In 1989, Yan visited student-led protesters who were on a hunger strike and told them they were hurting chances for reform, urging them to go home.
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Robert Gottlieb, celebrated literary editor of Toni Morrison and Robert Caro, dies at 92
Gottlieb had one of the greatest runs of any editor after World War II and helped shape the modern publishing canon.
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Roger Payne, scientist who discovered whales can sing, dies at 88
Payne made the discovery in 1967 during a research trip to Bermuda in which a Navy engineer provided him with a recording of curious underwater sounds documented while listening for Russian submarines.
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Theodoros Pangalos, outspoken Greek former foreign minister, dies at 84
He had a long history of unguarded remarks, having managed, as foreign minister in the 1990s, to offend Germany – which he compared to a ‘giant with a child’s brain’ – and Turkey, after he referred to Turks as ‘thieves and rapists.’
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Veteran character actor John Beasley, featured in ‘Everwood,’ dies at 79
He played a kindly school bus driver on the TV drama, and he also appeared in dozens of films dating back to the 1980s.
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Charles Stanley, influential Baptist preacher, dies at 90
His greatest fame came from his role in hosting ‘In Touch with Dr. Charles Stanley,’ a Christian teaching program that began airing on the newborn Christian Broadcasting Network in 1978.
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Alicia Shepard, media writer and Watergate biographer, dies at 69
She examined the lives of Washington Post reporters Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein in a book about the legacy of the Watergate investigation.
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Catan board game creator, Klaus Teuber, dies at 70
The board game, originally called The Settlers of Catan when introduced in 1995 and based on a set of hexagonal tiles, has sold tens of millions of copies and is available in more than 40 languages.
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Ronald Sarasin, former congressman from Connecticut, dies at 88
Sarasin, a three-term Republican, went on to lead the U.S. Capitol Historical Society.
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British comedian, TV star Paul O’Grady dies at 67
He was first known for performing as Lily Savage, a tart-tongued Liverpudlian drag queen who became a fixture as a standup and talent-show host at London’s Royal Vauxhall Tavern.