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A week's worth of Globe obituaries
Mike deGruy, 60, noted maker of ocean documentaries
Mike deGruy, an award-winning cinematographer who spent three decades making documentary films about the ocean, was killed Feb. 4 in a helicopter crash in eastern Australia. (Associated Press, 2/12/12)
Thomas Storrs; paved way for creation of Bank of America
Mr. Storrs, whose determination to expand North Carolina National Bank beyond state borders laid the foundation for Bank of America Corp., has died at 93. (Bloomberg News, 1:08 a.m.)
Damien Bona, 56; co-wrote handy guide for Oscar buffs
Damien Bona, who with his college friend Mason Wiley wrote “Inside Oscar: The Unofficial History of the Academy Awards’’, a usually affectionate but sometimes acerbic work - now a handy guide for film buffs - died at 56. (New York Times, 2/12/12)
Patricia Stephens Due, advocate for civil rights
Patricia Stephens Due, whose belief that, as she put it, “ordinary people can do extraordinary things’’ propelled her to leadership in the civil rights movement - but at a price, including 49 days in a stark Florida jail - died Tuesday. (New York Times, 2/12/12)
George Dargo; was virtuoso as New England Law professor
Approachable and respectful of students’ views, George Dargo was such a popular professor at New England Law Boston that there often was a waiting list for his classes. (Globe Correspondent, 2/12/12)
Dr. Roger Lange, devoted his life to cancer patients; at 68
Oncologist Roger Lange, 68, a cancer doctor whose specialty was connecting with patients. (Globe Correspondent, 2/12/12)
Jill Kinmont Boothe, 75, national champion skier
Jill Kinmont Boothe, a champion ski racer whose struggle to recuperate from a paralyzing fall became the subject of the popular 1975 film “The Other Side of the Mountain,’’ died Thursday. (New York Times, 2/12/12)
Steven Leiber, dealt in artists’ ephemera
NEW YORK - Steven Leiber, a San Francisco art dealer and collector who became an expert in artists’ ephemera and built an archive that became an important resource for scholars and curators, died Jan. 28 at his home there. He was 54. (New York Times, 2/12/12)
Whitney Houston, superstar of records, films, dies
Whitney Houston, who reigned as pop music’s queen until her majestic voice and regal image were ravaged by drug use, erratic behavior and a tumultuous marriage to singer Bobby Brown, has died. She was 48. (Associated Press, 2/12/12)
Jeffrey Zaslow, 53, columnist and author of ‘The Last Lecture’
Best-selling author Jeffrey Zaslow was killed Friday when he lost control of his car on a snowy road after promoting his latest book in Michigan’s northern Lower Peninsula. He was 53. (Associated Press, 2/10/12)
Norton Zinder, 83, pioneer in molecular biology research
Norton D. Zinder, a researcher who helped lay the basis for the new field of molecular biology in the 1950s and ’60s and who played a crucial role in the politics of decoding the human genome, died Feb. 3. (New York Times, 2/10/12)
Peter Breck; Haverhill native was regular on TV Westerns
The actor who played a son of ranch owner Barbara Stanwyck on the 1960s Western “The Big Valley,’’ has died. Peter Breck was 82. (From Wire And Staff Reports, 2/10/12)
M. Perry Chapman Jr., 76, innovative college campus planner
For years, M. Perry Chapman Jr. headed the campus planning practice at a Watertown firm, working with colleges and universities across the country. (Globe Correspondent, 2/10/12)
Veteran Boston broadcaster Dave Maynard dies at 82
Former broadcaster Dave Maynard, a long-time announcer for both WBZ-TV and WBZ-AM, has died. (Globe Staff, 2/10/12)
Gianpiero Moretti; put style in race car steering wheels
NEW YORK - Gianpiero Moretti - who designed a sleek, easy-to-grasp steering wheel that has improved the performance of championship race car drivers for more than half a century - died Jan. 13 in Milan. He was 71. (New York Times, 2/10/12)
John Christopher, author of ‘Tripods’ science fiction series; 89
NEW YORK - John Christopher, a prolific British science fiction writer whose “Tripods’’ trilogy became a perennial favorite among young American readers and inspired a popular BBC television series on PBS in the 1980s, died Friday in Bath, England. He was 89. (New York Times, 2/10/12)
Nello Ferrara, candy-maker
RIVER FOREST, Ill. - Candy company executive Nello Ferrara lived a sweet life. (Associated Press, 2/10/12)
Antoni Tapies, at 88; leading Spanish painter, sculptor
Antoni Tapies, whose creativity in painting and sculpture made him one of the world's top contemporary art figures, died Monday, leaving a major gap in the Spanish art world. (Associated Press, 2/9/12)
Florence Green, at 110; was last known veteran of WWI
Florence Green served as a waitress with the Women's Royal Air Force and wasn't recognized as a World War I veteran. (Associated Press, 2/9/12)
Arthur Valenstein, 98; curiosity led to career in psychotherapy
Longtime Cambridge psychoanalyst Dr. Arthur F. Valenstein was analyzed by Anna Freud, the youngest child of Sigmund Freud, and was among the few remaining direct links to that era of psychoanalysis. (Globe Staff, 2/9/12)
Harry Keough; helped US stun England at 1950 World Cup
Harry Keough, who played for the US soccer team that upset England at the 1950 World Cup, died Tuesday at his home in St. Louis. He was 84. (Associated Press, 2/9/12)
John T. Sargent, editor, publisher
NEW YORK - John Turner Sargent Sr., a publisher, editor, and socialite who as head of Doubleday worked with authors from Dwight Eisenhower to Stephen King and helped recruit his friend Jacqueline Kennedy as an editor, died Sunday at age 87. (Associated Press, 2/8/12)
Janice Voss; flew 5 NASA missions
HOUSTON - NASA astronaut Janice Voss, who first worked for the space agency as a teenager and who later flew five shuttle missions in seven years, has died. She was 55. (Associated Press, 2/8/12)
Ben Cole; helped businesses in former Soviet Union
Benjamin S. Cole, 87, of Boston, worked with Russian companies after Soviet dissolution. (Globe Staff, 2/8/12)
Clare Fischer, 83, arranger for jazz, pop, R&B artists
NEW YORK - Clare Fischer - a prolific composer, arranger, conductor, and keyboardist active in jazz, R&B, and pop music for more than 60 years - died Jan. 26 in Burbank, Calif. He was 83. (New York Times, 2/7/12)
Goody Petronelli; trained champions at Brockton boxing gym
Not long after Goody Petronelli opened a gym with his brother Pat to train boxers, in walked a young man who would become known as Marvelous Marvin Hagler. “I believe Goody Petronelli was the best trainer in the world,’’ said Hagler, who thought of Mr. Petronelli and his brother as the foundation of his career for 20 years. “Besides that, he was an unbelievably great human being who loved his family very much. . . . Thank you Goody for all you did for me.’’ (Globe Correspondent, 2/7/12)
Jenny Tomasin, at 73; played Ruby in ‘Upstairs, Downstairs’
Jenny Tomasin, a British actress forever known to hundreds of millions of television viewers as the clumsy, disheveled, Valentino-obsessed kitchen maid Ruby Finch in “Upstairs, Downstairs,’’ died at her home in London. (Washington Post, 2/7/12)