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Lester Wax, 74, vintage car enthusiast with international reputation

Hobbyists from around the world would seek Wax’s advice and send him parts to repair.

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Alan Hurwitz, 79, progressive educator, anti-racism advocate, bank robber

Hurwitz was committed to racial justice but wound up spending two decades in prison for a string of bank robberies.

Eva Konrad Hawkins, 90, Holocaust survivor who designed underwater museum exhibits

At age 26, Konrad Hawkins fled her native Hungary with only the pack on her back in order to pursue advanced studies in the United States.

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Bernard Israel, 90, longtime sexton of Highland Park synagogue

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Sylvia Glenn, 98, painter who befriended Margaret Mead

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Cyril Wick, 90, race car driver who ‘dressed British, thought Yiddish’

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Ira Beer, 82, dedicated his retirement years to Torah study

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Felicia Friedman, 94, Holocaust survivor who refused to relinquish her faith

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Neil Krieger, 78, biotech consultant who fought for civil rights

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Carolyn Becker, 83, was looking forward to life’s next chapter

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