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  1. Richard Serra, Who Recast Sculpture on a Massive Scale, Dies at 85

    His tilted walls of rusting steel, monumental blocks and other immense and inscrutable forms created environments that had to be walked through, or around, to be fully experienced.

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    Richard Serra in 2005 with one of his steel works. Some of them evoked ancient temples or sacred sites.
    CreditRichard Serra/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. Photo: Rafa Rivas, via Agence France-Presse — Getty Images
  1. Shani Mott, Black Studies Scholar Who Examined Power All Around Her, Dies at 47

    Her work looked at how race and power are experienced in America. In 2022, she filed a lawsuit saying that the appraisal of her home was undervalued because of bias.

     By Campbell Robertson and

    Shani Mott with her husband, Nathan Connolly, at their home in Baltimore.
    CreditShan Wallace for The New York Times
  2. Ben Stern, Who Opposed a Nazi Rally in Illinois, Dies at 102

    He was held prisoner in nine concentration camps. Decades later, he fought a battle against American Nazis that became a major free-speech case.

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    Ben Stern, a Holocaust survivor who led a battle against a planned Nazi march in Skokie, Ill., in 1977, spoke with high school students in Cupertino, Calif., in 2017 at a screening of “Near Normal Man," a documentary about him produced and directed by his daughter.
    CreditJacqueline Ramseyer/Bay Area News Group, via Getty Images
  3. Peter G. Angelos, Owner of the Baltimore Orioles, Dies at 94

    Mr. Angelos oversaw 14 consecutive losing seasons, the worst run in franchise history, but the team is now a winning ball club about to be sold to new owners.

     By Alex Traub and

    Peter Angelos began to make a name for himself in Baltimore as a member of the City Council before making an unsuccessful bid for mayor.
    CreditJorge Rey/Associated Press
  4. Maurizio Pollini, Celebrated Pianist Who Defined Modernism, Dies at 82

    His recordings of Beethoven and Chopin were hailed as classics, but his technical ability sometimes invited controversy.

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    The pianist Maurizio Pollini in 2010 at Carnegie Hall, where he performed an all-Chopin program. He said that being considered a Chopin specialist was “a great honor, the most marvelous thing that can happen to a pianist.”
    CreditHiroyuki Ito for The New York Times
  5. David E. Harris, Trailblazing Airline Pilot, Is Dead at 89

    In 1964, at the height of the civil rights movement, he became the first Black pilot for a major commercial airline in the United States.

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    David E. Harris in about 1967, a few years after he was hired by American Airlines and became the first Black pilot for a major commercial airline.
    CreditAmerican Airlines

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  1. Overlooked No More: Yvonne Barr, Who Helped Discover a Cancer-Causing Virus

    A virologist, she worked with the pathologist Anthony Epstein, who died last month, in finding for the first time that a virus that could cause cancer. It’s known as the Epstein-Barr virus.

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    Yvonne Barr in 1962. Her techniques in growing cell cultures in a controlled environment aided in the discovery of the Epstein-Barr virus.
    CreditGregory Morgan
  2. Overlooked No More: Miriam Solovieff, Lauded Violinist Who Suffered Tragedy

    She led a successful career despite coping with a horrific event that she witnessed at 18: the killing of her mother and sister at the hands of her father.

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    Miriam Solovieff in the 1960s. After the deaths of her family members, the violin became her sole emotional and financial means of coping.
    CreditMark B. Anstendig
  3. Overlooked No More: Betty Fiechter, Pioneer in the World of Watches

    She started out at Blancpain as an apprentice and eventually took over as an owner, a move that one industry insider noted was “totally unprecedented” for a woman.

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    Betty Fiechter in 1935, two years after she became the owner of the watch company Blancpain.
    CreditBlancpain
  4. Overlooked No More: Pierre Toussaint, Philanthropist and Candidate for Sainthood

    He became wealthy working as a hairdresser in New York, then used his funds to free enslaved people, build churches and house orphans of color.

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    A portrait of Pierre Toussaint from 1825.
    CreditRobert Caplin for The New York Times
  5. Overlooked No More: Henry Heard, Tap Dancer and Advocate for People with Disabilities

    With one arm and one leg, he upended assumptions that disabled people could not lead fulfilling lives, and his artistry had audiences clamoring for more.

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    Henry Heard in 1952. He boldly turned a derogatory term, “crip,” into a stage name, declaring pride in his body’s unique power of expression.
    CreditDon Brinn/Associated Press
  1. The Art of Babar

    For more than seven decades, Laurent de Brunhoff painted the adventures of the world’s most beloved elephant.

     
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