Jane F. McAlevey, Who Empowered Workers Across the Globe, Dies at 59
An organizer and author, she believed that a union was only as strong as its members and trained thousands “to take over their unions and change them.”
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![Jane McAlevey in 2000. Labor organizing, she said, “is more than what happens when you punch the clock. It’s bigger than that. Do your kids have a good school to attend? A clean and safe park? Affordable housing? Transportation?”](https://static01.nyt.com/images/2024/07/09/multimedia/00mcalevey--05-lctk/00mcalevey--05-lctk-videoLarge.jpg?auto=webp)
An organizer and author, she believed that a union was only as strong as its members and trained thousands “to take over their unions and change them.”
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His clients included antiwar protesters and terror suspects. His practice “not only defended needy people, it propelled social movements,” a colleague said.
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In a decades-long collaboration with the director James Cameron, he produced three of the highest-grossing films of all time.
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His moving and often painful free-verse observations on friends’ deaths, the Holocaust and other topics won him many devoted fans.
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Vic Seixas, Winner of 15 Grand Slam Tennis Titles, Dies at 100
Once declared “the face of American tennis,” he was ranked among the leading players in the United States from the 1940s to the ’60s.
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Yoshihiro Uchida, Peerless Judo Coach, Is Dead at 104
A coach at San Jose State for seven decades, he helped establish the sport in America and trained generations of athletes, many of whom went to the Olympics.
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Wayne S. Smith, a Leading Critic of the Embargo on Cuba, Dies at 91
A former State Department official, he resigned in protest in 1982 over Cuba policy, then spent decades trying to rebuild relations with the island nation.
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Paal Enger, Who Stole Munch’s ‘The Scream,’ Is Dead at 57
A promising player for a storied Norwegian soccer club, he instead found infamy for stealing one of the world’s most famous artworks.
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Nancy Azara, Sculptor Who Created a Haven for Feminist Artists, Dies at 84
She helped establish the New York Feminist Art Institute. In her own work — monumental pieces carved from found lumber — she evoked ancient feminine imagery.
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Overlooked No More: Otto Lucas, ‘God in the Hat World’
His designs made it onto the covers of fashion magazines and onto the heads of celebrities like Greta Garbo. His business closed after he died in a plane crash.
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Overlooked No More: Lorenza Böttner, Transgender Artist Who Found Beauty in Disability
Böttner, whose specialty was self-portraiture, celebrated her armless body in paintings she created with her mouth and feet while dancing in public.
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Overlooked No More: Hansa Mehta, Who Fought for Women’s Equality in India and Beyond
For Mehta, women’s rights were human rights, and in all her endeavors she took women’s participation in public and political realms to new heights.
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Overlooked No More: Bill Hosokawa, Journalist Who Chronicled Japanese American History
He fought prejudice and incarceration during World War II to lead a successful career, becoming one of the first editors of color at a metropolitan newspaper.
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Overlooked No More: Min Matheson, Labor Leader Who Faced Down Mobsters
As director of the International Ladies’ Garment Workers’ Union, she fought for better working wages and conditions while wresting control from the mob.
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She was a frequent sight on the series, which began in 2019, and impressed fans with her straightforward attitude.
By Emmett Lindner
His baroque fusions of bright paint, wood and other detritus wowed the art world. But as his fame faded, he turned his attention to historic preservation.
By Adam Nossiter
A founder of the influential music magazine The Fader, he also bridged the worlds of hip-hop and the Fortune 500 with his innovative marketing agency.
By Alex Williams
She painted and sculpted, but she was best known for her oversized still lifes, painted from photographs and crowded with color and detail.
By Will Heinrich
He found that a failed contraceptive, tamoxifen, could block the growth of cancer cells, opening up a whole new class of treatment.
By Clay Risen
Celebrated for his mastery of dialogue, he also contributed (though without credit) to the scripts of “Bonnie and Clyde” and “The Godfather.”
By Bill Morris
A favorite of early personal computer users, his company was eventually overtaken by Microsoft Word. He later came out as gay and became an L.G.B.T.Q. activist.
By Michael S. Rosenwald
Womanly power was a recurring theme of her work, expressed in idiosyncratic sculpture and paintings that did not align with prevailing trends.
By William Grimes
She wrote memorably about her upbringing by a circle of maternal elders and the life lessons they imparted, and of her yearning for the mother she lost.
By Penelope Green
Often compared to Orwell and Kafka, he walked a political tightrope with works that offered veiled criticism of his totalitarian state.
By Rusha Haljuci
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