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Rafer Johnson, 1960 Olympic gold medalist in the decathlon, dies at 86

Johnson also was known for helping to subdue Robert Kennedy's assassin in Los Angeles in 1968.

Georgina Mace, who shaped list of endangered species, dies at 67

Mace, one of the world’s most prominent conservation biologists, died Sept. 19 in hospice care in Oxford, England. Her death, which was not widely reported in the mainstream press, was due to breast cancer, her brother Dr. Peter Mace said.

Jinny Chalmers, school principal who championed diversity in the classroom and life, dies at 70

A tireless advocate for diversity, Jinny Chalmers spent two decades as principal of the Young Achievers pilot school in Mattapan.

Tony Hsieh, retired Zappos CEO, dies at 46

Tony Hsieh, retired CEO of Las Vegas-based online shoe retailer Zappos.com, has died. Hsieh was with family when he died Friday in Connecticut, according to a statement from DTP Companies, which he founded.

Angelika Amon, award-winning MIT cell biologist, dies at 53
Dr. Amon was a pioneering researcher who studied how chromosome imbalances can drive cancer and an advocate for women in science.

Geoffrey Palmer, Judi Dench’s sitcom co-star, is dead at 93
Geoffrey Palmer, a British character actor whose career peaked during the long run of “As Time Goes By,” the romantic BBC sitcom in which he and Judi Dench played lovers reunited after 38 years apart, died on Nov. 5 at his home in Buckinghamshire, near London. He was 93.

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Daniel Cordier, French Resistance hero, dies at 100

Daniel Cordier died Nov. 20 at 100 at his home near Cannes, in southern France, of unspecified causes, according to a statement by French President Emmanuel Macron.

Diego Maradona, soccer legend who led Argentina to 1986 World Cup title, dead at 60

The office of Argentina's president said it will declare three days of national mourning in honor of Maradona.

New York City’s first Black mayor, David Dinkins, dies at 93

Mr. Dinkins, the son of a barber, broke barriers as New York City’s first Black mayor, but was doomed to a single term by a soaring murder rate, stubborn unemployment, and his mishandling of a riot in Brooklyn.

Pat Quinn, co-founder of viral ALS Ice Bucket Challenge, dies at 37

Mr. Quinn helped raise more than $200 million worldwide for Lou Gehrig’s disease research.

Rev. Isabelle Miller, ‘spiritual mother’ of Holy Temple Church in Roxbury, dies at 100

Rev. Miller, who began preaching in her late teens, "was an excellent teacher and preacher of the Bible," says Pastor Thomas L. Williams.

‘Mr. Cambridge’: Frank Duehay, a former three-time mayor, dies at 87

A longtime advocate for education, Dr. Duehay formerly was assistant dean of the Harvard Graduate School of Education.

Len Barry, 78, dies; soulful voice of ‘Bristol Stomp’ and ‘1-2-3’

Len Barry, the lead singer of the Dovells on their danceable early-1960s hits “Bristol Stomp” and “You Can’t Sit Down” and later a solo artist whose career peaked with his infectious love song “1-2-3,” died Nov. 5 in a hospital in Philadelphia. He was 78.

Andrew White, virtuoso saxophonist and Coltrane scholar, dies at 78

Andrew White, a profusely talented and proudly eccentric musician and scholar best known in jazz circles for transcribing more than 800 of John Coltrane’s saxophone solos, died Nov. 11 at an assisted-living facility in Silver Spring, Maryland. He was 78.