Sachio Kinugasa, Japanese Baseball’s Iron Man, Is Dead at 71
In 1987 he broke Lou Gehrig’s record for consecutive games played, only to see his testament to durability exceeded nine years later by Cal Ripken Jr.
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In 1987 he broke Lou Gehrig’s record for consecutive games played, only to see his testament to durability exceeded nine years later by Cal Ripken Jr.
By RICHARD SANDOMIR
He was among the founders of East West Players, a theater troupe that sought better roles for Asian-American actors and more representative stories.
By NEIL GENZLINGER
She broke racial and gender barriers on her way to spearheading open-housing legislation in Milwaukee and was a voice in Democratic national politics.
By RICHARD SANDOMIR
He blamed greedy manufacturers, lax regulators, misguided researchers and complicit charitable groups for what he saw as a coming cancer epidemic.
By SAM ROBERTS
Mr. Dorough worked with Miles Davis and many others, but he’s best known for his songs for the educational cartoon series “Schoolhouse Rock!”
By NEIL GENZLINGER
As the president’s last budget director, he helped engineer the only federal surplus to be recorded over a span of almost 40 years.
By SAM ROBERTS
He helped found a groundbreaking firm, nursed an insurance giant back to health and created a trust devoted to restoring historic American homes.
By ROBERT D. HERSHEY Jr.
Mr. Leff was the state’s lead lawyer in a toxic-waste suit against a chemical company that led to a record $98 million settlement in 1994.
By SAM ROBERTS
The poet Sylvia Plath and the novelist Charlotte Brontë. Ida B. Wells, the anti-lynching activist. These extraordinary people — and so many others — did not have obituaries in The New York Times. Until now.
By AMISHA PADNANI and JESSICA BENNETT