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With grit or grace, they left their mark
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2007: THE YEAR IN GOODBYES
They were adventurers who tested the limits of human endurance
and artists who explored the outer reaches of human creativity. Some
made us smile at life's absurdities. Others changed history and how
we view it. Collectively the many notable figures who died in 2007
left legacies that will long endure.
During her White House years, Lady Bird Johnson championed a host
of worthy causes, highway beautification among them. Russian
president Boris Yeltsin pr...
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