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Sep 3, 2019
Terrance Dicks (1935–2019), beloved Doctor Who writer
Stories he crafted introduced the Time Lords, the Master, and the Fourth Doctor.
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Aug 30, 2019
Jim Langer (1948–2019), Dolphins Hall of Fame center
Jim Langer, Hall of Fame center for the Miami Dolphins of the 1970s, died Thursday, August 29, 2019, according to multiple news sources. He was 71.
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Aug 30, 2019
Jim Leavelle (1920–2019), police officer was escorting Lee Harvey Oswald when he was shot
James R. “Jim” Leavelle was a Dallas Police Department homicide detective who was escorting Lee Harvey Oswald when he was shot by Jack Ruby. Oswald, who had assassinated President John F. Kennedy two days earlier, died shortly after the shooting. In the Pulitzer Prize-winning photo of the moment Ruby shot Oswald, Leavelle is prominent, a tall man wearing a tan suit and Stetson hat, handcuffed to Oswald and reacting with shock. Leavelle later said that he had seen Ruby out of the corner of his eye and had tried to get Oswald behind him, but he was too late. Prior to his service with the Dallas Police Department, Leavelle had served in the U.S. Navy and was stationed at Pearl Harbor when it was attacked in December 7, 1941. Leavelle retired from the police department in 1976 and went on to found a polygraph business.
