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Kaneto Shindo, Wide-Ranging Filmmaker, Dies at 100

Mr. Shindo, who directed nearly 50 movies, was perhaps best known for films with themes relating to the wartime atomic devastation in his native Japan.

Kaneto Shindo, Filmmaker, Dies at 100

Mr. Shindo, who directed nearly 50 movies, was perhaps best known for films with themes relating to the wartime atomic devastation in his native Japan.

R.W. Lyman, 88, Ex-President of Stanford

Richard W. Lyman, who as president of Stanford in the 1970s shepherded the university through an era of political turbulence, died on Sunday at his home in Palo Alto, Calif. He was 88. His death was announced by the university, where Mr. Lyman was president from 1970 to 1980.

Leo Dillon, Illustrator of Children’s Books, Dies at 79

Mr. Dillon, with his wife and collaborator, Diane, was one of the world’s pre-eminent illustrators for young people.

Richard W. Lyman, Ex-President of Stanford University, Dies at 88

As president in the 1970s, Mr. Lyman shepherded the university through an era of political turbulence.

Howie Richmond, Music Publisher, Dies at 94

Mr. Richmond, with a diverse stable of artists, was among the last of a Runyonesque breed that was long a vital if largely unheralded segment of the music business.

Eugene Polley, Conjuror of a Device That Changed TV Habits, Dies at 96

Eugene Polley, inventor of the wireless television remote control, dies at age 96. Photos

Archie Peck, 76, a Competitive Croquet Star

Archie Peck, celebrated croquet player, dies at age 76. Photo (M)2

Eugene Polley, Inventor of the Wireless TV Remote, Dies at 96

Mr. Polley, a Zenith engineer, invented the Flash-Matic remote control for television, and spent years reminding people he was the device’s sole inventor.

Crawford Greenewalt Jr., Archaeologist Who Dug at Sardis, Dies at 74

Professor Greenewalt, an archaeologist, transformed scholars’ understanding of Sardis, now western Turkey.