Emily Langer

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She received a National Book Award for “A House Is a House for Me” and had bestsellers in the You Read to Me, I’ll Read to You series.

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The actor, best known for his performance in the Edwardian period piece “A Room With a View,” had gone missing in January while trekking in California.

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After being outed and discharged from the Women's Army Corps, she became a central, if long unsung, figure in the struggle for gay equality.

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He also popularized the Clapper, a gadget used to turn an appliance on or off with a forceful clap.

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The missions he led vastly expanded human understanding of the Red Planet and made him a hero to fellow Iranian Americans.

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The Virginia craftsman was most renowned for his contributions to Washington National Cathedral, including three monumental iron gates.

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His entire life was a show of strength, from his endurance as a teenager in Nazi concentration camps to his exploits on the world's athletic stage.

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He battled environmentalists and offended even some allies with the uninhibited rhetoric that ultimately drove him to resign.

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He disclosed highly classified materials and betrayed U.S. assets -- including two who were later executed -- in one of the worst breaches in U.S. history.