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NYT > Obituaries Eddy Arnold, 89, Country Singer With Pop Luster, Dies Mr. Arnold was a gentleman crooner who took country music uptown and sold more than 85 million recordings over seven decades. Beverlee McKinsey, 72, Actress in Decades of Soap Operas, Is Dead Ms. McKinsey, a well-known soap opera actress of the 1970s, ’80s and ?90s, played memorably strong women on ?Another World? and ?Guiding Light.? Hanon Reznikov, a Force Behind the Living Theater, Dies at 57 An actor, director and writer, Mr. Reznikov helped run the avant-garde Living Theater for 23 years. Robert Vesco, ’70s Financier, Is Dead at 71 The death of the financier Robert L. Vesco, confirmed by documents and interviews, has closed the books on one of Washington?s longest and most prominent fugitive hunts. Morgan Sparks, Bell Scientist, Dies at 91 Mr. Sparks made critical contributions to developing the second-generation transistor, which became a building block of modern electronic devices. Claude Rosenberg, Advocate for Philanthropy, Is Dead at 80 Mr. Rosenberg developed a model that estimated that if people gave what they could afford, we would increase charitable giving in the U.S. by $100 billion a year. Frances Yeend, Soprano at City Opera and the Met, Dies at 95 Ms. Yeend was an internationally known soprano who appeared regularly with the New York City Opera and the Metropolitan Opera in the decades after World War II. Victor Christ-Janer, Modernist Architect, Dies at 92 Mr. Christ-Janer was a member of a group of influential architects who built Modernist homes and offices in New Canaan, Conn. Irvine Robbins, Ice Cream Entrepreneur and a Maestro of 31 Flavors, Dies at 90 With his brother-in-law, Burton Baskin, Mr. Robbins started the Baskin-Robbins ice cream store chain, concocting quirky flavors like Daiquiri Ice and Here Comes the Fudge. John Jay Iselin, Public TV Innovator, Dies at 74 Mr. Iselin led WNET, also known as Channel 13, the nation’s largest public television station, through a period of innovative programming. Ilyas Malayev, 72, Uzbek Musician and Poet, Dies Mr. Malayev was a musician and poet renowned in Uzbekistan and transplanted to Queens, where he was a legend among fellow Bukharan Jews. Alvin Colt, Broadway Costume Designer, Dies at 91 Mr. Colt was a Tony Award-winning costume designer who created both serious and amusing costumes for more than 50 Broadway productions. Mildred Loving, Who Battled Ban on Mixed-Race Marriage, Dies at 68 Mrs. Loving’s anger over being banished from Virginia for marrying a white man led to a landmark Supreme Court ruling overturning state miscegenation laws. Ted Key, 95, Creator of ?Hazel? Cartoon, Is Dead Mr. Key?s cartoon creation was an independent-minded, impertinent maid who came to be known as Hazel, a name that became synonymous with live-in housekeepers. Alan Seiden, a Key to a St. John?s N.I.T. Title, Is Dead at 71 Mr. Seiden was an all-American guard who helped lead the St. John?s basketball team to the 1959 National Invitation Tournament. Giuseppe Attardi Is Dead at 84; Studied Cells for Clues to Aging Dr. Attardi was a molecular biologist whose penetrating studies of mitochondria helped explain how cells grow and deteriorate with age. Frank Whiteley Jr., 93, Dies; Trained Ruffian Mr. Whiteley was a thoroughbred racing Hall of Famer who trained the brilliant but ill-fated filly Ruffian. Peter Howard, 80, Dies; Put Music on Broadway Mr. Howard arranged the dance music, composed the incidental music or conducted the orchestra for many of Broadway’s biggest hits of the last half-century, and sometimes did all three. Philipp von Boeselager, Who Attempted an Assassination of Hitler, Dies at 90 Mr. Boeselager is believed to have been the last surviving member of the circle of German Army officers who tried to assassinate Adolf Hitler with a briefcase bomb in 1944. William Frankel, Who Edited Jewish Chronicle, Dies at 91 Mr. Frankel reinvigorated the London-based newspaper The Jewish Chronicle as its editor for two decades, broadening its coverage of world affairs.

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