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Ole Andersen, 63, chairman of Bang & Olufsen

Mr. Andersen had been a titan of Danish corporate life, with a long history on the boards of some of the country’s best known companies.

Patricia Reed Scott, who cast New York as Hollywood East, dies at 86

Ms. Scott, who was instrumental in transforming New York into Hollywood-on-the-Hudson as the city’s film, television and theatrical production promoter under two mayors.

Ole Andersen, 63, chairman of Bang & Olufsen

Mr. Andersen had been a titan of Danish corporate life, with a long history on the boards of some of the country’s best known companies.

Ruben Varias Reyes, diplomat who questioned Marcos spending, dies at 79

Mr. Reyes left the foreign service after questioning extravagant purchases by the family of dictator Ferdinand Marcos.

Joseph E. Corcoran, a pioneer of developing mixed-income housing, dies at 84
From his childhood as a son of Irish immigrants in Dorchester, Joseph E. Corcoran rose to found Corcoran Jennison Companies, a Boston-based developer of mixed-income housing communities.

Johnny Majors, 85, winning coach at Pittsburgh and Tennessee, dies
Mr. Majors was a homegrown college football hero in Tennessee who coached Pittsburgh to an undefeated season and a national championship.

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Anthony James, memorable film villain who traded acting for being an artist, dies at 77

Typecast as menacing, Anthony James left Hollywood for Arlington to paint abstract art, a pursuit he called an "unburdening of the heart."

John Loengard, Life photographer and chronicler

From around age 11, when his father got him his first camera, a Kodak Brownie, Mr. Loengard understood that there was magic in photography.

Wes Unseld, Bullets legend and basketball Hall of Famer, dies at 74

Wes Unseld, Bullets legend and basketball Hall of Famer, dies at 74

Robert Northern, who, as ‘Brother Ah,’ became a synthesizer of sounds, dies at 86

Robert Northern, who, as ‘Brother Ah,’ became a synthesizer of sounds, dies at 86

Bobby Joe Morrow, 3-time winner in 1956 Olympics, dies at 84

Bobby Joe Morrow, the Texas sprinter who won three gold medals in the 1956 Melbourne Olympics while a student at Abilene Christian University, died Saturday. He was 84.

Former Auburn football coach Pat Dye dies at 80

Richard Herd, Boston-born character actor known for ‘Seinfeld’ role, dies at 87

Richard Herd portrayed a range of characters and was best-known as Mr. Wilhelm, George Costanza’s boss on "Seinfeld."

Richard Anuszkiewicz, whose op art caught eyes in the ’60s

Mr. Anuszkiewicz was a pioneering practitioner of op art in the United States before that perception-altering style was even given a name in the 1960s