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Yuri Temirkanov, Conductor Who Celebrated Russia’s Music, Dies at 84

Immersed in his native land’s repertoire — Tchaikovsky, Rachmaninoff, Prokofiev — he drew bold, rich sounds from the world’s major orchestras. In Russia, he was...

Zdenek Macal, Conductor With an International Reach, Dies at 87

Shuttling between Europe and the United States, he conducted the world’s great orchestras. He was music director of the New Jersey Symphony for 11 years.

Don Laughlin, Who Turned a Patch of Desert Into a Casino Mecca, Dies at 92

There was just a dirt road and a boarded-up motel in 1964 when he first saw the area at the southern tip of Nevada that...

Joe Hill, Swashbuckling South Street Seaport Merchant, Dies at 76

His cluttered store selling nautical bric-a-brac was a last link to Lower Manhattan’s seafaring history, before giving way to a tide of “shopping mall” stores.