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Daniel Cordier, French Resistance hero, dies at 100

Daniel Cordier died Nov. 20 at 100 at his home near Cannes, in southern France, of unspecified causes, according to a statement by French President Emmanuel Macron.

Diego Maradona, soccer legend who led Argentina to 1986 World Cup title, dead at 60

The office of Argentina's president said it will declare three days of national mourning in honor of Maradona.

New York City’s first Black mayor, David Dinkins, dies at 93

Mr. Dinkins, the son of a barber, broke barriers as New York City’s first Black mayor, but was doomed to a single term by a soaring murder rate, stubborn unemployment, and his mishandling of a riot in Brooklyn.

Pat Quinn, co-founder of viral ALS Ice Bucket Challenge, dies at 37

Mr. Quinn helped raise more than $200 million worldwide for Lou Gehrig’s disease research.

Rev. Isabelle Miller, ‘spiritual mother’ of Holy Temple Church in Roxbury, dies at 100
Rev. Miller, who began preaching in her late teens, "was an excellent teacher and preacher of the Bible," says Pastor Thomas L. Williams.

‘Mr. Cambridge’: Frank Duehay, a former three-time mayor, dies at 87
A longtime advocate for education, Dr. Duehay formerly was assistant dean of the Harvard Graduate School of Education.

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Len Barry, 78, dies; soulful voice of ‘Bristol Stomp’ and ‘1-2-3’

Len Barry, the lead singer of the Dovells on their danceable early-1960s hits “Bristol Stomp” and “You Can’t Sit Down” and later a solo artist whose career peaked with his infectious love song “1-2-3,” died Nov. 5 in a hospital in Philadelphia. He was 78.

Andrew White, virtuoso saxophonist and Coltrane scholar, dies at 78

Andrew White, a profusely talented and proudly eccentric musician and scholar best known in jazz circles for transcribing more than 800 of John Coltrane’s saxophone solos, died Nov. 11 at an assisted-living facility in Silver Spring, Maryland. He was 78.

Nelly Kaplan, whose films explored female strength, dies at 89

Ms. Kaplan's witty, satire-tinged French films about female empowerment and revenge made her a distinctive voice in a male-dominated era.

Margaret Guilfoyle, trailblazing Australian lawmaker, dies at 94

As a member of Prime Minister Malcolm Fraser’s Cabinet from 1975-83, Ms. Guilfoyle was the first woman to run an Australian government department and the first female finance minister.

Jan Morris, celebrated writer and transgender pioneer, dies at 94

The much-lauded journalist, historian, world traveler, and fiction writer broke news from Everest to Egypt, Jan Morris in middle age became a pioneer of the transgender movement.

Soumitra Chatterjee, globally acclaimed Indian film star, dies at 85

Mr. Chatterjee, who appeared in more than 350 movies, rose to fame playing the title character in "The World of Apu." The film cast Chatterjee in an epic role familiar from canonical works of literature: A young man imagines a glorious literary career but encounters the hard realities of adult life, which he struggles to transcend.

Drew Days, first Black leader of Justice Department’s civil rights unit, dies at 79

Drew S. Days III, who was the first African American to head the civil rights division of the Justice Department and later became solicitor general under President Bill Clinton, died on Sunday at a long-term care facility in East Haven, Connecticut. He was 79.

Jill Paton Walsh, multigenerational writer, dies at 83

Jill Paton Walsh was greeted with acclaim in the 1960s when she began writing young adult books that challenged her readers in both plotting and messaging. There was “Fireweed” (1970), a story of two British adolescents who set up housekeeping in a bombed-out building during World War II. There was “Goldengrove” (1972), about two youths who navigate the transition from childhood to adulthood during an eventful summer.