
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Solomon gave up his dream of being a pro quarterback to become an outstanding receiver for the Miami Dolphins and a San Francisco 49ers team that won two Super Bowls.
NYT > Business
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Edgar F. Kaiser Jr., Former Denver Broncos Owner, Dies at 69
Posted: January 23rd, 2012, 12:23am EST by By DOUGLAS MARTIN
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Edgar F. Kaiser Jr. was a Canadian industrialist who as owner of the Denver Broncos brought the Hall of Fame quarterback John Elway to the team.
NYT > Sports
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Edgar F. Kaiser Jr., Former Denver Broncos Owner, Dies at 69
Posted: January 23rd, 2012, 12:23am EST by By DOUGLAS MARTIN
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Edgar F. Kaiser Jr. was a Canadian industrialist who as owner of the Denver Broncos brought the Hall of Fame quarterback John Elway to the team.
NYT > Health
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Louise J. Kaplan, Psychoanalyst and Author, Dies at 82
Posted: January 17th, 2012, 2:57pm EST by By DOUGLAS MARTIN
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Dr. Kaplan used a psychological lens, literary allusion and a feminist sensibility to soberly define and explain seemingly titillating topics like sexual perversity and fetishes.
NYT > Business
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Danny Evins, Restaurant Founder and Focus of Controversy, Dies at 76
Posted: January 16th, 2012, 9:37pm EST by By DOUGLAS MARTIN
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Mr. Evins created Cracker Barrel Old Country Store, expanded it into a $2 billion chain and then fought a losing battle to discriminate against gay employees.
NYT > Health
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Mary Ellen Avery, Premature Babies’ Savior, Dies at 84
Posted: January 11th, 2012, 11:57pm EST by By DOUGLAS MARTIN
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Dr. Avery was a medical researcher who made a single, crucial discovery about newborns’ ability to breathe.
NYT > Sports
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Ed Macauley, Basketball Hall of Famer, Dies at 83
Posted: November 9th, 2011, 10:55pm EST by By DOUGLAS MARTIN
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The collegiate player of the year in 1949 and first N.B.A. All-Star Game M.V.P., he was traded from the Boston Celtics to the St. Louis Hawks for Bill Russell.
NYT > Health
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Ricky Wyatt, 57, Dies; Plaintiff in Landmark Mental Care Suit
Posted: November 4th, 2011, 6:17pm EDT by By DOUGLAS MARTIN
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A class-action federal lawsuit in which Mr. Wyatt was the lead plaintiff led to a judgment in 1971 that set national guidelines for mental care.
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Dr. William Wolff, 94, Colonoscopy Co-Developer, Dies
Posted: September 1st, 2011, 10:40pm EDT by By DOUGLAS MARTIN
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Dr. Wolff and a colleague revolutionized the diagnosis and treatment of colon cancer.
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Dr. Charles C. Edwards, Influential F.D.A. Commissioner, Dies at 87
Posted: August 28th, 2011, 10:54pm EDT by By DOUGLAS MARTIN
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Dr. Edwards ordered that a message be inserted in each package of birth control pills discussing the benefits and hazards.
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Fritz Bach, Who Aided Transplant Survival, Dies at 76
Posted: August 18th, 2011, 1:00am EDT by By DOUGLAS MARTIN
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Dr. Fritz H. Bach was a medical researcher who developed techniques to help lessen the possibility of organ rejection.
NYT > Sports
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Creed C. Black, Newspaper Executive, Dies at 86
Posted: August 18th, 2011, 1:00am EDT by By DOUGLAS MARTIN
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As publisher of The Lexington Herald-Leader, Mr. Black supported an investigation of the University of Kentucky basketball team that led to the first Pulitzer Prize for the paper.
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Genaro Hernandez, Twice a World Champion, Dies at 45
Posted: June 9th, 2011, 1:15am EDT by By DOUGLAS MARTIN
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Mr. Hernandez, a boxer known as Chicanito, the Little Mexican, was twice the world super featherweight champion.
