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Gary North, Apostle of Bible-Based Economics, Dies at 80
A prolific economic historian, he sought to infiltrate the conservative Christian and libertarian mainstream but never got too far from the fringe.
Michele McNally, Who Elevated Times Photography, Dies at 66
The paper won six Pulitzer Prizes for photography during her tenure as its first director of photography and a trailblazing member of the newsroom’s top...
Gloria Rojas, Trailblazing Latina Broadcaster, Dies at 82
“I remember thinking,” she once said, “that if they hire another Hispanic, they’ll have to let me go, since who needs two?” She helped change...
Harvey G. Stack, Leading Dealer in Rare Coins, Dies at 93
At the New York firm his father and uncle started in 1933, he was said to have personally conducted more auction sales than anyone else...
Carl Bennett, Founder of Caldor Discount Stores, Dies at 101
He and his wife, Dorothy, turned a walk-up store in Westchester, N.Y., into a 100-outlet behemoth that reached $1 billion in annual sales.
Charles R. Morris, Iconoclastic Author on Economics, Dies at 82
Resisting ideological labels, experienced in government and banking, he critiqued policymakers’ “good intentions” and the costs of health care and forecast the 2008 financial crisis.
Ernesta Procope, Pioneering Black Insurance Broker, Dies at 98
She broke ground in the business as a woman, too, and also in transplanting her firm from Brooklyn to Wall Street.
Ralph E. Ablon, Pioneer of Corporate Conglomerates, Dies at 105
After expanding a family scrap metal business into a hodgepodge of some 55 companies, he then successfully focused on the service economy.
Wilbur Smith, Best-Selling Author of Swashbuckling Novels, Dies at 88
His books were full of lovers, dysfunctional families, pirates and hunters, and set in locations from ancient Egypt to colonial Africa. They sold in the...
William Conway, Who Reimagined America’s Zoos, Is Dead at 91
He sought to conserve wildlife and encouraged zoos to exhibit animals in their natural habitats. But he lost a battle to rename the Bronx Zoo.