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Lee A. Archer Jr., Tuskegee Fighter Pilot, Dies at 90

Mr. Archer was a pioneering black fighter pilot who was credited with shooting down four German planes when he flew with the Tuskegee Airmen of World War II.

Lee A. Archer, Ace Tuskegee Airman and V.C., Dies

Lee A. Archer, a Tuskegee Airman considered to be the only black ace pilot who also broke racial barriers as an executive at a major U.S. company and founder of a venture capital firm, died Wednesday in New York City. He was 90.

Elizabeth Brown Pryor, Biographer of Clara Barton and Robert E. Lee, Dies at 64

Ms. Pryor, who served more than two decades in the State Department, was the author of well-regarded biographies of the founder of the American Red Cross and the Confederate commander.

Lee Phillip Bell, Soap Opera Creator and Talk Show Host, Dies at 91

She and her husband developed “The Young and the Restless” and “The Bold and the Beautiful” while she also worked as a broadcast journalist in Chicago.

Lee Bennett Hopkins, Champion of Poetry for Children, Dies at 81

In the scores of anthologies he compiled and in his own writing, he sought to teach and expand young imaginations through verse.

Mona Lee Brock, Farmers’ ‘Angel’ on the Line, Dies at 87

She cautioned suicidal farmers to think what it would be like for their children “if they sat down at the supper table and there would be an empty chair.”

Lee Mendelson, Producer Behind ‘A Charlie Brown Christmas,’ Dies at 86

Mr. Mendelson, who worked on dozens of animated projects, also wrote the enduring lyrics to the song “Christmas Time Is Here.”

Lee Gelber, Dean of New York Tour Guides, Dies at 81

“He knew our city better than anyone else,” a colleague said, “and made it his goal for everyone else to know it, too.”

Mona Lee Brock, Farmers’ ‘Angel’ on the Line, Dies at 87

She cautioned suicidal farmers to think what it would be like for their children “if they sat down at the supper table and there would be an empty chair.”

Art Lee, Fly-Fishing Virtuoso and Writer, Dies at 76

Mr. Lee was a Catskills fixture whose reputation as an angler spread far and wide. He once took Jimmy Carter fishing and wrote a whole book on a knot.