Jack Quinn, a prominent lobbyist and White House adviser, has died at the age of 74
Jack Quinn, an influential lobbyist and lawyer who served as White House counsel under President Bill Clinton and then represented Marc Rich, the fugitive financier who received a controversial pardon in Clinton's final hours in office, died May 8 at his home in Washington. He was 74 years old.
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Rev. William Lawson, a Texas civil rights leader who worked with Martin Luther King Jr., has died at the age of 95
Rev. William "Bill" Lawson, a longtime pastor and civil rights leader who helped desegregate Houston and worked with Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. during the civil rights movement, has died.
Phil Wiggins, a master harmonica player in the Piedmont blues, has died at the age of 69
Mr. Wiggins traveled the world with guitarist John Cephas to celebrate a distinctive form of jazz that became part of the Washington, D.C. music scene.
Francis R. Strawbridge III, chairman of Strawbridge & Clothier and a longtime community leader, died in his 86th year of life
He was born in Bryn Mawr, grew up in Villanova, and other business and civic leaders invited him to join their boards of directors. "He had a tremendous interest in and respect for Philadelphia", his wife says.