The life of former U.S. senator Howard Baker
The Senate majority leader and White House chief of staff under President Ronald Reagan died June 26 at age 88.
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Alvin Dark, baseball player and manager, dies at 92
Mr. Dark was shortstop for the N.Y. Giants in the 1950s and later managed Giants and A’s to titles.
Marge Roukema, 11-term N.J. congresswoman, dies at 85
Mrs. Roukema was a moderate Republican representing New Jersey in Congress from 1981 to 2003.
Dorian Paskowitz, physician-turned-surfer, dies at 93
Mr. Paskowitz traveled the country promoting the euphoria of an unbroken wave.
John M. Doar, federal civil rights prosecutor, dies at 92
Mr. Doar led federal civil rights prosecutions and later was a special counsel during Nixon investigation.
Bob Craves dies; executive made college possible for many
Mr. Craves, a co-founding officer of Costco, helped start the College Success Foundation.
Tomas Young, veteran and critic of the Iraq war, dies at 34
Paralyzed in Iraq, Mr. Young laid bare his physical anguish and his anger at a war that he opposed.
Philip M. Crane, stalwart Illinois Republican, dies at 84
Mr. Crane cast himself as a standard-bearer for conservatism during 35 years in Congress.
Ina Ginsburg dies at 98; arts patron was Warhol intimate
As a young woman, Mrs. Ginsburg fled Nazi-occupied Europe. She became a fixture among D.C.’s elite.
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- Barber, Emma M.
- Buckholdt, Lynn
- Chen Ph.d., Franklin P.H.
- Crittenden, George Howard
- D'Haiti, Valencia R.
- Davis III, William C.
- Graebener, M. Louise
- Green, Elizabeth Anne
- Griffis, Anne H.
- Henley, Susan V.
- Hilleary, Donald R.
- Hudak, Robert N.
- Karim Cpa, Abdul Kady
- Katsouros, Nicholas S.
- Kiebler, Diann Kaye
- McCormick, Marguerite
- McCutcheonSr., Lawrence
- Murdock, Paul J.
- Murphy, Olive E.
- Ramey, William A.
- Reddick, Florence V.
- Reed, John H.
- Reid, Lauryn A.
- Richard, Maxine W.
- Rovis, Patricia M.
- Royster, Roland
- Sours, Lois J.
- Spriggs Jr., William A.
- Summers, Steven A.
- Thrasher, Jean Joel
- Walsh Jr., James C.
- Wright, Dorothy
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James Traficant dies at 73
Ohio congressman, 73, was convicted on corruption charges and served time in prison.
Lauren Bacall (1924-2014)
Bacall, widow to late actor Humphrey Bogart, played major roles in such films as “The Big Sleep” and “How to Marry a Millionaire.”
Gabriel Garcia Marquez dies at 87
The Nobel Prize-winning author of “One Hundred Years of Solitude” influenced generations of writers around the world.
