Jane Little, Atlanta’s Venerable Bassist, Dies at 87
Ms. Little played 71 years to become the musician longest serving in a single orchestra.
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CreditWilfredo Lee/Associated Press Emilio Navaira, Tejano Star, Dies at 53
Mr. Navaira recorded in Spanish and English, won a Grammy and even found success on Billboard’s country music charts.
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CreditKorea Central News Agency Kang Sok-ju, Nuclear Negotiator for North Korea, Dies at 76
Mr. Kang, a top foreign policy aide of Kim Jong-il, was known for a 1994 agreement with the United States that fell apart after accusations that North Korea was secretly pursuing uranium enrichment.
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CreditLeonhard Foeger/Reuters Notable Deaths 2016
Remembering Nancy Reagan, David Bowie, Harper Lee, Merle Haggard, Anita Brookner, Clyde Lovellette, Anne Jackson, Monte Irvin, Maurice White, Umberto Eco and others who died this year.
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CreditSan Francisco Giants Jim Ray Hart, a Giants Third Baseman, Dies at 74
A good hitter but an undistinguished fielder, Hart played for the Giants from 1963 to 1973 and became a designated hitter for the Yankees late in his career.
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CreditTheater of Orson Welles Bill Herz of ‘War of the Worlds’ Broadcast Dies at 99
Mr. Herz, a stage manager and casting director for Orson Welles’s Mercury Theater Company, was part of a shrinking cadre of Broadway originals.
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CreditUnited Press International Marco Pannella, Italian Champion of Civil Liberties, Dies at 86
As the co-founder of Italy’s Radical Party, Mr. Pannella campaigned to legalize abortion, divorce and marijuana in his predominantly Catholic country.
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CreditRichard Perry/The New York Times Joe Temperley, Velvety Baritone Saxophonist in Big Bands, Dies at 86
The musician’s seven-decade career began with Scottish dance bands and included several American ensembles, among them the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra.
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CreditHarvest Books Robert W. Gutman, Biographer of Wagner and Mozart, Dies at 90
Mr. Gutman upended misconceptions about the composers’ lives, including the notion that a rival composer played a role in Mozart’s death.
