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Tuesday, 24 May 2016

Obituaries

Fred Papert, left, with Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis and the architect Philip Johnson, in front of Grand Central Terminal in 1977.
Fred Papert, Innovative Ad Man and Champion of Grand Central, Dies at 89

By SAM ROBERTS

After a stellar career in advertising, Mr. Papert rallied prominent New Yorkers in a successful campaign to save the railroad terminal from demolition.
Michael Mariotte at a demonstration in New York in 2014.
Michael Mariotte, a Leading Antinuclear Activist, Dies at 63

By SAM ROBERTS

Mr. Mariotte succeeded in preventing the repeal of a federal ban on interstate shipment of radioactive waste and barred the construction of new nuclear plants in Maryland and Louisiana.
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