Francoise Hardy dies at 80 Paris icon of yé-yé era
Francoise Hardy, famed French singer and fashion muse since the 1960s, has died in Paris at 80 after a long cancer battle. Born January 17, 1944, she rose with Tous les garcons et les filles, influenced pop and fashion, admired by Jagger and Bowie, and left a lasting musical and cultural legacy.
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Thomas Dutronc
Hardy
France
Rolling Stone Magazine
André Courréges
Paco Rabanne
Yves Saint Laurent
Jacques Dutronc
Thomas
Dutronc
Poets of the Fall
Rima Abdul Malak
Carla Bruni
Michel Polnareff
Etienne Daho
Blur
Graham Coxon
Public Enemy
Chuck D
Chambert
Obituary Reveals Long Hidden Truth of Edward Ryan
Edward Thomas Ryan died June 1 at 85 and left a first person note in his Albany Times Union obituary confessing he was gay his entire life. He described 25 years with partner Paul Cavagnaro and the fear that kept him closeted, and thanked family and colleagues from the Rensselaer Fire Department and the New York Guard for support.
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Albany Times Union
Ryan
Edward
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Linda Sargent
Sargent
American Legion Post
Rensselaer
New York
Cavagnaro
Chris Maloy
Albany
Tom
Maloy
Cape Cod
Washington Post
New York National Guard
New York Guard
National Guard
Rensselaer Fire Department
Tom Tiernan
City Hall
Tiernan
Jami Moxon
Post
William Brooking Jr
Knights of Columbus
Michael Casey
Casey
Paul
William Donaldson SEC chief dies at 93 in New York
William Donaldson, former SEC chairman who steered market oversight after Enron’s collapse, died at his Waccabuc home at 93 from leukemia. A Yale and Harvard alumnus, he built DLJ and held posts under Kissinger, NYSE leadership, and as Bush appointee. His tenure spurred enforcement and Sarbanes Oxley era shifts.
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Wall Street
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Enron
Waccabuc
New York
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Donaldson
Henry Kissinger
New York Stock Exchange
Aetna
George W. Bush
Bush
Yale University
Skull and Bones Secret
Herbert Walker
G.H. Walker & Co
SEC
Harvey Pitt
Senate
Institutional Investor
New York Attor
Barbara Roper
Investor Protection
William
Yale
Marine Corps
South Korea
G.H. Walker
Harvard University
Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette
DLJ
Credit Suisse Group
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William Henry Donaldson
Buffalo
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