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John Everett Benson, who chiseled John F. Kennedy’s grave, has died

Benson, a master stone carver, designer, and calligrapher whose chisel marked the deaths of presidents, playwrights, authors, and artists, as well as generations of American families, died Thursday in Newport, R.I.

US-born Tonga kitefoiler J.J. Rice, chosen for Paris Olypmics, dies in diving accident

Jackson James Rice was to be the first caucasian to represent Tonga at an Olympic games. His death occurred Saturday at Faleloa, on the island of Ha’apai in the Tonga archipelago.

Martin Starger, influential shaper of TV and movies, dies at 92

Mr. Starger was a senior executive at ABC in the 1970s, helping to bring “Happy Days,” “Roots,” “Rich Man, Poor Man,” and other shows to the small screen.

Johnny Canales, Tejano music singer and TV host, dies at 81

Mr. Canales was the “Mexican American equivalent of Dick Clark because he broke everyone in,” said musicologist Ramón Hernández.

John Wilmerding, who helped give American art an identity, dies at 86

The Boston native taught at Dartmouth and Princeton and served as deputy director of the National Gallery of Art.

Nick Mavar, fisherman and ‘Deadliest Catch’ star, dies at 59

Mr. Mavar appeared in 98 episodes of "Deadliest Catch," working on a fishing boat called the F/V Northwestern until 2021.

Lynn Conway, microchip pioneer who overcame transgender discrimination, dies at 86

“She overcame so much, but she didn’t spend her life being angry about the past,” said Valeria Bertacco, computer science professor and University of Michigan vice provost. “She was always focused on the next innovation.”

Rabbi Moshe Kotlarsky, 75, dies; expanded Chabad’s global reach

Rabbi Moshe Kotlarsky, who helped establish scores of outposts around the world for the Chabad-Lubavitch Hasidic movement and served as a global ambassador of sorts to aid its far-flung emissaries in accomplishing their mission of revitalizing Jewish life, died June 4.