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Joel Primack, UCSC Physicist Who Advanced Cold Dark Matter Theory, Dies at 80 — Static01.nyt.com

Joel Primack, UCSC Physicist Who Advanced Cold Dark Matter Theory, Dies at 80

Joel R. Primack, a professor of physics and astrophysics at the University of California, Santa Cruz, who helped explain how tiny quantum fluctuations after the Big Bang grew into galaxies and larger cosmic structures, died on Nov. 13 in Palo Alto, Calif. He was 80. His wife, Nancy Ellen Abrams,

Bob Weir’s short shorts became part of Grateful Dead lore — Static01.nyt.com

Bob Weir’s short shorts became part of Grateful Dead lore

Bob Weir, a guitarist and founding member of the Grateful Dead whose death at 78 was announced on Saturday, was widely known for wearing extremely short cut-off shorts on stage. He first appeared in “chopped-to-the-heavens” jean shorts in the late 1970s that exposed his upper thighs and left an indelible