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Playwright Terrence McNally 81, is dead from coronavirus-related complications

Playwright Terrence McNally November 3 1938 – March 24 2020

Terrence McNally career spanned six decades, and his plays, musicals, and operas were routinely performed all over the world

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March 25, 2020

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Eugene Lang, Investor Who Made College Dreams a Reality, Dies at 98

Eugene Michael “Gene” Lang (March 16, 1919 – April 8, 2017) was an American philanthropist who founded REFAC Technology Development Corporation in 1951. REFAC held patents relating to LCDs, ATMs, credit card verification systems, bar code scanners, VCRs, cassette players,…

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April 16, 2017

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Elie Wiesel, Nobel Peace Prize laureate and renowned Holocaust survivor, dies at 87

Holocaust survivor, Nobel Peace Prize laureate, prolific author, and outspoken activist Elie Wiesel died Saturday at 87. Wiesel was perhaps best known for his major role in promoting Holocaust education and for perpetuating the memory of the Holocaust in the…

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