Susan Hiller, Maker of Dreamlike Conceptual Art, Dies at 78

By RICHARD SANDOMIR
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Her video, audio and photographic installations played at the precipice between reality and the subconscious and often explored the paranormal.
Published date: February 2, 2019 at 12:48AM
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Bob Bergland, Agriculture Secretary Under Carter, Dies at 90

By ROBERT D. McFADDEN
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Raised in northern Minnesota, he lost his farm as a young man, served in Congress and became an advocate for consumers as well as farmers.
Published date: December 9, 2018 at 08:11PM
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Nancy Cappello, Breast Cancer Activist, Is Dead at 66

By DENISE GRADY
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A survivor of the disease, she fought for fuller disclosure of mammogram results — something she did not get. She died from complications of her treatment.
Published date: November 29, 2018 at 01:15AM
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James H. Billington, 89, Dies; Led Library of Congress Into Digital Age

By ROBERT D. McFADDEN
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Overseeing the nation’s treasure house of knowledge for three decades, he almost doubled its holdings but resigned in 2015, stung by cries of mismanagement.
Published date: November 21, 2018 at 08:42PM
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Barry Rand, Barrier-Breaking Chief Executive, Is Dead at 74

By RICHARD SANDOMIR
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After being passed over at Xerox, he became one of the few African-American chief executives of a Fortune 500 company when he took control of Avis.
Published date: November 13, 2018 at 10:07PM
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Raymond Plank, Coal Miner’s Son Who Prospered in Oil, Dies at 96

By ROBERT D. HERSHEY Jr
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An eyewitness to atomic warfare as a combat pilot, Mr. Plank returned home to help found Apache, one of the nation’s largest oil and gas companies.
Published date: November 9, 2018 at 11:32PM
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Shirin Aliabadi, Iranian Artist With a Focus on Women, Dies at 45

By KATHARINE Q. SEELYE
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Her work depicted young women negotiating their modern, slightly rebellious impulses within the strictures of the Islamic Republic.
Published date: October 20, 2018 at 01:20AM
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Walter Huddleston, Senator Toppled by Mitch McConnell, Dies at 92

By SAM ROBERTS
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A two-term Democrat from Kentucky, he was narrowly defeated by Mr. McConnell, then a county judge and executive, in a Republican campaign engineered by Roger Ailes.
Published date: October 18, 2018 at 01:22AM
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Alfred Hubay, Met Opera’s Box Office Prognosticator, Dies at 93

By NEIL GENZLINGER
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In a lifetime of working at the Met, he developed an ability to project ticket sales with uncanny accuracy.
Published date: October 16, 2018 at 01:22AM
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Adam Clymer, Political Reporter, Editor and Pollster, Dies at 81

By SAM ROBERTS
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Mr. Clymer reported from around the world, the halls of Congress and the campaign trail, in one instance eliciting an open-mike vulgarism by George W. Bush.
Published date: September 10, 2018 at 11:03PM
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James Mirrlees, Whose Tax Model Earned a Nobel, Dies at 82

By SAM ROBERTS
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A British social democrat, he was surprised by his own conservative findings — that more progressive rates on high earners can cost governments revenue.
Published date: September 5, 2018 at 12:33AM
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Robert Wood, 95, Dies; Urged Christian Tolerance for Gay People

By RICHARD SANDOMIR
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A United Church of Christ minister, he was the author of the 1960 book “Christ and the Homosexual,” a plea for equality that was rare at the time.
Published date: August 29, 2018 at 01:09AM
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Patrick Williams, 79, Composer as Heard on TV (and Beyond), Is Dead

By DANIEL E. SLOTNIK
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Mr. Williams, whose approach blended jazz, classical and pop elements, provided music for film, television and his own award-winning records.
Published date: August 10, 2018 at 02:45AM
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Ron Dellums, Forceful Liberal in Congress for 27 Years, Dies at 82

By ROBERT D. McFADDEN
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Arriving in Washington as an antiwar firebrand, he became a respected House leader as head of the Armed Services Committee and the Congressional Black Caucus.
Published date: July 30, 2018 at 07:36PM
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Maryon P. Allen, Made a Senator by Husband’s Death, Dies at 92

By WILLIAM MCDONALD
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One of only two female senators from Alabama, she was picked to fill a suddenly vacant seat but lost a bid to keep it, undone perhaps by her outspokenness.
Published date: July 28, 2018 at 12:07AM
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Raymond Hunthausen, Liberal Archbishop Rebuked by Rome, Dies at 96

By SAM ROBERTS
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He was temporarily stripped of some powers by the Vatican in a struggle with conservatives that deepened a rift with American bishops.
Published date: July 25, 2018 at 09:34PM
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Stephen Saban, Chronicler of New York Night Life, Dies at 72

By ALEX WILLIAMS
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In his column-writing heyday in the late 1970s and ’80s, Mr. Saban was a star maker who became a star himself among the underground cognoscenti.
Published date: July 20, 2018 at 10:04PM
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Marcia Chambers, 78, Who Exposed Discrimination in Golf, Dies

By RICHARD SANDOMIR
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A longtime legal affairs reporter, Ms. Chambers turned her attention in the 1990s to exclusionary practices at private country clubs.
Published date: July 18, 2018 at 01:11AM
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Jeremy Gold, Actuary Who Warned of Pension Crisis, Dies at 75

By MARY WILLIAMS WALSH
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Concluding that actuarial standards for pensions were flawed, Mr. Gold embarked on a 30-year mission “to save my profession.”
Published date: July 13, 2018 at 10:38PM
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Robert D. Ray, Centrist G.O.P. Governor of Iowa, Dies at 89

By DANIEL E. SLOTNIK
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In his five terms, Mr. Ray embraced progressive policies. In 1975 invited thousands of Southeast Asian refugees to settle in his state.
Published date: July 10, 2018 at 09:57PM
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