List of recent deaths of notable executives and public figures

starring in the hit TV show “Glee.” Died July 13 of a drug overdose. Herbert Allison Jr., 69. He was the former president of Merrill Lynch & Co., chairman and CEO of TIAA-CREF, CEO of Fannie Mae and led the U.S. government’s bank bailout program. Died July 14. Neal McCabe, 60. He was a Boston-born former global co-head of a Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. unit focused on increasing trades with security dealers worldwide. Died July 17, two months after suffering a stroke. Donald J. Mulvihill, 56. He was a managing director at Goldman Sachs, who started the firm’s asset-management business in Japan and created tax-focused funds in the U.S. during his 33-year career with the bank. Died July 19 of leukemia in Illinois, where he was born and raised. Helen Thomas, 92. The pioneering female journalist who worked as White House correspondent for United Press International, where she worked for 57 years, and as a columnist for Hearst Newspapers. Died July 20. Carsten Schloter, 49. The German-born CEO of Swisscom AG, Switzerland’s biggest telecommunications company, since 2006. Died July 23 of what police called an apparent suicide. Emile Griffith, 75. Former U.S. welterweight and middleweight boxing champion best known for his fatal knockout of Benny Paret in a nationally televised fight in 1962. Died July 23. Dennis Dammerman, 67. He was CEO Jack Welch’s right-hand man at General Electric Co., where at age 38 he became the company’s youngest chief financial officer and then ran GE Capital. Died July 23. Arthur Makadon, 70. The chairman of Ballard Spahr LLP, a Philadelphia-based law firm, from 2002 to 2011. Died July 24 of HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_013291