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Murray McCory, 80, Dies; JanSport Founder Created the School Backpack

He brought lightweight packs to millions of students and transformed the way they carried their textbooks to school.

By Clay Risen

Deaths (Obituaries) Jackson, Michael Jazz Jones, Quincy Off the Wall (Album) Pop and Rock Music The Color Purple (Movie) The Pawnbroker (Movie) Thriller (Album)

Quincy Jones, Giant of American Music, Dies at 91

As a producer, he made the best-selling album of all time, Michael Jackson’s “Thriller.” He was also a prolific arranger and composer of film music.

By Ben Ratliff

Deaths (Obituaries) KPMG Ledbetter, James Magazines News and News Media Start-ups Thomson Reuters Corporation Village Voice

James Ledbetter, Media Critic and Business Journalist, Dies at 60

He wrote the Press Clips column for The Village Voice, held top jobs at Inc. magazine and Slate, and wrote a book about how the startup magazine The Industry Standard fizzled.

By Richard Sandomir

Deaths (Obituaries) Electric Light and Power Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant (Japan) Japan Earthquake and Tsunami (2011) Katsumata, Tsunehisa Nuclear Energy Tokyo Electric Power Co

Tsunehisa Katsumata, Top Executive in Power Plant Meltdown, Dies at 84

He was sued and prosecuted for his actions as chairman of the Japanese power company that ran the Fukushima nuclear facility when it failed in a 2011 earthquake and tsunami.

By River Akira Davis