Obituary List of Notable Figures – No Evident Investigative Leads

ship. September Tommy Morrison, 44. In 1993, he defeated George Foreman to win the World Boxing Organization heavyweight title and appeared in the movie “Rocky V.” Died Sept. 1. Ronald Coase, 102. The British-born University of Chicago economist who won the Nobel Prize in 1991 for research he said showed that “people will use resources in the way that produces the most value.” Died Sept. 2. Joseph Granville, 90. He was a U.S. financial newsletter writer and technical analyst who moved stock markets with bearish calls in the 1970s and 1980s. Died Sept. 7. Ray Dolby, 80. He was a U.S. inventor who became a billionaire by designing noise-reduction and surround-sound technologies used in films, movie theaters and home-theater equipment. Died Sept. 12 of leukemia. Ken Norton, 70. The U.S. boxer who was a former world heavyweight champion and gained fame by breaking Muhammad Ali’s jaw during a match. Died Sept. 18 after suffering a series of strokes. Joy Covey, 50. She joined Amazon.com Inc. during its pioneering days as an Internet retailer, serving as its chief financial officer when the company held its initial public offering in 1997. Died Sept. 18 in a bicycle accident in California, where she lived. Hiroshi Yamauchi, 85. The great-grandson of Nintendo Co.’s founder, running the company for 53 years and becoming Japan’s richest person in 2008. Died Sept. 19. Douglas Millett, 49. He was director of research at New York- based Kynikos Associates Ltd., who called Enron Corp. “a hedge fund sitting on top of a pipeline” and helped expose the energy HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_013295