E. Leroy Tolles, Law Firm Founder, Is Dead at 85
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Mr. Tolles was a co-founder of the Los Angeles law firm of Munger, Tolles & Olson, which grew from seven lawyers into a nationally prominent firm with about 200 lawyers.
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Ernest Gallo, a pioneer and giant in the U.S. wine industry, died on Tuesday at age 97 of natural causes at his Modesto, California, home, family spokesman John Segale said.
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NEW YORK/LOS ANGELES  - Apparel designer Liz Claiborne, who founded a namesake sportswear label for women that grew into a multibillion dollar global empire, has died at age 78, the company said on Wednesday.
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SALT LAKE CITY, June 21  /PRNewswire/ -- Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione, one of the largest intellectual property law firms in the U.S., today announced that it is moving from its current offices in the Wells Fargo Center, 299 S.
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In a three-decade career, California lawyer William S. Lerach won tens of billions of dollars for his clients by suing executives embroiled in corporate scandal. Casting himself as the voice of victimized shareholders, he chalked up unprecedented awards in the Enron accounting mess and the Exxon oil...
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LOS ANGELES - Harold Benjamin, who, after his wife was treated for breast cancer, gave up a successful law practice to found the Wellness Community, a groundbreaking network of support centers for cancer patients and their families, died Thursday at his
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Tributes flooded in Tuesday for Anita Roddick, the British founder of The Body Shop cosmetics chain and &quot;capitalist with a conscience&quot; who has died at the age of 64 after a major brain haemorrhage.
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Long-time Purcellville business and community leader Edward E. Nichols Jr. apparently killed his wife, Margaret H. Nichols, then killed himself, at their home on Nursery Avenue Friday afternoon, the Loudoun County Sheriff's Office said today. They were both 87.
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The chief executive of State Street Global Advisors, Timothy B. Harbert, died of a heart attack on Tuesday night, the company said yesterday. He was 53.
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Former Dodgers star Clem Labine, whose  relief pitching helped Brooklyn win the 1955 World Series over  crosstown rival Yankees, died Friday at age 80, the National  League club announced from their Vero Beach, Florida, training  camp.
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Respected film critic Joel Siegel, who worked on Good Morning America, dies at the age of 63.
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Max Rosenbaum, whose son Yankel was killed in an assault that sparked violent race riots in New York in 1991, has died after suffering a major heart attack, relatives said Sunday. He was 85.
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Jerry Orbach, the laconic, sharp-edged Lennie Briscoe of &quot;Law &amp; Order&quot; who came to symbolize New York City as much as any actor of his generation, died yesterday at age 69.
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Former Federal Reserve Governor Edward Gramlich, who warned early on about the need to tighten oversight of higher-risk mortgage lending, has died, the Urban Institute announced on Wednesday. He was 68.
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Anita Roddick, founder of the international Body Shop cosmetics chain, died Monday night after suffering a major brain hemorrhage, her family said. She was 64.
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Marvin Mitchelson, the Hollywood  divorce lawyer who pioneered the concept of "palimony," died on  Saturday in Beverly Hills, a hospital spokeswoman said. He was  76.
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J.L. Hunter "Red" Rountree, the nation's oldest known bank robber, who turned to crime in his 80s and said the robberies made him feel good for days afterward, died in a prison hospital. He was 92.