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Earl Weaver, 82. He was the hot-tempered manager of the Baltimore Orioles baseball team for 17 years, guiding his club to the World Series four times and winning the championship in 1970. Died Jan. 19 of a heart attack. Michael Winner, 77. The British film director best known for making the first three “Death Wish” action movies, starring Charles Bronson. Died Jan. 21 of liver cancer. A.W. “Tom” Clausen, 89. He rose from part-time cash counter to CEO at Bank of America Corp., and returned for a second stint as chief after serving as World Bank president. Died Jan. 21 of complications from pneumonia. Maria Schaumayer, 82. The Austrian economist who in 1990 became the first woman to lead a European central bank. Died Jan. 23. John M. “Jack” McCarthy, 85. The stock-market optimist who from 1983 to 1992 was co-managing partner at Lord Abbett & Co., an investment management firm, in Jersey City, New Jersey. Died Jan. 23. Barry Lind, 74. Founder of Lind-Waldock & Co., a discount futures firm in Chicago, who helped transform the Chicago Mercantile Exchange into a market for financial futures. Died Jan. 24, one day after he was struck by a car. Ben Steele, 35. He joined London-based hedge fund Armajaro Asset Management LLP in 2012 to start a pool trading shares of financial companies. Died Jan. 25 of an apparent heart attack. Stefan Kudelski, 84. The Polish-born inventor of the first professional-quality portable audio recorder, in 1951. Died Jan. 26 in Switzerland. Patty Andrews, 94. Last surviving member of the Andrews Sisters trio, the most popular female vocal group of the first half of the 20th century. Died Jan. 30 in Los Angeles. Caleb Moore, 25. A Texas-born snowmobile racer who became the HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_013277