With a colleague, he founded a group that quickly analyzes heat waves and other extreme events for signs of global warming’s influence.
Tag: Deaths (Obituaries)
Bernard Tapie, French Tycoon, Actor and Politician, Dies at 78
His larger-than-life career, flamboyant personality and ongoing legal struggles made him one of the best-known personalities in France.
Gen. Raymond T. Odierno, Former U.S. Commander in Iraq, Dies
The four-star general helped carry out the strategy to increase U.S. troop numbers, which was credited with turning the tide of sectarian killings.
Abdul Qadeer Khan, Father of Pakistan’s Nuclear Program, Dies at 85
Starting from scratch in 1976, he acquired the technology and knowledge that allowed Pakistan to detonate its first nuclear device in 1998.
Kamla Bhasin, a First-Wave South Asian Feminist, Dies at 75
An activist, poet and author, she spent most of her adult life fighting injustice and patriarchy and building bonds of solidarity with women across borders.
Angelo Codevilla, Whose Writings Anticipated Trumpism, Dies at 78
A hawkish conservative, he believed that America was hamstrung at home and abroad by a progressive ruling class.
Mohib Ullah, 46, Dies; Documented Ethnic Cleansing of Rohingya
Shot dead by gunmen, he had compiled a list of those who perished in the hope that the data could be used as evidence in international courts.
Jonathan Mirsky, Journalist and Historian of China, Dies at 88
He brought a historian’s expertise to many decades of writing about China for The Observer of London, The New York Review of Books and other outlets.
Théoneste Bagosora, a Mastermind of Rwanda Genocide, Dies at 80
Mr. Bagosora was convicted of genocide for ordering a massacre in the capital and the killing of top officials, including the prime minister.
Gira Sarabhai, Designer Who Helped Shape Modern India, Dies at 97
The youngest daughter of an influential family of industrialists, she trained with Frank Lloyd Wright before returning to India and founding design institutions.