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Bobbie Nelson, whose prowess as a piano player powered the band of her younger brother, Willie Nelson, for more than half a century, died Thursday at her home in Austin. She was 91. Willie’s publicist, Elaine Schock, issued a statement in which she said, “Her elegance, grace, beauty, and talent made this world a better place. She was the first …

Lindalyn Adams, who was born on July 4 during the Great Depression and who was instrumental in the creation of The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza, died Wednesday after suffering a stroke. She was 91. Adams was among the Dallas citizens who helped stymie efforts to demolish the Texas School Book Depository, from which the Warren Commission determined that Lee Harvey …

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Ed Asner, the burly and prolific character actor who became a star in middle age as the gruff but lovable newsman Lou Grant, first in the hit comedy “The Mary Tyler Moore Show” and later in the drama “Lou Grant,” died Sunday. He was 91. Asner’s representative confirmed the actor’s death in an email to The …

Dr. Kenneth Altshuler, a champion of mental health causes in Dallas who vastly grew UT Southwestern Medical Center’s psychiatry department and cemented its stature nationwide, died of COVID-19 complications Jan. 6. He was 91. He and his wife, Ruth Altshuler, who were married in 1987 until her death in 2017, were known in Dallas for their public service and philanthropic …

Roger Horchow, whose eclectic talents and tastes fueled his desire to launch a luxury mail-order catalog he later sold to Neiman Marcus, and who produced a string of Broadway musicals that won him two Tony awards, died Saturday of cancer. He was 91. Friends praised Horchow for being a gentleman, for displaying a rare blend of order, control and kindness, …