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Bill Gates Sr., Who Guided Billionaire Son’s Philanthropy, Dies at 94

2020-09-15T23:18:02+0000

He channeled support for campaigns to eradicate polio, reduce infant mortality, build schools and help find an AIDS vaccine — among other causes.


Ruth Gates, Who Made Saving Coral Reefs Her Mission, Is Dead at 56

2018-11-06T00:09:25+0000

A marine biologist, Dr. Gates worked to develop a “super coral” to resist the deadening effects of warming ocean waters.


David M. Gates Dies at 94; Sounded Early Alarm on Environmental Perils

2016-03-11T21:31:05+0000

Dr. Gates was in the vanguard of scientists who warned early on that fossil fuels, fertilizers and pesticides posed a dire threat to the environment.


Gates Brown, Tigers’ Clutch Pinch-Hitter, Is Dead at 74

2013-09-28T19:32:14+0000

Mr. Brown hit .370, including .450 as a pinch-hitter, to help lead Detroit to the World Series in 1968.


Gates Expects Decline in Fighting

2011-03-22T14:29:32+0000

Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates said Tuesday that fighting in Libya would soon decline significantly.


Daryl F. Gates, L.A.P.D. Chief in Rodney King Era, Dies at 83

2010-04-16T15:24:38+0000

Mr. Gates’s aggressive approach in a period of intense urban turmoil was admired for its innovation and criticized for the racial unrest it provoked.


DOMINICAN REBELS AT CAPITAL'S GATES; President's Resignation and Provisional Government Among Their Demands. HE AGREES TO CONCESSIONS But Vasquez Is Said to Have Refused to Quit--Council Will Act Tomorrow. THREE DEATHS REPORTED American Legation Secr

1930-02-26T05:00:00+0000

Demands by rebels


Bill Gates Sr., Who Guided Billionaire Son’s Philanthropy, Dies at 94

2020-09-15T23:18:02+0000

He channeled support for campaigns to eradicate polio, reduce infant mortality, build schools and help find an AIDS vaccine — among other causes.


Ruth Gates, Who Made Saving Coral Reefs Her Mission, Is Dead at 56

2018-11-06T00:09:25+0000

A marine biologist, Dr. Gates worked to develop a “super coral” to resist the deadening effects of warming ocean waters.


David M. Gates Dies at 94; Sounded Early Alarm on Environmental Perils

2016-03-11T21:31:05+0000

Dr. Gates was in the vanguard of scientists who warned early on that fossil fuels, fertilizers and pesticides posed a dire threat to the environment.



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Fri, 18 Jul 2025 18:19:27 +0000

Catch One, which she opened in Los Angeles in 1973 in the face of local animosity, became a glittering sanctuary for a largely shunned community.

Alan Bergman, Half of a Prolific Lyric-Writing Team, Dies at 99

Fri, 18 Jul 2025 15:36:14 +0000

With his wife, Marilyn, he wrote the words to memorable TV theme songs and the Oscar-winning “The Way We Were” and “The Windmills of Your Mind.”

Felix Baumgartner, Skydiver Who Jumped From the Edge of Space, Dies Paragliding at 56

Fri, 18 Jul 2025 16:55:58 +0000

Nicknamed “Fearless Felix,” he jumped from the edge of space in 2012.

Robert Alvarez, 76, Dies; Called Attention to Nuclear-Waste Safety

Fri, 18 Jul 2025 18:32:04 +0000

A self-taught expert, he spent decades working in both nonprofits and the government to expose problems in the production of atomic weapons.

Sol Stern, Lapsed Liberal and Conservative Heretic, Dies at 89

Fri, 18 Jul 2025 13:59:30 +0000

A writer, editor and political adviser, he broke with the left over its criticism of Israel and what he saw as its anti-Americanism. But he also became a critic of Donald Trump.

Martin Cruz Smith, Best-Selling Author of ‘Gorky Park,’ Dies at 82

Thu, 17 Jul 2025 03:14:55 +0000

He startled critics, readers and the book industry in 1981 with a novel set in the Soviet Union that had a flawed detective as its antihero.



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