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    National Obituaries
    Heinrich Rohrer dies at 79; a father of nanotechnology
    With IBM colleague Gerd Binnig, Rohrer invented the scanning tunneling microscope, which can show individual atoms on a surface and move them around.

    The electron microscope revolutionized biology in the 1930s by providing magnifications thousands of times higher than that of light microscopes, allowing scientists to discern the inner workings of cells for the first time.
    By Thomas H. Maugh II, Special to The Times
    Thu May 23 21:40:00 UTC 2013
    PASSINGS: Flynn Robinson, Steve Forrest, Mack Emerman
    Flynn Robinson, 72, guard on championship Lakers team; Steve Forrest, 87, star of TV's 'S.W.A.T.'; Mack Emerman, 89, founder of Criteria Recording Studios

    Flynn Robinson
    Thu May 23 22:40:00 UTC 2013
    Charles Burford dies at 81; inventor created equipment for baking industry
    The Oklahoma farm boy became a prolific inventor whose patents included the machinery that puts twist ties on bread bags.

    Charles E. Burford, a prolific inventor whose patents included the equipment that puts twist ties on bread bags, has died. He was 81.
    McClatchy Newspapers
    Wed May 22 20:05:00 UTC 2013
    Newton R. Russell dies at 85; veteran California legislator
    A longtime Republican state senator and assemblyman, Newton R. Russell was admired on both sides of the aisle for his fairness and knowledge of the arcane rules of the state pension system.

    Newton R. Russell, a veteran state senator known as an expert on California's complex public pension system and a stickler for upholding legislative rules, died Saturday of lung cancer at his La Cañada Flintridge home, his family said. He was 85.
    By Elaine Woo, Los Angeles Times
    Tue May 21 17:10:00 UTC 2013
    John Goddard dies at 88; adventurer fulfilled most of childhood goals
    As a boy growing up in L.A., Goddard dreamed of adventures in faraway lands: climbing the world's most perilous peaks, navigating its major rivers and exploring its most remote regions.

    Indiana Jones, the swashbuckling fictional adventurer, would seem to have nothing on John Goddard.
    By Rebecca Trounson, Los Angeles Times
    Tue May 21 01:00:00 UTC 2013
    PASSINGS: Bernard Waber
    Bernard Waber, author of popular children's books, dies at 91

    Bernard Waber, 91, the author of such children's favorites as "The House on East 88th Street" and "Lyle, Lyle Crocodile," died Thursday at his Long Island, N.Y., home after a long illness, according to a statement from his publisher, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.
    Tue May 21 23:04:00 UTC 2013
    Boruch Spiegel dies at 93; survivor of Warsaw ghetto uprising
    One of the few remaining survivors of the Warsaw ghetto uprising, Boruch Spiegel fought against Nazi troops during the 1943 revolt.

    Boruch Spiegel, one of the last survivors of the 1943 Warsaw ghetto uprising by poorly armed Jewish insurgents against the powerful Nazi German force that occupied Poland, has died. He was 93.
    Associated Press
    Tue May 21 18:45:00 UTC 2013
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