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Jan 16, 2025
Gus Williams (1953–2025), Seattle SuperSonics All-Star
Gus Williams was a 12-year NBA veteran and two-time All-Star with the Seattle SuperSonics who helped lead the team to victory in the 1979 NBA Finals.
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Apr 2, 2024
Casey Benjamin (1978–2024), Grammy-winning saxophonist
Casey Benjamin was a Grammy Award-winning saxophonist, an original member of the Robert Glasper Experiment, and a vocoder wizard who influenced jazz-based hip hop and R&B.
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Nov 3, 2023
Peter White (1937–2023), actor in All My Children, Dallas
Peter White was an actor known for a longtime recurring role on “All My Children,” as well as for roles in such TV shows as “Sisters” and “Dallas.”
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Aug 18, 2023
W. Jason Morgan (1935–2023), plate tectonics pioneer
W. Jason Morgan was a geologist whose discoveries in plate tectonics helped revolutionize our understanding of the Earth.
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Aug 8, 2023
Gen. James J. Lindsay (1932–2023), Special Operations Command leader
James J. Lindsay was a retired four-star general in the United States Army who served as Special Operations Command (SOCOM)'s first leader and helped found the Airborne and Special Operations Museum.
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Nov 29, 2022
Donald McEachin (1961–2022), U.S. Representative from Virginia
Donald McEachin was a politician who represented Virginia’s 4th district in the U.S. House of Representatives.
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Feb 18, 2022
Gail Halvorsen (1920–2022), “Candy Bomber” in the Berlin airlift
Gail Halvorsen was a United States Air Force pilot known as the “Candy Bomber” for dropping candy over Berlin from his airplane during the Berlin airlift in 1948.
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Aug 11, 2020
Salome Bey (1933–2020), Canada's first lady of the blues
Salome Bey was Canada's first lady of the blues, a popular performer in Toronto who was made an honorary member of the Order of Canada.
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Apr 8, 2020
John Prine (1946–2020), beloved singer-songwriter
John Prine was an American folk singer-songwriter renowned for songs featuring offbeat lyrics about life, love, and social issues.
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Feb 8, 2017
Cool Like Thelonious Monk
Thelonious Monk was no ordinary jazzman. A few notable qualities set him apart from the rest—for one, his style. Rings on his fingers, hat and sunglasses on his head, dressed in a dapper suit, he epitomized cool jazz style.
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Jan 11, 2017
Clare Hollingworth (1911 - 2017), first to report outbreak of WWII
British journalist Clare Hollingworth was just 27 when she reported the scoop of the 20th century: the outbreak of World War II.
