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AP - Joern Utzon, the Danish architect who designed the iconic Sydney Opera House, has died. He was 90.

AP - Edwin E. Salpeter, an astrophysicist whose work in the “Salpeter-Bethe equation” showed how helium changes to carbon, has died. He was 83.

AP - Actress Patricia Marand, who played Lois Lane in the Broadway musical “It’s a Bird … It’s a Plane … It’s Superman,”‘ has died. She was 74.

AP - Edwin E. Salpeter, an astrophysicist whose work in the “Salpeter-Bethe equation” showed how helium changes to carbon, has died. He was 83.

AP - Playwright William Gibson, whose “The Miracle Worker” has thrilled audiences for nearly a half-century with the true story of the deaf-blind Helen Keller’s rescue from a world of ignorance, has died. He was 94.

AP - Edna Parker, who became the world’s oldest person more than a year ago, has died at age 115.

Reuters - Former Indian Prime Minister V.P. Singh, remembered for his controversial policy of reserving a larger share of jobs for the country’s disadvantaged castes, died on Thursday after a long battle with cancer.

AP - Hugh A. Mulligan, who in a half-century with The Associated Press covered everyone from presidents and popes to astronauts and combat soldiers, reporting the news in eloquently crafted, fact-packed dispatches laced with wry humor and humanistic touches, died Wednesday. He was 83.

AP - Gerald Schoenfeld, the longtime head of the powerful Shubert Organization who helped bring numerous works to Broadway, including “A Chorus Line” “Cats” and “Amadeus,” has died at 84.