Those who saw Greene in his decades of comedy dominance on the Vegas Strip in the 1950s, ’60s, and ’70s said that with a mic in his hand, he could roam a room and work a crowd like no other.
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Gaston Glock, creator of handgun that flooded the world, dies at 94
The Glock handgun, designed in the early 1980s, has been embraced by police and military but decried by gun-control advocates.
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William P. Murphy, innovator behind advances in battlefield medicine, dies at 100
He developed the vinyl blood bag to replace bulky and breakable bottles that presented major challenges for military medics.
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Peter Tarnoff, U.S. envoy behind ‘Argo’ escape in Iran, dies at 86
He never publicly disclosed the full details of his role in the operation, which was the basis for the 2012 Oscar-winning film.
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Gary Winnick, 76, telecom tycoon at center of Global Crossing’s epic rise and fall
At its peak, the stock price of the company he founded was valued at $47 billion – more than McDonald’s or PepsiCo. It later filed for bankruptcy protection.
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Mel Sembler, shopping mall mogul and top Republican fundraiser, dies at 93
He was close to the Bush family and served as U.S. ambassador to Australia and Italy.
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Frank Borman, commander of first Apollo mission to the moon, dies at 95
The Apollo 8 astronaut also went on to become chief executive of Eastern Air Lines.
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Elizabeth Moynihan, impassioned scholar of Mughal gardens, dies at 94
While managing the Senate campaigns of her husband, Daniel Patrick Moynihan, she achieved wide renown for her decades of fieldwork in India.
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Kenneth Force, standard-bearer of military music, dies at 83
For nearly half a century, he led the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy Regimental Band, a mainstay of celebrations including the presidential inaugural parade.
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Charles Feeney, philanthropist who gave away his billions, dies at 92
For decades, the former duty-free tycoon donated nearly $8 billion to humanitarian efforts and institutions. He tried to keep it all secret.