NYT > Business
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Leo Kahn, Trailblazer in Big-Box Retailing, Dies at 94
Posted: May 13th, 2011, 12:33am EDT by By DOUGLAS MARTIN
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Mr. Kahn found success with supermarkets, and then helped create Staples, the office supply retailer.
NYT > Health
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Bill Cook, Medical Device Maker, Dies at 80
Posted: April 26th, 2011, 10:38am EDT by By DOUGLAS MARTIN
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Mr. Cook created a company that makes heart stents and living-tissue transplants as well as other products, and was ranked by Forbes magazine as the 101st richest American.
NYT > Sports
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Mason Rudolph, Consistent Contender on PGA Tour, Dies at 76
Posted: April 21st, 2011, 1:03am EDT by By DOUGLAS MARTIN
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Mr. Rudolph, who won five PGA Tour titles in a 23-year career, was known for his craftsmanship.
NYT > Health
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Allan Blakeney, Pioneer of Canadian Health Care, Dies at 85
Posted: April 20th, 2011, 1:00am EDT by By DOUGLAS MARTIN
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As health minister in Saskatchewan, Mr. Blakeney oversaw the start of the province’s universal health care program in the early 1960s. He later became provincial premier.
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Edwin Kilbourne, Flu Vaccine Expert, Dies at 90
Posted: February 25th, 2011, 12:50am EST by By DOUGLAS MARTIN
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Dr. Kilbourne was an adviser to President Gerald R. Ford on a controversial policy during the swine flu epidemic of 1976.
NYT > Business
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W. Howard Lester, Williams-Sonoma Owner, Dies at 75
Posted: November 19th, 2010, 1:05am EST by By DOUGLAS MARTIN
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A millionaire seeking a challenge turned a small retailer into a home furnishings empire with 609 stores, a mail-order business and annual sales of $3.4 billion.
NYT > Health
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Dr. Georges Mathé, Transplant Pioneer, Dies at 88
Posted: October 21st, 2010, 1:10am EDT by By DOUGLAS MARTIN
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An experiment of Dr. Mathé‘s was called the first successful bone marrow transplant not performed on identical twins.
NYT > Sports
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James E. Fuchs, Shot-Put Innovator, Dies at 82
Posted: October 17th, 2010, 11:41pm EDT by By DOUGLAS MARTIN
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Fuchs, who set four shot-putting world records, developed a new method that was widely copied in the event.
NYT > Business
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Maurice Allais, Nobel Winner, Dies at 99
Posted: October 11th, 2010, 9:01pm EDT by By DOUGLAS MARTIN
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Dr. Allais, the first Frenchman to win the Nobel in economic science, stood out for the quality of his original thinking and how little it was noticed outside France.
NYT > Health
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Dr. William Harrison, Defender of Abortion Rights, Dies at 75
Posted: September 26th, 2010, 2:20pm EDT by By DOUGLAS MARTIN
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Dr. Harrison, who was the only abortion provider in northwest Arkansas, owned the Fayetteville Women’s Clinic, a frequent target of protests and attacks.
NYT > Business
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Joyce Beber, Co-Founder of Ad Agency, Dies at 80
Posted: September 21st, 2010, 11:55pm EDT by By DOUGLAS MARTIN
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Ms. Beber’s shop, Beber Silverstein & Partners, helped promote the Helmsley hotel empire.
NYT > Health
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Dr. Thomas C. Peebles Dies at 89; Identified Measles Virus
Posted: August 5th, 2010, 12:40am EDT by By DOUGLAS MARTIN
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A D in college biology disguised an aptitude for medical research that led him to make landmark scientific advances.
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Robert Butler, Aging Expert, Is Dead at 83
Posted: July 7th, 2010, 2:40am EDT by By DOUGLAS MARTIN
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Dr. Butler was a psychiatrist whose painful youthful realization that death is inevitable prompted him to challenge and ultimately reform the treatment of the elderly through research.
NYT > Business
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Chris Haney, an Inventor of Trivial Pursuit, Dies at 59
Posted: June 2nd, 2010, 2:18pm EDT by By DOUGLAS MARTIN
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A high school dropout at home in taverns, he and a fellow journalist developed the board game that became a favorite of baby boomers.
