DIED
Hiroshi Yamauchi, 85, president since 1949 of video-game giant Nintendo--a family-owned playing-card company when he took its top job at the age of 22. He later also became the majority owner of the Seattle Mariners.
RETIRED
Mariano Rivera, 43, New York Yankees closer who holds the record for most career saves and was named to 13 All-Star teams during his 19-year career.
DIED
Candace Pert, 67, neuroscientist who helped discover the brain's opioid receptor while she was still a graduate student at Johns Hopkins in the 1970s.
DIED
Jackie Lomax, 69, British rocker promoted by the Beatles and best known...
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