Obituaries Related to "Yang" from New York Times Archive
Cho Yang-ho, 70, Dies; Expanded Korean Air Amid Scandals
Recently stripped of a board seat in his family’s empire, Mr. Cho had been caught up in corruption investigations and a daughter’s “nut rage” incident.
Choua Yang, Hmong Refugee and Educator, Dies at 53
With her husband, she founded Prairie Seeds Academy in Minneapolis, a charter school centered on Hmong language, culture and heritage. She died of the coronavirus.
Linda Yang, Who Offered Advice for Urban Gardeners, Dies at 83
Ms. Yang grew trees, flowers and herbs on a 19th-floor terrace. She was a contributor to The New York Times from 1979 until 1995.
Death to the Meritocracy With Andrew Yang
The 2020 contender talks Trump, jobs and higher education.
Cho Yang-ho, 70, Dies; Expanded Korean Air Amid Scandals
Recently stripped of a board seat in his family’s empire, Mr. Cho had been caught up in corruption investigations and a daughter’s “nut rage” incident.
Notable Deaths 2016: Yang Jiang
Yang Jiang Dies at 104; Revered Writer Witnessed China’s Cultural Revolution
Ms. Yang’s popular memoir told of the forced rural labor she and her novelist husband endured. Her translation of “Don Quixote” is regarded as the definitive one in Chinese.
Gen. Yang Baibing Dies at 93; Led Tiananmen Crackdown
General Yang carried out the suppression of student-led protests in Tiananmen Square in 1989 and was later purged for accruing too much power.
Yang Xianyi, Translator of Chinese Works, Dies at 94
Mr. Yang, a translator renowned for his skill at rendering both classic and contemporary Chinese literature into English, was regarded as the greatest translator of 20th-century China.
Jerry Yang, Who Did Early Cloning Work, Dies at 49
Dr. Yang was a reproductive biologist who did early work on the cloning of farm animals and helped establish the safety of meat and milk produced by cloned cattle.
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Bill Ivey, Who Soothed Critics of Federal Arts Agency, Dies at 81
By reducing the National Endowment for the Arts’s focus on avant-garde work, he eased conservative anger and won increased funding.
Alice Wong, Writer and Relentless Advocate for Disability Rights, Dies at 51
Born with muscular dystrophy, she received a MacArthur “Genius” grant in 2024 for her decades of calling attention to the need for equal rights for disabled people.
Todd Snider, Folk Singer With a Wry Wit, Dies at 59
Mentored by the likes of Jimmy Buffett and John Prine, his big-hearted ballads told of heartache even as his humor revealed a steadfast optimism.
Sharon Camp, Mother of the ‘Plan B’ Contraceptive Pill, Dies at 81
An advocate for women’s reproductive health, she started one of the world’s smallest pharmaceutical companies to bring an emergency birth-control method to market.
Jim Avila, Former ABC News Correspondent, Dies at 70
He spent almost two decades at the network, covering a wide range of court cases and the White House. He was also at the center of a defamation lawsuit over “pink slime.”
Juan Ponce Enrile, a Political Power in the Philippines, Dies at 101
A protégé of Ferdinand Marcos, he helped administer martial law for eight years before turning on his patron in the “People Power” uprising of 1986.
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