With grit or grace, they left their mark

The Boston Globe | January 1, 2008| | Copyright

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 presided over the world-shaking collapse of the Soviet Union. Former Pakistani prime minister Benazir Bhutto was ...

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