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Mike Pride, Who Proved a Regional Newspaper Could Work, Dies at 76
For 25 years he was editor of The Concord Monitor, an award-winning go-to source every four years for national reporters covering the New Hampshire presidential...
Stew Leonard Sr. Dies at 93; Founded ‘Disneyland of Dairy Stores’
A former milkman, he combined attentive customer service, low prices, quality goods and gimmicks, like singing cows, into a retailing phenomenon.
Bing Newcomb, Whose E*Trade Transformed Stock Trading, Dies at 79
The legally blind son of a janitor, he wrote a program that allowed people to buy and sell stocks on their home computers and co-founded...
Bing Newcomb, Whose Code Transformed Stock Trading, Dies at 79
The legally blind son of a janitor, he wrote a program that allowed people to buy and sell stocks on their home computers and co-founded...
Polito Vega, Salsa ‘King’ of New York Radio, Dies at 84
In a career that began in 1960, the Puerto Rico-born Mr. Vega became, one admirer said, “the architect of Hispanic radio at a global level.”
Albert Okura, ‘Chicken Man’ Who Saved a Ghost Town, Dies at 71
He built a California fast-food chain, opened a McDonald’s museum and restored a historic town on Route 66, a road for which he harbored a...
Joyce Dopkeen, Barrier-Breaking News Photographer, Dies at 80
In 1973, she was the first woman hired by The New York Times to be a full-time staff photographer.
Ginny Redington Dawes, Composer of Memorable Ad Jingles, Dies at 77
She collaborated on the melodies for signature commercials that sang the praises of McDonald’s, Coca-Cola and other brands.
Carl Hahn Dies at 96; Made the VW Beetle Ubiquitous
As president of Volkswagen of America, he pushed the “Think Small” ad campaign that helped create a counterculture icon.
Blake Hounshell, ‘On Politics’ Editor at The Times, Dies at 44
He was managing editor of Foreign Policy magazine and a top editor at Politico before overseeing The Times’s popular political newsletter.