Burke MarshallAge: 80 public official who served as assistant attorney general in charge of civil rights in the Kennedy and Johnson administrations. A former antitrust lawyer, Marshall helped…
Robert DonovanAge: 90 newspaper reporter turned best-selling author who wrote PT-109, the chronicle of John F. Kennedy's war experiences. He also wrote a biography of President Truman. Died:…
Richard ScammonAge: 85 elections expert and political scientist whose encyclopedic knowledge of election results, polls, and census figures made him an invaluable source for journalists and…
Howard K. SmithAge: 87 opinionated broadcast journalist who covered WWII, the Nuremberg trials, the cold war, and the civil rights protests of the 1960s. In 1960 he moderated the first…
Cynthia Belgravetheater actress and director Belgrave acted in several landmark plays, including Jean Genet's The Blacks and Adrienne Kennedy's Funnyhouse of a Negro. With her husband,…
Thomas R. JonesAge: 93 judge and New York state assemblyman who advocated urban renewal, spurring Senator Robert F. Kennedy to redevelop the then-rundown Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood in…
Charles GuggenheimAge: 78 Academy Award–winning documentary filmmaker and producer of political campaign commercials. His film credits include The Johnstown Flood and Robert Kennedy…
Felix de WeldonAge: 96 sculptor who created the Marine Corps War Memorial in Arlington, Va., which depicts marines raising the flag on Iwo Jima. Weldon crafted more than 2,000 other…
Najeeb HalabyAge: 87 airline executive, lawyer, and test pilot who served as CEO of Pan American World Airways in the late 1960s and early 1970s. He also headed the Federal Aviation…
Carl RowanAge: 75 liberal crusading columnist and best-selling author who specialized in race relations. He served as deputy assistant secretary of state and ambassador to Finland under…
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