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View full size Paul Sakuma / Associated Press Steve Jobs, then-board chairman of Apple Computer, leans on the new Macintosh personal computer following a shareholder's meeting in January 1984 in Cupertino, Calif.
Steve Jobs, 56, of Cupertino, Calif., the Apple founder and former CEO who invented and marketed ever-sleeker gadgets that transformed everyday life, died Oct. 5. He spent a semester at Reed College in Portland. He started Apple with high school friend Steve Wozniak in 1976, was forced out a decade later and returned in 1997 to rescue it. Apple grew into the world's most valuable technology company with devices from the Macintosh computer to the iPod and iPhone. Jobs also was involved in Pixar, an animated film studio.
Roger Kennedy, 85, of Rockville, Md., former director of the National Park Service, died Sept. 30 of cancer. He presided over the creation of eight parks and a presence on the World Wide Web. Earlier he led the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History, displaying pop culture as well as shameful moments. He served stints at NBC News and the University of Minnesota, and he worked in the Eisenhower administration.
Arthur C. Nielsen Jr., 92, of Winnetka, Ill., whose family company has long had the final word on whether television shows are hot or not, died Oct. 3 after Parkinson's disease. He joined A.C. Nielsen Co. after serving in World War II and was involved in international work on grocery and drug sales, coupon use and magazine subscriptions as well as radio and TV ratings. He engineered the firm's sale to Dun & Bradstreet Corp. in 1984.
The Rev. Fred L. Shuttlesworth, 89, of Birmingham, Ala., who was bombed, beaten and arrested in the fight for civil rights, died Oct. 5. A former truck driver who studied religion at night, he became pastor of Bethel Baptist Church in Birmingham in 1953 and soon emerged as an outspoken leader. He spent much of his career in Cincinnati. He was hailed by the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. for his courage and tenacity.
Mike Heimerdinger, 58, of Nashville, Tenn., a veteran assistant coach in the NFL who directed high-powered offenses, died Sept. 30 of cancer. The Eastern Illinois wide receiver began as a high school and college coach, then worked with the Denver Broncos and New York Jets. He developed quarterbacks such as Steve McNair, Jay Cutler and Vince Young. He most recently worked with the Tennessee Titans.
Kenneth Dahlberg, 94, of Deephaven, Minn., a World War II ace and an inadvertent figure in the Watergate scandal that brought down Richard Nixon's presidency, died Oct. 4. The Minnesota businessman, who committed no wrongdoing, was Midwest finance chairman of Nixon's 1972 campaign. He founded Miracle Ear Hearing Aid Co. and spearheaded other ventures, including Buffalo Wild Wings restaurants.
Sylvia Robinson, 76, of New York, a singer-songwriter some call the mother of hip-hop, died Sept. 29 of congestive heart failure. The blues singer scored a hit with "Pillow Talk" and sang in Mickey & Sylvia. She and her late husband, Joe, owned Sugar Hill Records and released "Rapper's Delight," building on a phenomenon bubbling on New York streets. Their roster included Grand Master Flash and the Furious Five.
Hanan Porat, 67, of Kfar Etzion, West Bank, a driving force behind Israel's settlement of the West Bank, died Oct. 3 of cancer. He began his quest after Israel captured the West Bank, Gaza and east Jerusalem in 1967 and helped found the now-defunct Gush Emunim movement, aimed at restoring Jewish people to their biblical land. He later was elected to the Knesset, representing right-wing religious parties.
Goksin Sipahioglu, 84, of Paris, a photojournalist and founder of the Sipa photo agency, died Oct. 5. Born in Turkey, he captured events from the Cuban missile crisis to the Prague Spring uprising, from the Munich Olympics killings to the French student riots of 1968. He and his companion, U.S. journalist Phyllis Springer, founded Sipa in 1973. He was honored by France's Order of Arts and Letters.