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Donald N. Frey, Designer of the Mustang, Dies at 86
Posted: March 28th, 2010, 9:20pm EDT by By DOUGLAS MARTIN
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Mr. Frey was the force behind a car that was spunky and affordable. Not to mention that cool horse.
NYT > Health
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James L. Goddard, Crusading F.D.A. Leader, Dies at 86
Posted: January 2nd, 2010, 1:29am EST by By DOUGLAS MARTIN
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Dr. Goddard helped revolutionize the government’s methods of evaluating drugs beginning in the 1960s.
NYT > Home Page
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Percy Sutton, Eminent Black Politician, Dies at 89
Posted: December 27th, 2009, 2:07am EST by By DOUGLAS MARTIN
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Mr. Sutton displayed fierce intelligence and exquisite polish in becoming one of the nation’s most prominent black political and business leaders.
NYT > Sports
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Lino Lacedelli Dies at 83; One of First to Scale K2
Posted: November 29th, 2009, 1:30am EST by By DOUGLAS MARTIN
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Mr. Lacedelli was one of the first two climbers to reach the summit of K2, the world’s second highest peak and among the most treacherous.
NYT > Health
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William Ganz, Catheter Inventor, Dies at 90
Posted: November 14th, 2009, 12:52am EST by By DOUGLAS MARTIN
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Dr. Ganz, a cardiologist and medical inventor, helped develop a revolutionary catheter to measure blood flow and heart functions.
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Mildred Cohn, Biochemist, Is Dead at 96
Posted: November 11th, 2009, 2:43am EST by By DOUGLAS MARTIN
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Dr. Cohn was a leading researcher whose work contributed to the development of medical technologies like M.R.I.’s.
NYT > Business
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Melvin Simon, Pioneer of the Suburban Mall, Dies at 82
Posted: September 18th, 2009, 3:05am EDT by By DOUGLAS MARTIN
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Mr. Simon, who grew up in the Bronx, started his real estate empire by building small strip malls in Indianapolis.
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Melvin Simon, Who Sold America on Malls, Dies at 82
Posted: September 17th, 2009, 1:24am EDT by By DOUGLAS MARTIN
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Mr. Simon, who grew up in the Bronx, started his real estate empire by building small strip malls in Indianapolis.
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Beryl Sprinkel, Reagan Economic Adviser, Dies at 85
Posted: September 2nd, 2009, 2:21am EDT by By DOUGLAS MARTIN
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Mr. Sprinkel was an economist with a reputation for outspokenness, even toward supply-siders who thought tax cuts were the answer to every question.
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Khalid bin Mahfouz, Saudi Banker, Dies at 60
Posted: August 28th, 2009, 1:35am EDT by By DOUGLAS MARTIN
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Sheik Mahfouz, a billionaire Saudi banker, paid $225 million to settle charges of bank fraud in 1993 and later won a string of lawsuits in Britain against writers who had accused him of supporting terrorism.
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Khalid bin Mahfouz, Saudi Banker, Dies at 60
Posted: August 27th, 2009, 1:50am EDT by By DOUGLAS MARTIN
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Sheik Mahfouz paid $225 million to settle charges of bank fraud in 1993 and later won a string of lawsuits in Britain against writers who had accused him of supporting terrorism.
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John S. Barry, Main Force Behind WD-40, Dies at 84
Posted: July 22nd, 2009, 1:14am EDT by By DOUGLAS MARTIN
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As head of the company that made WD-40, Mr. Barry brought the product to widespread use in homes where many new uses were found.
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Walter Cronkite, Voice of TV News, Dies
Posted: July 17th, 2009, 11:17pm EDT by By DOUGLAS MARTIN
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Mr. Cronkite was a nightly presence in American homes from 1962 to 1981, guiding viewers with such plain-spoken grace that he was called the most trusted man in America.
