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Suzanne Whang, former host of ‘House Hunters,’ dies

Ms. Whang served as the on-camera host and narrator for the enormously popular show “House Hunters” from 1999 to 2008.

Robert Boyd, journalist who shared Pulitzer for uncovering Eagleton’s shock therapy, dies at 91

Mr. Boyd, who had once been in the CIA, was an idiosyncratic blend of Midwestern reserve and Harvard erudition.

Martin Trust, apparel industry entrepreneur and philanthropist, dies at 84

Mr. Trust, who was part of the ownership group that bought the Boston Red Sox in 2001, died Sept. 12 in his Boston home.

Luigi Colani, designer of fanciful and futuristic objects, dies at 91

Luigi Colani was a German designer known for applying sensuous shapes from nature to high-tech objects like supersonic jets and super sports cars.

Barron Hilton, hotel magnate and founding AFL owner, dies at 91
Mr. Hilton oversaw the vast expansion of his father’s hotel empire and took part in changing the pro sports landscape as an original club owner in the American Football League.

David Jones, who built Humana into a health insurance giant, dies at 88
David Jones, a Kentucky lawyer who turned a $1,000 investment into America’s largest nursing-home chain, then transformed his business into a hospital giant and finally into the $37 billion health insurance corporation Humana, died Wednesday in Louisville.

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Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, former president of Tunisia, dies at 83

Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, Tunisia’s former autocratic president whose extravagant life and oppressive rule inspired the 2011 Arab Spring revolts, died on Thursday in exile in Saudi Arabia, the Tunisian state news agency reported.

Larry Garron, running back for original Boston Patriots, dies at 82

Larry Garron, 82, of Framingham, who died Sept. 13, was a running back for original Boston Patriots.

Sander Vanocur, TV newsman who covered Kennedy, dies at 91

Mr. Vanocur became familiar to American viewers as a prominent White House correspondent during the Kennedy administration and as a tough questioner in presidential debates.

Phyllis Newman, Tony Award-winning Broadway star, 86

Ms. Newman began her acting career as a young child and, driven by her own later struggles with breast cancer, raised millions of dollars to help women in entertainment deal with serious health problems.

Ken Bader, 70, a collegial, principled force in public radio

In his work on such programs as The World and Monitor Radio, he was known for his principles and his geniality.

Author Graeme Gibson, longtime partner of Atwood, dead at 85

Graeme Gibson, a Canadian novelist and conservationist and the longtime partner of Margaret Atwood, died Wednesday at age 85.

Journalist Cokie Roberts dies at 75

Both a political reporter and commentator, she was widely respected both by her fellow journalists and by those she covered.

Juanita Abernathy, a force in the civil rights movement, dies at 88

Juanita Abernathy, who helped organize the Montgomery bus boycott and took part in other pivotal protests at the outset of the civil rights era alongside the Rev. Ralph Abernathy, her husband and a leader of the movement, died on Thursday at a hospital in Atlanta.


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