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Norm Snead, a National Football League quarterback for 16 seasons in the 1960s and ’70s and a four-time Pro Bowl selection, died on Sunday. He was 84. A spokesperson for Wake Forest University’s football program, where Snead played before turning pro, told The Associated Press on Monday that the school learned of Snead’s death from …
Neil Drossman, who brought a cheeky wit and a tireless work ethic to the award-winning print advertisements and television commercials he wrote for clients like Meow Mix cat food, Teacher’s Scotch whisky and 1-800-Flowers, died on Nov. 25 in the Bronx. He was 83. His daughter, Jill Drossman, said he died of sepsis in a …
Vic Davalillo, a two-time World Series champion who spent 16 seasons in the major leagues and won a Gold Glove as an outfielder, died on Wednesday in Caracas, Venezuela. He was 84 or 87; sources differ on his age. His daughter Helga Davalillo said he died after emergency surgery for an intestinal obstruction and renal …
Henry A. Kissinger, the scholar-turned-diplomat who engineered the United States’ opening to China, negotiated its exit from Vietnam, and used cunning, ambition and intellect to remake American power relationships with the Soviet Union at the height of the Cold War, sometimes trampling on democratic values to do so, died on Wednesday, according to a statement …