Obituaries

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The creator of the YouTube channel "King of Random," whose experiments and hands-on science tips drew 11 million subscribers, has died in a Utah paragliding crash. Jonathan Grant Thompson, 38, was found dead on Monday, Washington County Sheriff's Lt. David Crouse said. The cause is under investigation. Thompson's videos have...

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July 31, 2019 at 8:38 am

Towering Broadway director and producer Hal Prince has died

NEW YORK (AP) — Harold Prince, a Broadway director and producer who pushed the boundaries of musical theater with such groundbreaking shows as "The Phantom...

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July 29, 2019 at 5:25 pm

Doreen Marchione, former Redmond mayor, social-services advocate and champion for women in politics, dies at 80

In addition to two terms as Redmond mayor, Ms. Marchione served on the city councils for Kirkland and Redmond and was CEO of Hopelink, a...

Tom Gibbs, engineer who led historic Lake Washington cleanup and was the first executive director of Metro Transit. (Courtesy of Todd Gibbs)

July 29, 2019 at 6:00 am

Tom Gibbs, engineer who led historic Lake Washington cleanup, dies at 87

Mr. Gibbs' projects in the 1960s ended the constant flow of raw sewage into the lake and Puget Sound.

Norris Haring in a classroom at the University of Washington’s Experimental Education Unit (EEU) school in 2014. Haring, who died last month at the age of 95, was a pioneer in the special education field. (Photo courtesy of the Haring Center for Inclusive Education)

July 28, 2019 at 7:00 am

Remembering a UW pioneer who fought for education for kids with disabilities

At a time when kids with special needs were often institutionalized or refused enrollment in schools, Norris Haring helped popularize the idea that children with...

July 26, 2019 at 4:00 pm

This week’s passages VIEW

A roundup of notable obituaries from the week ending July 26.

Actor Rutger Hauer poses during the photocall of the movie “Sights of Death” on January 23, 2014 in Rome, Italy. (TIZIANA FABI/AFP/Getty Images/TNS) *FOR USE WITH THIS STORY ONLY* 1371137 1371137

July 24, 2019 at 10:42 am

Actor Rutger Hauer, of ‘Blade Runner’ fame, has died at 75

NEW YORK (AP) — Dutch film actor Rutger Hauer, who specialized in menacing roles, including a memorable turn as a murderous android in "Blade Runner"...

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CORRECTS AGE TO 90, INSTEAD OF 91 – FILE – In this Nov. 13, 1997, file photo, then Chinese Premier Li Peng, left, and his wife Zhu Lin wave from a bullet train window before they leave for Odawara City, west of Tokyo, at the Tokyo Central station. Li Peng, a former hard-line Chinese premier best known for announcing martial law during the 1989 Tiananmen Square pro-democracy protests, has died. He was 90. (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi, File) TKMY106 TKMY106

July 23, 2019 at 4:50 am

Li Peng, Chinese premier during Tiananmen massacre, dies at 90

He was at the forefront of Chinese politics for decades, but his name is inextricably linked to the military assault on unarmed protesters in Tiananmen...