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on Thu Feb 9 2:00 AM
Robert Hecht Jr. dies at 92; dealer in ancient art
Robert Hecht Jr. died just weeks after his criminal trial in Rome, on charge of trafficking in looted antiquities, ended without a conviction. One of his chief clients had been the J. Paul Getty Museum.When Robert E. Hecht Jr. arrived at the...Read moreon Thu Feb 9 1:15 AMArthur 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.Read moreon Thu Feb 9 1:10 AMAntoni 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.Read moreon Thu Feb 9 1:06 AMHarry 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.Read moreon Thu Feb 9 1:04 AMFlorence 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.Read more
John Sargent, Former Doubleday President, Dies at 87
| on Thu, Feb 9, 12:22 AM
Mr. Sargent oversaw the expansion of a modest-size family-controlled book publisher into an industry giant with interests extending into broadcasting and baseball.Read more
Harry Keough, Member of U.S. Soccer Team That Shocked England, Dies at 84
| on Wed, Feb 8, 9:12 PM
Mr. Keough, a defender who had one goal in 19 appearances for the United States from 1949 to 1957, coached St. Louis University to four N.C.A.A. soccer titles and a share of a fifth.Read moreon Wed Feb 8 12:00 AMBen Cole; helped businesses in former Soviet Union
Benjamin S. Cole, 87, of Boston, worked with Russian companies after Soviet dissolution.Read moreon Wed Feb 8 12:00 AMJohn 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.Read moreon Wed Feb 8 12:00 AMJanice 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.Read more