NYT > Health
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Robert Furchgott, Nobelist for Work on a Gas, Dies at 92
Posted: May 23rd, 2009, 1:57am EDT by By DOUGLAS MARTIN
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Dr. Furchgott was a pharmacologist whose work with the gas nitric oxide opened new vistas of research in cardiovascular functions and helped lead to the development of Viagra, the anti-impotency drug.
NYT > Sports
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Greg Page, Heavyweight Champion, Dies at 50
Posted: April 29th, 2009, 3:25am EDT by By DOUGLAS MARTIN
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Mr. Page was a prizefighter who was hailed as the next Muhammad Ali as a teenager and briefly held a world heavyweight title in the mid-1980s.
NYT > Business
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Claude S. Brinegar, a Transportation Secretary, Dies at 82
Posted: March 18th, 2009, 1:59am EDT by By DOUGLAS MARTIN
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Mr. Brinegar was the transportation secretary in the Nixon and Ford administrations and helped finance mass transit, restructure railroads in the Northeast and institute a national 55-mile-an-hour speed limit.
NYT > Health
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Alan Landers, Winston Man, Dies at 68
Posted: March 4th, 2009, 2:53am EST by By DOUGLAS MARTIN
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Mr. Landers was a model for advertisements of Winston cigarettes and Tiparillo cigars who contracted lung cancer and became a crusader against smoking.
NYT > Business
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Edmund de Rothschild, Banker, Is Dead at 93
Posted: January 21st, 2009, 2:36am EST by By DOUGLAS MARTIN
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Mr. de Rothschild led the development of a major hydroelectric project in Canada while helping his firm expand globally and opening it to people outside his family.
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Trammell Crow, Innovative Developer, Dies at 94
Posted: January 16th, 2009, 3:16am EST by By DOUGLAS MARTIN
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Mr. Crow began his legendary business career as the teller behind the window at a Dallas bank and rose to become one of America’s largest real estate developers and landlords.
NYT > Health
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C. Harmon Brown, Pioneer Sports Doctor, Is Dead at 78
Posted: November 15th, 2008, 4:35am EST by By DOUGLAS MARTIN
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Dr. Brown helped develop the field of sports medicine, including doing influential research on the effects of strenuous exercise on the female body.
NYT > Sports
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C. Harmon Brown, Pioneer Sports Doctor, Is Dead at 78
Posted: November 15th, 2008, 4:35am EST by By DOUGLAS MARTIN
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Dr. Brown helped develop the field of sports medicine, including doing influential research on the effects of strenuous exercise on the female body.
NYT > Business
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George M. Keller, Whose Wager Created Chevron, Is Dead at 84
Posted: October 18th, 2008, 1:20am EDT by By DOUGLAS MARTIN
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As chairman of the Standard Oil Company of California in the 1980s, Mr. Keller executed what was then the largest corporate takeover ever, in a deal that formed Chevron.
NYT > Health
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William H. Stewart Is Dead at 86; Put First Warnings on Cigarette Packs
Posted: April 29th, 2008, 12:19am EDT by By DOUGLAS MARTIN
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Dr. Stewart put the first health warnings on cigarette packs and integrated the United States Public Health Service and many Southern hospitals.
NYT > Sports
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Cameron Argetsinger, 87, Road Racing Pioneer, Dies
Posted: April 27th, 2008, 12:24am EDT by By DOUGLAS MARTIN
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Mr. Argetsinger’s love of speed cultivated on country roads led him to help revive road racing in postwar America.
NYT > Home Page
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Dith Pran, ‘Killing Fields’ Photographer, Dies at 65
Posted: March 31st, 2008, 2:46am EDT by By DOUGLAS MARTIN
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Mr. Dith was a photojournalist for The New York Times whose gruesome ordeal in the killing fields of Cambodia was re-created in a 1984 movie.
NYT > Business
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Al Copeland, a Restaurateur Known for Spice and Speed, Dies at 64
Posted: March 25th, 2008, 2:40am EDT by By DOUGLAS MARTIN
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Mr. Copeland made a fortune with the fried-chicken restaurant chain he started, Popeyes.