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E. Clinton Bamberger Jr., lawyer who won ‘Brady rule’ for criminal defendants, dies at 90
E. Clinton Bamberger Jr., who as the lawyer for a death row inmate convinced the Supreme Court that prosecutors may not deny exculpatory evidence...
Brunhilde Pomsel, secretary to Nazi propaganda minister Joseph Goebbels, dies at 106
Brunhilde Pomsel, a secretary to Nazi propaganda minister Joseph Goebbels who late in life came forward to publicly reflect on, if perhaps not fully...
Peter Nowell, who has died at 88, revolutionized cancer research – by accident
Peter Nowell, a medical researcher who, in the simple process of cleaning slides bearing leukemic cells, helped uncover the first clear sign of a...
Robert Hulseman, creator of Solo cup favored by partygoers, dies at 84
Robert L. Hulseman, a purveyor of party supplies who created the red Solo cup, a simple yet ingenious product that debuted in the 1970s...
Lawrence Colburn, soldier honored for intervening in My Lai massacre, dies at 67
Lawrence Colburn, an Army helicopter gunner who along with two comrades intervened in the U.S. slaughter of unarmed villagers in My Lai during the...
Donn Fendler, whose Boy Scout survival story inspired others, dies at 90
Donn Fendler, a Boy Scout who lost his way during a mountain trek in Maine in 1939, embarking on a nine-day survival story that...
D.A. Henderson, ‘disease detective’ who eradicated smallpox, dies at 87
Donald "D.A." Henderson, an American epidemiologist who led the international war on smallpox that resulted in its eradication in 1980, the only such vanquishment...
Natalie Cole, singer and daughter of Nat King Cole, dies at 65
Natalie Cole, the Grammy Award-winning singer whose top-selling albums preserved the musical legacy of her father, Nat King Cole, and established her as a...