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  3. Rob Burrow, Rugby Star and A.L.S. Campaigner, Dies at 41

    The “Mighty Atom” enjoyed a glittering professional career in Britain before gaining more acclaim for his charity efforts after a diagnosis of motor neuron disease.

     By Alex Williams

    Rob Burrow during a rugby match in 2008. He spent his 17-year professional career with the Leeds Rhinos and retired in 2017. Two years later, he was diagnosed with a neurological disease.
    CreditGreg Wood/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images

  1. Janis Paige, Star of Broadway’s ‘The Pajama Game,’ Is Dead at 101

    She first made her mark in the all-star 1944 movie “Hollywood Canteen” before finding acclaim on the musical stage. Movie and TV roles followed.

     By Anita Gates

    Janis Paige in 1949. Five years later, she became a Broadway star in “The Pajama Game,” but when the musical was adapted for a movie, her part went to Doris Day.
    CreditAssociated Press

  2. Brother Marquis, Member of Rap Group 2 Live Crew, Dies

    Born Mark Ross, he was a well-known member of the group, which fueled a debate about artistic freedom.

     By Yan Zhuang

    Members of 2 Live Crew at the MTV Video Music Awards in Los Angeles in 1990. Brother Marquis is second from left.
    CreditLester Cohen/Getty Images

  3. Terry Robards, 84, Dies; Lifted Fine Wines in America as a Times Critic

    In columns and notably “The New York Times Book of Wine,” he introduced Americans to European and premium domestic varieties in the 1970s and ’80s.

     By Clay Risen

    Terry Robards in 2004. He was a financial reporter who turned his passion for wine and winemaking into a second career as a critic and author.
    CreditJulie Robards

  4. Larry Bensky, a Fixture of Left-Wing Radio, Is Dead at 87

    A self-described activist-journalist, he was for many years the national affairs correspondent for the community-focused Pacifica network.

     By Trip Gabriel

    Larry Bensky in 1988, while he was working for the Pacifica Network of public radio stations. His coverage of the Iran-contra congressional hearings won him a Polk Award.
    Creditvia Current

  5. Margot Benacerraf, Award-Winning Venezuelan Documentarian, Dies at 97

    She made only two films, but her “Araya,” a rumination on the daily rituals of salt-mine laborers, became an enduring work of Latin American cinema.

     By Alex Williams

    The Venezuelan documentarian Margot Benacerraf in 2018. Her film “Araya” shared the critics’ prize at the 1959 Cannes Film Festival.
    CreditRafael Salvatore/Agence France-Presse, via Fundacion Audiovisual Margot Ben

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  1. Overlooked No More: Hansa Mehta, Who Fought for Women’s Equality in India and Beyond

    For Mehta, women’s rights were human rights, and in all her endeavors she took women’s participation in public and political realms to new heights.

     By Radha Vatsal

    A postcard depicting Hansa Mehta. Her work included helping to draft India’s first constitution as a newly independent nation.
    Creditvia Mehta family

  2. Overlooked No More: Bill Hosokawa, Journalist Who Chronicled Japanese American History

    He fought prejudice and incarceration during World War II to lead a successful career, becoming one of the first editors of color at a metropolitan newspaper.

     By Jonathan van Harmelen and Greg Robinson

    Bill Hosokawa in 1951, when he worked for The Denver Post.
    CreditCloyd Teter/The Denver Post, via Getty Images

  3. Overlooked No More: Min Matheson, Labor Leader Who Faced Down Mobsters

    As director of the International Ladies’ Garment Workers’ Union, she fought for better working wages and conditions while wresting control from the mob.

     By Steven Greenhouse

    Min Matheson in an undated photograph. She frequently confronted “tough guys” while marching in picket lines.
    Creditvia Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation<br /> and Archives, Cornell University Library

  4. Overlooked No More: Lizzie Magie, the Unknown Inventor Behind Monopoly

    Magie’s creation, The Landlord’s Game, inspired the spinoff we know today. But credit for the idea long went to someone else.

     By Gavin Edwards

    Lizzie Magie in 1892. She conceived of The Landlord’s Game as an ideological tool about political economics.
    CreditThe Brodix Publishing Company

  5. Overlooked No More: Henrietta Leavitt, Who Unraveled Mysteries of the Stars

    The portrait that emerged from her discovery, called Leavitt’s Law, showed that the universe was hundreds of times bigger than astronomers had imagined.

     By Kirk Johnson

    Henrietta Leavitt in an undated photo. Her discovery, often referred to as Leavitt’s Law, underpinned the research of other pioneering astronomers.
    CreditPopular Astronomy, via Library of Congress
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