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Berenice Abbott, 93, photographer, best known for her portraits of American expatriates in Paris during the 1920s and her documentary photographs of New York life during the 1930s and 1940s, 9 December 1991.

Gene Autry, 91, singer and actor, who starred in a series of musical-western movies, including Singing Cowboy (1936), Red River Valley (1936), and Rhythm in the Saddle (1938), 2 October 1998.

Pearl Bailey, 72, recording artist and actress, whose Broadway appearances included a part in House of Flowers (1954) and the lead in the all-black production of Hello, Dolly (1967) and whose screen credits include Carmen Jones (1954), St. Louis Blues (1958), and Porgy and Bess (1959), 7 August 1990.

Leonard Bernstein, 72, conductor of the New York Philharmonic Orchestra (1957—1969) and composer whose best-known works were the scores for...

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