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Ms. Korologos headed a panel that probed aviation security gaps after the bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Scotland in 1988.
Author: Brian Murphy
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Charlene Mitchell, first Black woman in presidential race, dies at 92
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Ms. Mitchell led the Communist Party ticket in the 1968 election and later joined battles against racial injustice and South African apartheid.
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Frank Shakespeare, Nixon’s TV guru who redefined political ads, dies at 97
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Mr. Shakespeare’s team oversaw ads and on-air events that reflected the rising power of television as a political tool.
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Michael Gerson, Post columnist and Bush speechwriter on 9/11, dies at 58
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Mr. Gerson helped shape President George W. Bush’s messaging after the 9/11 attacks and then moved to The Washington Post, where he wrote about politics and faith
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Paul Schrade, union leader wounded in Robert Kennedy slaying, dies at 97
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Mr. Shrade spent decades claiming that assassin Sirhan Sirhan did not act alone, contrary to investigations and official studies of the 1968 killing.
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Romano Mazzoli, congressman who led last major immigration act, dies at 89
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Mr. Mazzoli and Sen. Alan Simpson (R-Wyo.) co-sponsored a 1986 law that included granting legal status to nearly 3 million undocumented migrants.
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Lucianne Goldberg, who leaked tapes at center of Clinton impeachment, dies at 87
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Ms. Goldberg, a literary agent, urged former White House aide Linda Tripp to secretly tape her friend Monica Lewinsky, who had an affair with the president.
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Charles Bowsher, federal auditor during 1980s banking crisis, dies at 91
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As comptroller general, Charles Bowsher revealed the full scope of the 1980s savings and loan meltdown despite White House efforts to downplay the costs.
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Kenneth Starr, who led Whitewater probes into Clinton administration, dies at 76
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