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Alma Powell, civic leader and widow of Colin Powell, dies at 86

In addition to supporting the diplomatic and military career of her husband, Colin, Ms. Powell served on several boards to help disadvantaged youths and wrote children's books.

Robin Warren, pathologist who rewrote the science on ulcers, dies at 87
Robin Warren, an Australian pathologist who shared a Nobel Prize for rewriting medical views on gut health with research that included his partner drinking a bacteria-laced brew to show how microbes can cause ulcers, died July 23 in Perth, Australia. He was 87.

Alma Powell, civic leader and widow of Colin Powell, dies at 86
In addition to supporting the diplomatic and military career of her husband, Colin, Ms. Powell served on several boards to help disadvantaged youths and wrote children's books.

Ismail Haniyeh, Hamas leader on Israel’s hit list since Oct. 7, is killed in an airstrike at 62

Hamas said Haniyeh was killed at his residence in Tehran in an Israeli airstrike after he attended the swearing-in ceremony of Iran’s new president. Israel has not commented on the accusation.

Tommy Robinson, colorful Arkansas sheriff and congressman, dies at 82
Mr. Robinson, who over two terms as a county sheriff in Arkansas in the 1980s made repeated national headlines with stunts like chaining inmates to a prison tower to protest jail overcrowding, and who then used that reputation to win three terms in Congress, died July 10.

Toumani Diabaté, world music master of Mali’s stringed kora, dies at 58
Mr. Diabaté, a Malian virtuoso of a 21-string instrument known as the kora, brought a rich West African musical legacy to audiences around the world with genre-mixing collaborations ranging from American blues to the London Symphony Orchestra.

Erica Ash, comedian and ‘Real Husbands of Hollywood’ and ‘Mad TV’ star, dies at 46
Ms. Ash, an actor and comedian skilled in sketch comedy, starred in the parody series “Mad TV” and “Real Husbands of Hollywood.”

John Teal, Woods Hole scientist who championed wetland protections, dies at 94
Teal’s research and advocacy efforts influenced key New England environmental protections, including the Massachusetts Wetlands Protection Act and the Boston Harbor cleanup.

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Abner Haynes, a star of the AFL’s early years, dies at 86

The elusive halfback integrated his college team in Texas before becoming one of the most exciting stars of the brand-new American Football League.

Edna O’Brien, Irish literary giant who wrote ‘The Country Girls, dies at 93

She was a literary outlaw in Ireland, targeted by censors and criticized by her family and church, before gaining international acclaim as a storyteller.

Gail Lumet Buckley, chronicler of Black family history, dies at 86

Ms. Buckley was inspired to chronicle her family history in the early 1980s when her mother, Lena Horne, asked her to store an old trunk in her basement.

Roland Dumas, French foreign minister tainted by scandal, dies at 101

Roland Dumas, a former French foreign minister, agile political fixer and star defense lawyer whose taste for living large proved his undoing, died July 3 in Paris. He was 101.

Sylvain Saudan, ‘skier of the impossible,’ dies at 87

Sylvain Saudan, who was widely known as the “skier of the impossible” for his audacious and potentially life-ending descents down some of the steepest, most inaccessible slopes in the world, died July 14 at his home in Les Houches, France. He was 87.

Bob Booker, whose JFK parody was a runaway hit, dies at 92

Bob Booker, a veteran comedy writer best known for “The First Family,” the 1962 album lampooning President John F. Kennedy and his family, which was such a runaway hit that crowds gathered at record stores to hear it, died July 12 at his home in Tiburon, Calif. He was 92.

Martin S. Indyk, diplomat who sought Middle East peace, dies at 73

The foreign-policy thinker spent decades trying to solve the riddle of Middle East peace, twice as the United States ambassador to Israel and later as a special envoy for President Obama.

Bernice Johnson Reagon, a musical voice for civil rights, is dead at 81

After decades as an activist and teacher, Dr. Reagon became a cultural historian and a curator at the Smithsonian Institution.