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Lenny Lipton, ‘Puff the Magic Dragon’ Lyricist and 3-D Film Pioneer, Dies at 82
He used the royalties earned from the hit folk song to fund decades of research into stereoscopic projection.
Roger Welsch, ‘America’s Premier Storyteller,’ Dies at 85
Author, humorist and tractor buff, he quit academia and found fame as a correspondent from the Nebraska heartland for the CBS News program “Sunday Morning.”
Jim Redmond, Who Created Olympics Moment Helping Son, Dies at 81
Derek Redmond pulled a hamstring at the 1992 Games. His father rushed to the track, and they finished the race together.
Elias Theodorou, Pioneer of Medical Marijuana in Sports, Dies at 34
A Canadian mixed martial artist, he brought cerebral flair to the ring and a dogged determination to his campaign for changing the sport’s drug rules.
Sue Mingus, Promoter of Her Husband’s Musical Legacy, Dies at 92
Charles Mingus was among the greatest bassists in jazz. She worked tirelessly to ensure that he was known as a great composer as well.
Lowry Mays, Who Revolutionized the Radio Industry, Dies at 87
He built his company, Clear Channel Communications, from a single struggling station into one of the world’s biggest media empires.
Lowry Mays, Who Revolutionized the Radio Industry, Dies at 87
He built his company, Clear Channel, from a single struggling station into one of the world’s biggest media empires.
Paul T. Kwami, Fisk Jubilee Singers’ Longtime Director, Dies at 70
He took the storied Black musical group to new heights, including its first Grammy win and a National Medal of Arts.
Sy Johnson, Arranger Who Worked Closely With Mingus, Dies at 92
A jazz Renaissance man, he arranged many of the bassist’s later works and also wrote reviews, took photographs and composed his own music.
E. Bryant Crutchfield, 85, Dies; Gave the World the Trapper Keeper
His ability to blend the fun and the functional with the binder he invented brought order to the chaos of grade-school life in the 1980s...