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Joe Engle, X-15 rocket plane and space shuttle astronaut, dies at 91
Joe Engle, the first astronaut to fly in space aboard two different winged vehicles, has died at the age of…
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Mildred Thornton Stahlman, Pioneer in Neonatal Care, Dies at 101
Dr. Mildred Thornton Stahlman, a Vanderbilt University pediatrician whose research on fatal lung disease in newborns led to lifesaving treatments…
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Lynn Conway, Computing Pioneer and Transgender Advocate, Dies at 86
Lynn Conway, a pioneering computer scientist who was fired by IBM in the 1960s after telling managers that she was…
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Pioneering Transgender Microchip Innovator Lynn Conway Dies
Lynn Conway, a pioneer in the design of microchips that are at the heart of consumer electronics who overcame discrimination…
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Akira Endo, Scholar of Statins That Reduce Heart Disease, Dies at 90
Akira Endo, a Japanese biochemist whose research on fungi helped to lay the groundwork for widely prescribed drugs that lower…
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William A. Anders, Who Flew on First Manned Orbit of the Moon, Dies at 90
On Christmas Eve, during their 10 orbits of the moon, the three astronauts, whose movements were telecast to millions around…
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Dogecoin’s Famed Mascot Kabosu Dies at 18
Kabosu, the Japanese Shiba Inu who became the face of the popular cryptocurrency Dogecoin, recently passed away at the age…
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Milton Diamond, Sexologist and Advocate for Intersex Babies, Dies at 90
Academic conferences are usually staid affairs, but the 1973 International Symposium on Gender Identity, held in Dubrovnik, Yugoslavia, was an…
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Woman, 75, Dies After Bahamas Ferry Capsizes: Video
An American tourist died in a freak accident on Tuesday when a double-decker ferry transporting cruise passengers to an island…
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Hamburg art collector and patron Harald Falckenberg dies aged 80
The influential art collector, curator, publisher and writer Harald Falckenberg, who loaned his important collection of contemporary art to the…
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