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Pope John Paul II was the subject of three premature obituaries.. A prematurely reported obituary is an obituary of someone who was still alive at the time of publication. . Examples include that of inventor and philanthropist Alfred Nobel, whose premature obituary condemning him as a "merchant of death" for creating military explosives may have prompted him to create the Nobel Prize; [1 ...
Bernard L. Schwartz. Bernard Leon Schwartz (December 13, 1925 – March 12, 2024) was an American businessman who was Chairman of the Board and CEO of Loral Space & Communications, a position he held for 34 years. He also served as Chairman and CEO of K&F Industries, Inc., and president and CEO of Globalstar Telecommunications.
The following notable deaths in the United States occurred in 2024.Names are reported under the date of death, in alphabetical order as set out in WP:NAMESORT.A typical entry reports information in the following sequence: Name, age, country of citizenship at birth and subsequent nationality (if applicable), what subject was noted for, year of birth (if known), and reference.
George Pratt Shultz (/ ʃ ʊ l t s / SHUULTS; December 13, 1920 – February 6, 2021) was an American economist, businessman, diplomat and statesman.He served in various positions under two different Republican presidents and is one of the only two persons to have held four different Cabinet-level posts, the other being Elliot Richardson. [1]
Penn alumni are the current or past presidents of over one hundred universities and colleges including Harvard University, University of Pennsylvania, Princeton University, Cornell University, University of California system, University of Texas system, Carnegie Mellon University, Northwestern University, Tulane University, Bowdoin College, and Williams College; and eight medical schools ...
Ted Kessinger, 1963, college football coach inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame [47] Arvid Kramer, 1979, professional basketball player [54] Corbin Lacina, 1993, professional football player [55] Jordan Milbrath, professional baseball player [56] Ben Newcomb, college football and baseball coach [57]
Dutch Schultz (born Arthur Simon Flegenheimer; August 6, 1901 – October 24, 1935) was an American mobster based in New York City in the 1920s and 1930s. He made his fortune in organized crime -related activities, including bootlegging and the numbers racket. Schultz's rackets were weakened by two tax evasion trials led by United States ...
Aaron Swartz. Aaron Hillel Swartz (/ ˈɛ (ə).rən hɪ.ˈlɛl ˈswɔːrts / ⓘ; November 8, 1986 – January 11, 2013), also known as AaronSw, was an American computer programmer, entrepreneur, writer, political organizer, and Internet hacktivist.