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Guido Goldman, a connector of nations and people, dies at 83

Dr. Goldman helped create the German Marshall Fund of the United States and helped launch Harvard University’s Center for European Studies.

Hall of Fame linebacker, pass rush great Kevin Greene dies at 58

A two-time All-Pro and five-time Pro Bowl selection, Mr. Greene finished his 15-year NFL career with 160 sacks, which ranks third in league history behind only Bruce Smith (200) and Reggie White (198).

Chicago-area man who helped inspire Special Olympics dies

Mr. Cusack won multiple medals at the athletic event over years.

Jean Graetz, white supporter of civil rights in Alabama, dies at 90

In her work with her husband, a Lutheran minister, Mrs. Graetz faced slashed tires, obscene phone calls, and multiple bombings.

Ralph K. Winter Jr., a top conservative judicial mind, dies at 85
A conservative legal scholar whose work as a professor at Yale Law School and later as an appellate court judge changed the shape of campaign finance law and corporate governance, Mr. Winter was a libertarian-leaning conservative who counted Thurgood Marshall and Robert Bork among his friends.

Takashi Oka, journalist who interpreted Japan for US, dies at 96
In six decades as a journalist, Mr. Oka spent many years as a foreign correspondent, reporting from countries around the world in both war and peace and interviewing leaders like Emperor Hirohito and Margaret Thatcher.

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Karen Killilea dies; subject of ‘Karen’ was keystone of family that pushed for disability rights

When Karen Killilea was born in 1940, she was three months premature and weighed less than two pounds. She spent her first nine months in a neonatal intensive care unit.

Jesse Taken Alive, former Standing Rock tribal chairman, dies of COVID-19

Called "Lala Jay" by his students — Lala is the Lakota word for grandfather — Jesse "Jay" Taken Alive taught Lakota culture and language at a school in his hometown of McLaughlin, S.D., until he became ill, his brother said. His wife Cheryl Taken Alive died of the coronavirus in November.

Harold Budd, composer of spaciousness and calm, dies at 84

Harold Budd, a composer and pianist known for the preternatural spaciousness and melancholy calm of his music, and for his collaborations with art-pop artists like Brian Eno and Cocteau Twins, died Dec. 8 in a hospital in Arcadia, California. He was 84.

Lidia Menapace, who fought fascists and sexists, dies at 96

Lidia Menapace, as she recounted in a memoir and interviews, often risked her life as a member of Italy’s clandestine resistance fighting the Nazis and Italian Fascist forces in World War II. And like many female partisans, her contributions were discounted by male members.

Jack Steinberger, Nobel winner in physics, dies at 99

Jack Steinberger, who shared the 1988 Nobel Prize in Physics for expanding understanding of the ghostly neutrino, a staggeringly ubiquitous subatomic particle, died Saturday at his home in Geneva. He was 99.

Carol Sutton, a stage and screen actress devoted to New Orleans, dies at 76

Carol Sutton, an actress who was featured in films like “Steel Magnolias,” “The Big Easy” and “The Pelican Brief,” and who was devoted to the theater community in her native New Orleans, where she was a fixture on the city’s stages for a half-century, died Dec. 10 at Touro Infirmary in New Orleans. She was 76.

Bruce Seals, former ABA/NBA pro and longtime Dorchester icon, dies at 67

Mr. Seals, a New Orleans native who played pro ball in Utah and Seattle, came to the Boston area in 1990 and never left, spending three decades at the Boys and Girls Clubs in Dorchester.

Sara Leland, Boston-trained dancer for the New York City Ballet, dies at 79

Born in Melrose, Sara Leland trained with Boston Ballet founder E. Virginia Williams before going to New York City.