Obituaries

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  1. Vic Seixas, Winner of 15 Grand Slam Tennis Titles, Dies at 100

    Once declared “the face of American tennis,” he was ranked among the leading players in the United States from the 1940s to the ’60s.

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    Vic Seixas in action against Herb Flam in the quarterfinals at Wimbledon in 1952. He won the men’s singles championship there the following year, beating Kurt Nielsen of Denmark.
    CreditLawrence Harris/Associated Press
  2. Yoshihiro Uchida, Peerless Judo Coach, Is Dead at 104

    A coach at San Jose State for seven decades, he helped establish the sport in America and trained generations of athletes, many of whom went to the Olympics.

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    Yoshihiro Uchida in 1993. Under his tutelage the men’s judo team at San Jose State University won 52 national championships in 62 years, and the much newer women’s team won 26. He was one of the winningest coaches ever, of any sport.
    CreditJohn M. Burgess/Time Life Pictures, via Getty Images
  3. Wayne S. Smith, a Leading Critic of the Embargo on Cuba, Dies at 91

    A former State Department official, he resigned in protest in 1982 over Cuba policy, then spent decades trying to rebuild relations with the island nation.

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    Wayne Smith spoke to a group of Cuban Americans in Miami in 2005. “He was one of the foremost spokespeople in favor of normalizing relations,” a Cuba expert said.
    CreditAlan Diaz/Associated Press
  4. Paal Enger, Who Stole Munch’s ‘The Scream,’ Is Dead at 57

    A promising player for a storied Norwegian soccer club, he instead found infamy for stealing one of the world’s most famous artworks.

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    Paal Enger in an undated photo with his own version of Edvard Munch’s masterpiece “The Scream.” He took up painting while in prison for stealing “The Scream” in 1994; after his release, he established an art career of his own.
    CreditSky News
  5. Nancy Azara, Sculptor Who Created a Haven for Feminist Artists, Dies at 84

    She helped establish the New York Feminist Art Institute. In her own work — monumental pieces carved from found lumber — she evoked ancient feminine imagery.

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    Nancy Azara in the early 1970s, when she and other like-minded feminist artists began to sketch out ways to support artists like themselves who were largely shut out of the contemporary (and very male) art world.
    Creditvia Nancy Azara Studio

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  1. Overlooked No More: Otto Lucas, ‘God in the Hat World’

    His designs made it onto the covers of fashion magazines and onto the heads of celebrities like Greta Garbo. His business closed after he died in a plane crash.

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    Otto Lucas in 1961. “I regard hat-making as an art and a science,” he once said.
    CreditEvening Standard, via Hulton Archive/Getty Images
  2. Overlooked No More: Lorenza Böttner, Transgender Artist Who Found Beauty in Disability

    Böttner, whose specialty was self-portraiture, celebrated her armless body in paintings she created with her mouth and feet while dancing in public.

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    An untitled painting by Lorenza Böttner depicts her as a multitude of gender-diverse selves.
    Creditvia Leslie-Lohman Museum of Art
  3. 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.

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    A postcard depicting Hansa Mehta. Her work included helping to draft India’s first constitution as a newly independent nation.
    Creditvia Mehta family
  4. 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.

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    Bill Hosokawa in 1951, when he worked for The Denver Post.
    CreditCloyd Teter/The Denver Post, via Getty Images
  5. 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.

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    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
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