Jim Nabors, 87, TV’s Gomer Pyle, Is Dead
Mr. Nabors found fame as an amiable bumpkin while pursuing as a second career as a singer with a booming baritone voice.
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CreditGeorge Tames/The New York Times W. Marvin Watson, Johnson’s Unofficial Chief of Staff, Dies at 93
He spurned several job offers from Lyndon Johnson before finally accepting the role of White House gatekeeper, though without the chief of staff title.
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CreditCourtesy of the Shapiro family Ken Shapiro, Whose ‘Groove Tube’ Satirized TV, Dies at 75
Mr. Shapiro’s film, with a cast that included Chevy Chase, anticipated “Saturday Night Live” by a year. But he stopped making movies before he turned 40.
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CreditEduardo Citrinblum Harry Pregerson, Judge Guided by Conscience, Dies at 94
Named by Presidents Johnson and Carter, he served on the Ninth Circuit bench in California as a liberal whose priority was equal protection.
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CreditAssociated Press Armando Hart, Who Revolutionized Cuban Schools, Dies at 87
An early confidant of Fidel Castro, he was credited with greatly improving the nation’s literacy rate as the regime’s first minister of education.
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CreditAgence France-Presse — Getty Images Shadia, Egyptian Actress and Singer, Is Dead
Known for her silky and playful voice, she had roles in more than 100 movies and was part of what is considered a “golden” age of Egyptian film.
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CreditMetropolitan Opera Carol Neblett, Soprano at the Met and City Opera, Dies at 71
Ms. Neblett performed numerous roles over many years but may have drawn the most attention for one in New Orleans in which she shed her clothes.
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CreditNeal Boenzi/The New York Times Vera Shlakman, Professor Fired During Red Scare, Dies at 108
She had taught economics at Queens College and written a groundbreaking book when she refused to say if she was a Communist. An apology came years later.
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CreditFred R. Conrad/The New York Times Notable Deaths 2017
Remembering Mary Tyler Moore, John Hurt, William Peter Blatty and others who died this year.
