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Robert Capa, the legendary Hungarian-born photojournalist who set the prevailing standard for war photographers, spoke seven languages - none very well. He didn't need to. For over 20 of the bloodiest years of the 20th century, Capa let his cameras do the talking. "If your pictures aren't good enough, you're not close enough," he famously declared. Getting close to Capa himself could also be a tricky business, though the challenge was usually surmounted by soldiers, poker players, bartenders, writers, artists and beautiful women. Nearly a half-century after Capa's untimely death while covering the French colonial...
DIED. FLORA LEWIS, 79, journalist and author; in Paris. Lewis covered pivotal world events, from the Hungarian uprising in 1956 to the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989, for the Washington Post, International Herald Tribune and the New York Times...
Cserny could have begun her career at Harvard a year earlier, but she deferred matriculation to compete for Hungary in the European Junior Championships. She played in the Hungarian national program six times before she even hit the college basketball scene...
...freshman center named Reka Cserny who could do more than rebound and hit one-foot jump shots. She could also drive inside, hit the three and play great defense. Cserny scored 19 and grabbed eight boards in her Harvard debut, making her year-long sabbatical with the Hungarian junior national team prior to this season well worth the wait...
...Gary Cooper and Geraldine Fitzgerald in Ten North Fredrick earned him his first Golden Globe nomination. DIED. LADISLAO KUBALA, 74, former Barcelona forward who was voted the club's greatest player ever; in Barcelona. Before coaching the Spanish national team for 68 games from 1969-1980, the Hungarian-born Kubala helped his club win four league titles and five Spanish Cups. He also played for Czechoslovakia and Hungary, and did brief coaching stints for the Saudi Arabian and Paraguayan national teams. DIED. KHUNYING KANITTHA WICHIENCHAROEN, 82, gutsy lawyer and women's activist; in Bangkok. One of the first women...