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DIED

Actor Sam Lloyd,
known for his role
on Scrubs, on
April 30, at 56.

Afrobeat pioneer
Tony Allen, on
April 30, at 79.

PROJECTED

That by 2070, more

than 3 billion people

may be living in places

with temperatures

similar to those in

the hottest parts of

the Sahara, per a

May 4 study.

PLEDGED

More than $8 billion, 

for coronavirus

research, by around

40 countries and other

donors, at a virtual

conference,

on May 4.

LIVESTREAMED

A Supreme Court

oral argument, for

the first time ever,

on May 4, because

of concerns over

COVID-19.

ANNOUNCED

That Carnival

Cruise Line plans to

restart sailing from

North American ports

in August, by the

company, on May 4 —

three days after a

House committee

asked to see

documents on its 

pandemic response.

WON

The 2020 Pulitzer

Prize for fiction, by

Colson Whitehead’s

The Nickel Boys.

immediately after the miami
Dolphins lost Super Bowl VI to the
Dallas Cowboys, Miami coach Don
Shula, who died on May 4 at 90, im-
plored his team to remember that
sick feeling. Dallas had walloped
the Fins, 24-3. From that moment,
Shula told his players, they’d em-
bark on a mission to erase that pain.
The Dolphins returned to train-
ing camp motivated: they finished
that 1972 season 14-0 and became
the first—and still only—team to
win the Super Bowl with a perfect
rec ord. “It’s not that there weren’t
more talented football teams dur-
ing the history of the league,” says
Larry Csonka, Hall of Fame fullback
for the ’72 Dolphins. “It’s they were
never coached any better than we
were coached that year. Don Shula
was the ’72 season.”
Shula, the son of a Lake
Erie fisherman, considered the

priesthood—but a subpar singing

voice and a fondness for football

persuaded him to forgo the collar.

He won a rec ord 347 games in his

33 years as an NFL head coach, for

the Baltimore Colts and the Dol-

phins. He won back-to-back Super

Bowls with the Dolphins in the

’70s, and reached two more title

games in the ’80s. In his 26 seasons

in Miami, from 1970 through 1995,

he finished under .500 just twice.

The impossibly tanned, square-

jawed Shula often seemed invin-

cible. One of his former players,

Bubba Smith, once joked that if a

nuclear bomb dropped, only Shula

and Astroturf would survive. Shula,

who has a South Florida expressway

named in his honor, remained a fix-

ture in the area in retirement. Says

Csonka: “It’s going to be a good deal

lonelier in Miami.”

—sean gregory

Milestones

DIED

Rishi Kapoor

Bollywood idol

By Priyanka Chopra Jonas

the Kapoors are indian cinema’s

first family, but Rishi Kapoor, who died

April 30 at 67, forged his own path.

From his first leading role, in 1973’s

Bobby, he ushered in a new era of ro-

mance in Hindi movies. He was mis-

chievous, rebellious, passionate—and

he made falling in love seem so easy. His

extraordinary smile made his fans go

weak in the knees. When he danced, he

made us all want to jump up and join.

In the later part of his career, he

began to experiment, taking on charac-

ters far removed from those of his ear-

lier films. I had the privilege of work-

ing with him in Agneepath, in which

he played the antagonist, someone to

hate rather than love. The versatility

of this genial man will never be experi-

enced again, but his contribution to the

world of films will inspire generations

to come.

To your family, Neetu Ma’am,

Riddhima and Ranbir: the world grieves

with you. Farewell, Chintu uncle—and

thank you for the magic. Hindi cinema

will never be the same.

Chopra Jonas is an award-winning actor

DIED

Don Shula

Winningest coach of a perfect team

Kapoor, here

in 1989,

won his first

Filmfare

Award—a top

Bollywood

honor—

in 1974