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Michael Bonallack, Britain’s greatest amateur golfer and and chief of the R&A club, dies at 88

Michael Bonallack was a five-time British Amateur champion, ran the Royal & Ancient Golf Club at St. Andrews for a decade and a half, and was knighted for his services to golf in 1998.

Nashawn Breedlove, rapper who dueled Eminem in ‘8 Mile,’ dies at 46
An actor, Nashawn Breedlove received acclaim for his scene in the rap-to-riches film “8 Mile,” in which he delivers a tenacious freestyle in a battle against the character portrayed by the rapper Eminem, commanding the gloomy stage with his blustery lyrics and imposing presence.

Jeremy Silman, author of bestselling chess books, dies at 69
Jeremy Silman was an international chess master whose books were popular with players looking to improve their game.

Terry Kirkman, whose band the Association was a late-1960s hit machine, dies at 83

A multi-instrumentalist, vocalist, and songwriter, Terry Kirkman was a founder of the 1960s pop group the Association, whose lush vocal harmonies and sugary melodic hooks propelled a string of indelible hits, including “Cherish” and “Along Comes Mary."

Michael Bonallack, Britain’s greatest amateur golfer and and chief of the R&A club, dies at 88
Michael Bonallack was a five-time British Amateur champion, ran the Royal & Ancient Golf Club at St. Andrews for a decade and a half, and was knighted for his services to golf in 1998.

Pearl Bowser, expert in early Black filmmakers, dies at 92
A film historian, curator, and collector, Pearl Bowser was instrumental in preserving and bringing to light the works of Black filmmakers from early in the last century, especially those of Oscar Micheaux, whom one writer described as “the Jackie Robinson of American film.”

Brooks Robinson, Orioles third baseman with 16 Gold Gloves, has died
The Baltimore star participated in 18 All-Star Games and earned the 1964 AL Most Valuable Player award, but he will be forever remembered for the skill he displayed at the hot corner, where he established himself as one of the finest fielding third baseman in baseball history.

Marvin Newman, sports and street photographer, dies at 95
A renowned photographer, Marvin Newman brought a quirky, artistic eye to capturing shadows on a Chicago main street, people in front of shuttered storefronts on Coney Island in New York City, and athletes in competition, including Pittsburgh Pirate Bill Mazeroski smashing the 1960 World Series-winning home run.

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Barbara Mullen, who rose to the heights of the modeling world, dies at 96

Barbara Mullen vaulted from a job at a New York beauty parlor to the pinnacle of the genteel modeling world of the 1950s.

William Pounds, MIT Sloan School dean who chaired a key Vietnam War-era panel, dies at 95

“The thing that everybody would say was he never met a stranger,” said Dr. Pounds’s sister, Dr. Lois Pounds Oliver of Durham, N.C. “He would talk to anyone.”

Erwin Olaf, photographer with an eye for the theatrical, dies at 64

A contemporary Dutch photographer, Erwin Olaf was known for the precision of his staged photographs of both countercultural figures and Dutch royalty.

Gita Mehta, literary chronicler of modern India, dies at 80

Gita Mehta's incisive novels and nonfiction books subverted Western stereotypes while exploring the history, culture and contradictions of modern India.

Stephen Gould, tenor best known for tackling Wagner, dies at 61

Stephen Gould, a tenor who after a detour into musical theater established himself as a leading interpreter of the operas of Richard Wagner in performances at the Bayreuth Festival in Germany and elsewhere, died Tuesday in Chesapeake, Virginia. He was 61.

Giorgio Napolitano, former Italian president and first ex-Communist in that post, has died at 98

Not only was Giorgio Napolitano the first former Communist to rise to Italy’s presidency, he was also the first person to be elected twice to the mostly ceremonial post.

Jango Edwards, clown who challenged his art form, dies at 73

He helped lead a back-to-basics revival of clowning, embracing a thread of transgressive traditions running from medieval court jesters to Weimar burlesque to Jerry Lewis.

Robert Klane, writer of ‘Weekend at Bernie’s,’ Dies at 81

A comic novelist, screenwriter and filmmaker, Robert Klane, had a taste for gleeful vulgarity and wrote the screenplay for “Weekend at Bernie’s,” the 1989 cult film about two young insurance company employees who create the illusion that their murdered boss is still alive.