NOTABLE DEATHS
Hydeia Broadbent, 39, a prominent HIV/AIDS activist known for her inspirational talks in the 1990s as a young child to reduce the stigma surrounding the virus she was born with. A 7-yearold Broadbent became a national symbol of HIV/ AIDS advocacy when she joined Magic Johnson on a 1992 Nickelodeon channel TV special. There the basketball legend talked about his own HIV diagnosis. Broadbent made the talk-show circuit as a child, spoke at the 1996 Republican National Convention and was featured on a segment on ABC’s “20/20.”
Charles “Lefty” Driesell, 92, a Hall of Fame basketball coach. He rebuilt struggling programs and won 786 games over parts of five decades. He started at Davidson in 1960 before bringing Maryland into national prominence from 196986, a stay that ended with the cocaine-induced death of All-American
Len Bias. Driesell then won five regular-season conference titles over nine seasons at James Madison and finished with a successful run at Georgia State from 1997 to 2003. W
J. Robert Port, 68, who led The Associated Press investigative team when it won a Pulitzer for its No Gun Ri massacre probe. Port led the Pulitzer Prize-winning No Gun Ri reporting that exposed a mass killing of civilians by U.S. troops during the Korean War. Port also led investigations into illegal child labor in the U.S., which prompted a change in how laws were enforced. Port later worked for other media organizations including the New York Daily News and The Times Union of Albany, where he was also investigations editor. Catherine Rigby, 54, a renowned telemark, big mountain and expedition skier covering first descents of some of the world’s most revered peaks, died in an avalanche in a Kosovo resort. Rigby, a resident of Utah, was considered one of the best female telemark skiers in the world and had been featured in several movies.
Jean-Guy Talbot, 91, one of 12 Montreal Canadiens players to win five consecutive Stanley Cups from 1956 to 1960. Talbot played 17 seasons in the NHL with five teams from 1954 to 1971. He totaled 43 goals and 242 assists with 1,014 penalty minutes in 1,066 games. Talbot also served as coach of the New York Rangers in 1977-78. Hirotake Yano, 80, who founded the 100-yen retail chain Daiso, Japan’s equivalent of the dollar store. Yano founded his business as Yano Shoten in 1972. It took on the name Daiso in 1977 and opened its first 100-yen store in 1991. Daiso now runs more than 5,000 shops in 26 nations and regions. The first Daiso in the U.S. opened in 2005, in Seattle. Now, there are Daiso shops in Hawaii and New York. Its global expansion has reached Brazil, the UAE and Australia.