Obituaries Related to "Wang" from New York Times Archive
Shuping Wang, Who Helped Expose China’s Rural AIDS Crisis, Dies at 59
She braved ostracism, assault and the loss of her job to expose the spread of the disease in rural China. A play about her has opened in London.
Wang Guodong, Who Painted Mao Year After Year, Dies at 88
He received one of China’s highest — and most intimidating — honors: responsibility for creating the huge portrait that gazes down on Tiananmen Square.
Charles B. Wang, Software Entrepreneur and New York Islanders Owner, Dies at 74
Mr. Wang was an entrepreneur and deal-maker who built a multibillion-dollar software business, then was a majority owner of the New York Islanders.
Wang Jian, Co-Founder of Chinese Giant HNA, Dies in France
The death of a key figure in the company’s rise as a global conglomerate comes as it grapples with high debt after a huge shopping spree.
Nina Wang, 69, Outré Star of Hong Kong Estate Tussle, Dies
Nina Wang, reported to be the richest woman in Asia, won control of her husband’s Hong Kong real-estate empire after a tumultuous legal melodrama.
Obituary: Nina Wang, Hong Kong's pigtailed billionaire
HONG KONG — Hong Kong's richest woman, Nina Wang, known for a sensational legal battle over her missing husband's estate, died on Tuesday, her spokesman said. She was 69.
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Wang Guangmei, 85, Dies; Former First Lady of China
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Wang Guangmei, 85, Dies; Former First Lady of China
Wang Guangmei was the widow of President Liu Shaoqi and a powerful figure in China before she was imprisoned during the Cultural Revolution.
Obituaries: Wang Guangmei, 85, former Chinese first lady - Asia - Pacific - International Herald Tribune
BEIJING — Wang Guangmei, the former Chinese first lady who was persecuted in the 1960s during the Cultural Revolution with her husband, President Liu Shaoqi, has died, news reports said Monday. She was 85.
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Charles Norman Shay, Tribal Elder and World War II Hero, Dies at 101
As a medic, he saved soldiers from drowning off Omaha Beach on D-Day before becoming a prisoner of war. Back home, a decorated veteran, he was forbidden to vote as a Native American.
Dominik Duka, Czech Cardinal Jailed Under Communism, Dies at 82
While in prison in 1981, he befriended the dissident and future Czech president Vaclav Havel. Later, he became a conservative voice in Rome.
Steve Cropper, Guitarist, Songwriter and Shaper of Memphis Soul Music, Dies at 84
As a member of Booker T. & the MG’s and as a producer, he played a pivotal role in the rise of Stax Records, a storied force in R&B in the 1960s and ’70s.
Yegor Ligachev, Gorbachev’s No. 2 Who Turned Foe, Is Dead at 100
As the Kremlin’s hard-line Communist ideologist, he initially embraced his boss’s modernizing reforms before turning against them as threats to the Soviet order.
Eugene Hasenfus, Gunrunner Who Exposed Iran-Contra Plot, Dies at 84
He emerged out of obscurity when his cargo plane was shot down while illegally ferrying arms to Nicaraguan rebels, setting off a scandal that tarnished the Reagan and Bush White Houses.
Reginald T. Jackson, A.M.E. Bishop Who Helped Sway Votes, Dies at 71
Influential from New Jersey to Georgia, he was part of a long tradition among Black clergy of fighting bias and getting out the vote. “No vote, no clout,” he’d say.
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