John B. Gurdon, 92, Dies; Nobelist Paved Way for Cloning of Animals

His work in the manipulation of cells laid the foundation for stem cell biology and regenerative medicine and led to the first cloned large mammal, a sheep named Dolly.

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Saul Zabar, Smoked Fish Czar of Upper West Side, Dies at 97

He led his parents’ appetizing store, Zabar’s, for more than 70 years, turning it into an institution synonymous with New York.

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Jilly Cooper, British Romance Novelist, Is Dead at 88

A prolific writer and keen observer, she sold millions of copies of her juicy, sometimes racy “Rutshire Chronicles” series.

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Ivan Klima, Czech Novelist Who Chafed Under Totalitarian Regimes, Dies at 94

A writer, dissident, teacher and critic, he was deeply affected by an early experience of his life: incarceration as a boy in a concentration camp near Prague.

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Margaret Markey, Who Championed Victims of Sexual Abuse, Dies at 83

As a New York State assemblywoman, she began a campaign that finally bore fruit in 2019, when the Legislature extended the deadlines for victims to file claims.

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Leo Hindery Jr., Dealmaking Power in the Cable TV Industry, Dies at 77

He was president of one of the nation’s largest cable operators and chairman of the Yankees’ YES Network. He also drove his sports car to victory in the 24 Hours of Le Mans.

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Jane Goodall, Revered Chimpanzee Expert and Conservationist, Dies at 91

Her discoveries as a primatologist in the 1960s about how chimpanzees behave in the wild were hailed as “one of the Western world’s great scientific achievements.”

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Jane Goodall, Revered Chimpanzee Expert and Conservationist, Dies at 91

Her discoveries in the 1960s about how chimpanzees behaved in the wild broke new ground and represented what was called “one of the Western world’s great scientific achievements.”

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Bobby Cain, Barrier Breaker in School Desegregation, Dies at 85

In 1957, facing down white mobs, he became the first Black student to graduate from a public high school in the South under a court mandate.

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George Hardy, Tuskegee Airman Who Fought in Three Wars, Dies at 100

At 19, he was one of the youngest pilots in the all-Black unit to see combat in World War II. “I used to say the Army’s No. 1 job was segregation,” he said. “Winning the war was No. 2.”

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