‘Greatest of all time’ Rickey Henderson dies at 65 Rickey Henderson, the greatest leadoff hitter and base stealer in Major League Baseball history, died Friday. He was 65.

Lee Edwards, Historian of the Conservative Movement, Dies at 92 In his books about Ronald Reagan, Barry Goldwater and other figures on the right, he was, one observer said, “a keeper of the flame and spreader of the gospel.”

Rickey Henderson, Baseball’s Flamboyant ‘Man of Steal,’ Dies at 65 Widely regarded as the greatest leadoff hitter in baseball history, he was not just one of the game’s most exciting players, but also one of its most eccentric.

Troy Masters, Pioneering L.G.B.T.Q. Journalist, Dies at 63 He was at the helm of several influential publications, notably Gay City News in New York City and, since 2017, The Los Angeles Blade.

Joanne Pierce Misko, Ex-Nun Who Made F.B.I. History, Dies at 83 She and Susan Malone were sworn in together in 1972 as the first female agents, only months after the bureau opened the door to women.

Bob ‘Slim’ Dunlap, guitarist in the Replacements, dies at 73 submitted by /u/PrintOk8045

Jim Leach, Iowa Republican Who Extolled Moderation, Dies at 82 During his 30 years in Congress, he resisted his party’s rightward tilt. He endorsed Barack Obama in 2008 and became a Democrat in 2022.

Richard W. Murphy, Roving Diplomat in World Hot Spots, Dies at 95 As a State Department Arabist, he served as ambassador to three Arab countries and helped broker the end of a 15-year civil war in Lebanon.

Auburn football team pastor dies in lake accident The longtime pastor of the Auburn University football team died Sunday after falling into the water on Lake Martin in central Alabama.

Zakir Hussain, Peerless Indian Tabla Player, Dies at 73 Considered a national treasure in his homeland, he transcended genres and brought classical Indian music to a global audience.

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Bob Fernandez, Who Survived Pearl Harbor as a Teenager, Dies at 100 Mr. Fernandez was a 17-year-old sailor aboard the U.S.S. Curtiss when Japanese forces attacked. He had recently canceled a trip to Hawaii for the 83rd anniversary of the bombing.

Rodney Jenkins, Star of the Show-Jumping Circuit, Dies at 80 He had a feel for how horses behaved and thought, and he won more than 70 Grand Prix events before retiring to train racehorses.

Dolores Madrigal, Plaintiff in Landmark Sterilization Case, Dies at 90 She was among hundreds of women who said they were coerced into sterilization at a California hospital in the 1970s. The lawsuit led to state and national reforms.

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Nikki Giovanni, Poet Who Wrote of Black Joy, Dies at 81 As a writer, she tackled race, gender, sex, politics and love. She was also a public intellectual who appeared on television and toured the country.

Steve Mensch, President of Tyler Perry Studios, Dies at 62 Mr. Mensch, a longtime supporter of the film industry in Georgia, died in a plane crash on Friday in Florida, according to officials.

Marvin Laird, Musical Presence on and Off Broadway, Dies at 85 He conducted Broadway shows and worked with Bernadette Peters. But he was probably best known for writing the music for the darkly comic “Ruthless!”

Miho Nakayama, Japanese Music and Movie Star, Dies at 54 A top-selling pop singer as a teenager in the 1980s, she also had an award-winning career as a dramatic actress.

Shuntaro Tanikawa, Poet and Translator of ‘Peanuts,’ Dies at 92 A perennial front-runner for the Nobel Prize in Literature, he was a revered figure in Japan, not just in literary circles but also among casual readers.