![]() ![]() ![]() 23 | 78 | Early civil rights leader in the 1960s and political activist who became the second mayor of Washington, D.C. Senate from Tennessee since Reconstruction (1967-1985, and Senate majority leader from 1981-1985), gaining prominence as ranking member of the committee overseeing the Watergate investigation and serving as White House Chief of Staff during President Ronald Reagan’s second term. June 26 | 88 | First Republican elected to the U.S. Appearing in more than 40 films, she also co-starred with the era’s biggest names (Kirk Douglas, John Wayne, Rock Hudson, Gregory Peck, and others). The couple married in 1945 and starred together in three more blockbusters before Bogart died in 1957. 12 | 89 | Sultry-voiced actress who soared to fame in her first film, with Humphrey Bogart in To Have and Have Not in 1944. May 28 | 86 | African-American author and poet best known for her autobiographical bestseller about perseverance in hard times, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, and for her poetry (she recited “On the Pulse of the Morning” at President Bill Clinton’s 1993 inauguration). Her first, I’m Out to Change My World (1974), became a bestseller by word of mouth. March 1 | 68 | Best-selling author of Christian books, inspirational speaker, and frequent guest on national religious radio and TV shows. ![]() 22 | 79 | Chief executive of IBM (1985-1993), a turbulent time that saw the ascendency of the personal computer and decline of IBM’s mainframe (and mainstay) computer business. June 22 | 68 | Middle East scholar and director of the Middle East Studies program at Johns Hopkins, the Lebanese-American of Shiite descent for 27 years wrote commentary for The Wall Street Journal, supported war in Iraq but became a critic of its Shiite-led government. Coffee drip brewing machine launched in 1972. April 2 | 92 | Contract engineer who designed the Mr. ![]()
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