Obituaries Related to "Gates" from New York Times Archive
Bill Gates Sr., Who Guided Billionaire Son’s Philanthropy, Dies at 94
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
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
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
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
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
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
Demands by rebels
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
Demands by rebels
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
Demands by rebels
Bill Gates Sr., Who Guided Billionaire Son’s Philanthropy, Dies at 94
He channeled support for campaigns to eradicate polio, reduce infant mortality, build schools and help find an AIDS vaccine — among other causes.
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Viola Fletcher, Oldest Survivor of the Tulsa Race Massacre, Dies at 111
At 7, she bore witness to one of American history’s most violent spasms of racial violence. She was 106 when the nation reckoned with the crime.
Jimmy Cliff, Singer Who Helped Bring Reggae to Global Audience, Dies at 81
His Grammy-winning records as well as his starring role in the cult movie “The Harder They Come” in 1972 boosted a career spanning seven decades.
Dharmendra, Bollywood Leading Man, Dies at 89
In a career spanning nearly seven decades and more than 300 productions, he became widely popular, and wealthy, playing heroes and thieves.
Jamil Abdullah Al-Amin, Black Power Activist Known as H. Rap Brown, Dies at 82
A charismatic orator in the 1960s, he called for armed resistance to white oppression. As a Muslim cleric, he was convicted of murder in 2000 and died in detention.
Lee Tamahori, Director of Film Voted New Zealand’s Best, Dies at 75
He reimagined “Once Were Warriors,” a novel about a Maori family, as a film that became a worldwide phenomenon. He went on to direct Hollywood movies.
Dorothy Vogel, Librarian With a Vast Art Collection, Dies at 90
On modest civil servants’ salaries, she and her husband amassed a trove of some 4,000 works by art-world luminaries, storing them in their one-bedroom Manhattan apartment.
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