Mike Castle, Bipartisan Delaware Congressman, Dies at 86

A fiscal conservative who supported gun control and other liberal causes, he was the last Republican elected to serve his state as governor and to represent it in the House.

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Gregory C. O’Connell, Developer Who Revived Red Hook, Dies at 83

A former N.Y.P.D. detective, he rejuvenated properties on the Brooklyn waterfront and restored a historic village in upstate New York.

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Lloyd Williams, Who Helped Spur Harlem’s Revival, Dies at 80

As head of the area’s Chamber of Commerce, he capitalized on the community’s heritage to promote economic development.

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Michael Cardozo, 84, New York City’s Longest-Serving Chief Lawyer, Dies

As the city’s corporation counsel under Mayor Michael Bloomberg, he defended stop-and-frisk policing and a ban on smoking in bars and restaurants.

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Patrick Ryan, ‘Terror Priest’ Who Aided the I.R.A., Is Dead at 94

He funneled cash and weapons to the Irish Republican Army from Libya, and was involved in bombings that targeted Margaret Thatcher and others, killing scores of people.

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Robert W. Fuller, Who Championed Dignity Over ‘Rankism,’ Dies at 88

He identified as a “citizen diplomat” and preached mutual respect because, he explained, “everybody is a somebody.”

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Sol Stern, Lapsed Liberal and Conservative Heretic, Dies at 89

He broke with the left over its criticism of Israel and what he saw as its anti-Americanism. But he also became a critic of Donald Trump.

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Mortimer Matz, a Virtuoso New York P.R. Man, Is Dead at 100

He represented the lofty as well as the low. His credits included the Nathan’s hot dog eating contest and the obligatory raincoat to keep a defendant’s cuffed hands covered in a “perp walk.”

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Marthe Cohn, a Wartime Jewish Nurse Who Spied for the French, Dies at 105

Fluent in German and passing as an Aryan, she once crossed into Germany, uncovered Nazi military secrets and nursed a wounded, and deceived, SS officer.

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Jillian Sackler, Philanthropist Who Defended Husband’s Legacy, Dies at 84

Though the Sackler name was tarnished over Purdue Pharma’s role in the opioid crisis, Arthur Sackler’s should not be, she insisted; a company founder, he died well before the trouble began.

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