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Ed Shanahan
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Alice Davis, Costume Designer for Disney Rides, Dies at 93
She created the costumes for more than 150 singing, dancing robotic children in It’s a Small World, and for the buccaneers of Pirates of the…
Ellen Levine, 79, Dies; Editor With Keen Sense of Women Readers
She was Good Housekeeping’s first female top editor, earlier edited Woman’s Day and Redbook, and helped Oprah Winfrey create a newsstand sensation.
Herman Daly, 84, Who Challenged the Economic Gospel of Growth, Dies
Perhaps the best-known ecological economist, he faulted his mainstream peers for failing to account for the environmental harm growth can bring.
Bernard McGuirk, 64, Dies; Imus Producer Through Rise, Fall and Return
The two men were fired because of a racist exchange about the Rutgers women’s basketball team, marring, but not ending, their shared radio success.
David Beckwith, Who Scooped the Supreme Court on Roe, Dies at 79
His article on the landmark abortion-rights ruling gained renewed attention this year after a draft of the opinion overturning that decision was leaked.
Patricia Cloherty, Trailblazing Venture Capitalist, Dies at 80
A logger’s daughter, she was among the first women to thrive in the high-risk, high-reward field and a key backer of fledgling Russian companies in…
Irwin Glusker, 98, Dies; Gave American Heritage Its Distinctive Look
A veteran art director, he was best known for his work at the lavish magazine of U.S. history that became a fixture in dens across…
Herbert Kohler, Plumbing Mogul Who Created a Golf Mecca, Dies at 83
The billionaire chief of a family company known for its bathtubs, toilets and faucets, he brought championship play to a tiny Wisconsin town.
Rick Reed, G.O.P. Adman of ‘Swift Boat’ Campaign, Dies at 69
In helping to create a series of ads attacking the Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry’s military record, he added a new term to the political…
Steven Hoffenberg, Debt Baron Who Ran a Vast Fraud, Dies at 77
A onetime business associate of Jeffrey Epstein who briefly controlled The New York Post, he spent 18 years in prison for a $460 million Ponzi…