Derrick Bell, 80, of New York, a legal scholar who worked to expose the persistence of racism in America through his writings and career moves, died Oct. 5 of cancer. He was the first tenured black professor at Harvard Law School and later the first black dean of a law school that was not historically black, at the University of Oregon. He also worked for the NAACP and resigned in protest from the U.S. Justice Department.
Dr. James Bowman, 88, of Chicago, an internationally recognized pathologist, died Sept. 28 of cancer. He was the first tenured African-American professor in the University of Chicago's biological sciences division and specialized in inherited blood diseases and population genetics. He was also an advocate for minorities to pursue academic medical careers. His daughter, Valerie Jarrett, is a senior White House adviser.
Gaspar Henaine Perez, 85, of Mexico City, a beloved comic actor known as "Capulina," died Sept. 30 after pneumonia and ulcers. He had a six-decade career as Mexico's equivalent of funny fat man Oliver Hardy. He appeared in nearly 100 films, often as a bumbling but good-natured sidekick wearing an old hat with no crown. He later acted in children's television series and movies.
Bert Jansch, 67, of London, a famed Scottish folk guitarist and founding member of Pentangle, died Oct. 5 of cancer. His group won wide acclaim in the late 1960s and 1970s, and he enjoyed a solo career that spanned five decades and more than 25 albums. He helped to keep traditional British music alive and introduced jazz-inflected material. In recent years he toured with Canadian rocker Neil Young.
Peter Gent, 69, of Bangor, Maine, a former NFL player whose book about the seamier side of football was filmed as "North Dallas Forty," died Sept. 30 after a pulmonary illness. He was a star basketball player at Michigan State and played five seasons with the Dallas Cowboys. He wrote a sequel, "North Dallas After Forty," as well as a memoir about coaching his son's baseball team.
Sven Tumba, 80, of Stockholm, Sweden, a three-sport star for his homeland, died Sept. 30. Honored as Sweden's best-ever hockey player, he played in 14 world championships and four Winter Olympics. He also helped lead Djurgarden to the Swedish soccer championship. He later became a serious golfer and course designer, opened a driving range and represented Sweden at the 1973 World Cup.
Lee Davenport, 95, of Greenwich, Conn., who developed a radar device that helped U.S. and allied troops win key battles in World War II, died Sept. 30 of cancer. The physicist was among hundreds of scientists who worked on radar at the secret Massachusetts Institute of Technology Radiation Laboratory. He later had a 24-year career with GTE Corp. and its subsidiaries, and he taught at MIT and Harvard.
Charles Napier, 75, of Bakersfield, Calif., whose granite jaw and toothy grin earned him scores of tough-guy roles in film and television, died Oct. 5. The former teacher and coach played a scheming officer in "Rambo: First Blood Part 2," a musician in "The Blues Brothers," the judge in "Philadelphia" and a police lieutenant in "Silence of the Lambs." His TV roles included "Star Trek," " Hogan's Heroes," "The A-Team" and "Monk."
Robert Whitaker, 71, of Sussex, England, who took some of the most famous photos of The Beatles, died Sept. 20 of cancer. He shot the "butcher" cover for the "Yesterday and Today" album and helped create the psychedelic cover for Cream's "Disraeli Gears" album. He also photographed Mick Jagger and Salvador Dali. He later moved into news, covering the Vietnam War and other conflicts, and eventually settled on a farm.
Hella Haasse, 93, of Amsterdam, an award-winning author best known for chronicling colonial life in the Dutch East Indies, died Sept. 29. Her first novel, "Oeroeg," about the friendship between Dutch and Indonesian boys, was an instant hit in 1948 and has been read by generations of Dutch schoolchildren. Her works were published in 90 countries and earned every major Dutch literary prize.
Leonard Dillon, 68, of Kingston, Jamaica, leader of the pioneering reggae twio The Ethiopians, died Sept. 28 of cancer. He began his career in the early 1960s using the stage name Jack Sparrow and recorded ska songs including "Bull Whip," with Bob Marley on backing vocals. The Ethiopians scored hits including "Train to Skaville" and "Everything Crash."
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