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The daughter of Iranian immigrants, she worked in the White House and Senate, lobbied for AIDS research and became a tireless champion for people with cancer.
Author: Harrison Smith
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Charles D. Ferris, a champion of deregulation at the FCC, dies at 90
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Appointed by President Jimmy Carter, he pared back government regulations while leading the agency through a period of rapid technological change.
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Dick Clark, Iowa senator who shaped policy in Africa, dies at 95
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A liberal Democrat, he condemned White-minority rule in southern Africa and spent three decades at the Aspen Institute think tank.
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Mike Reynolds, force behind California’s three-strikes law, dies at 79
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After his daughter was murdered in 1992, he campaigned to introduce a strict and contentious sentencing law.
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Melvin Wulf, legal crusader for the ACLU, dies at 95
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He oversaw hundreds of legal cases for the American Civil Liberties Union, arguing some of them in front of the Supreme Court.
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Peg Yorkin, feminist organizer and philanthropist, dies at 96
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She chaired the Feminist Majority Foundation, which campaigned to introduce the abortion pill mifepristone, and backed politicians including Nancy Pelosi.
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Daniel Ellsberg, who leaked the Pentagon Papers, dies at 92
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Disillusioned by the Vietnam War, he leaked a top-secret history of the conflict, leading to a landmark Supreme Court case.
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Hodding Carter III, State Dept. spokesman in Iran crisis, dies at 88
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He was the scion of a Mississippi newspaper family and won four Emmy Awards for TV documentaries.
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Pamela Turnure Timmins, press secretary to Jackie Kennedy, dies at 85
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At 23, she became the first press secretary to a first lady. Some historians said she had a romantic relationship with John F. Kennedy, which her family denied.