Ginger McCain and the Grand National
The English Grand National at Aintree has been a steeplechasing tradition since 1839 and it is considered the most prestigious and grueling test for thoroughbreds.
Emery Battis, Shakespearean actor, dies at 96
(Family photo)
A regular at the Shakespeare Theatre in Washington, Mr. Battis performed in 36 of the Bard’s 37 plays.
Robert W. Galvin, retired Motorola CEO, dies at 89
The former chairman and chief executive, who guided his family’s business into a new technological frontier, died Oct. 11 in Chicago.
Dennis Ritchie, founder of Unix and C, dies
The computer scientist changed technology by writing programming language that is the ancestor of “most of the infrastructure of our wired society.”
Robert Myers, co-founder of Washingtonian magazine, dies
The former CIA officer who helped found Washingtonian magazine was publisher of the New Republic and became president of an organization promoting ethics in international relations.
Charles M. Scott, bomber pilot, dies at 89
The retired Air Force captain flew in World War II and the postwar Berlin Air Lift and became a procurement specialist for the federal government.
Philo Dibble dies; negotiated release of U.S. hikers
Dibble, the U.S. diplomat who helped negotiate the release of Shane Bauer and Joshua Fattal last month from an Iranian prison, has died. He was 60.
Frank Kameny, gay rights champion, dies
Frank Kameny, 86, a leading figure of the gay rights movement, was found dead Oct. 11 at his home in Northwest Washington.
ACLU’s Ralph Temple dies at 78
The lawyer fought for protesters and minorities in civil rights movement and Vietnam War.
Arms dealer Soghanalian dies
Sarkis G. Soghanalian, 82, an international arms dealer known as “the merchant of death” died at 82 in Florida.
Pianist Roger Williams dies
Roger Williams, a pianist who was one of the most popular instrumentalists of the mid-20th century, dies at 87.
Derrick A. Bell, legal scholar, dies
Derrick A. Bell, a legal scholar who developed influential theories on race and battled Harvard over hiring practices, dies at 80.
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Taylor spent six decades as one of the world’s most visible women.
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