Obituaries

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Francesco Saverio Borrelli, Scourge of Italy’s Corrupt, Dies at 89

With 1,281 convictions, his landmark investigation, popularly known as Clean Hands, swept away the ruling class and helped transform Italian politics.

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Dr. Joel Filártiga, 86, Dies; Won Human Rights Ruling in Son’s Death

After the brutal death of his teenage son in Paraguay, he won a landmark case in the United States that extended universal law against torture.

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Examining Li Peng’s Tiananmen Legacy as the ‘Butcher of Beijing’

Li Peng, the former Chinese premier, died on Monday at 90. Mr. Li’s role in the deadly Tiananmen Square crackdown on student demonstrators in 1989 led his critics to call him the “butcher of Beijing.”

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Christopher Kraft, NASA Mission Control’s Founding Father, Dies at 95

He directed the first piloted orbital flights, orchestrated spacewalks, oversaw the first lunar landing and led the space center in Houston.

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George Hodgman, 60, Dies; Wrote Best Seller on Caring for His Mother

He was a leading magazine and book editor who found his own measure of fame with “Bettyville,” in which he also delved into growing up gay in a small town.

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Leon Kossoff, 92, Who Painted Portraits of Urban Life, Dies

His primary subjects were his family and friends, the many glories of London, and old master paintings in the National Gallery.

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Yukiya Amano, Head of the I.A.E.A. Nuclear Watchdog Group, Dies at 72

Mr. Amano led the agency for nearly a decade, including a critical period during which it monitored Iran’s nuclear activities under a deal signed in 2015.

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Robert Morgenthau, Longtime Manhattan District Attorney, Dies at 99

Mr. Morgenthau was the bane of mobsters and crooked politicians and a confidant of mayors and governors, who came and went while he stayed on for decades.

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Paul Krassner, Anarchist, Prankster and a Yippies Founder, Dies at 87

His circle included Abbie Hoffman and Jerry Rubin. When People magazine called him the “father of the underground press” — he founded The Realist — he demanded a paternity test.

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Russell Smith, Amazing Rhythm Aces Singer and Songwriter, Dies at 70

His most enduring composition was “Third Rate Romance,” a Top 20 pop and country hit that was later recorded by Rosanne Cash, Elvis Costello and others.