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Died Jan. 2 of a heart attack on his first day of retirement. Fred Turner, 80. As CEO at McDonald’s Corp., now the world’s largest restaurant company, he introduced Chicken McNuggets, the Egg McMuffin and Happy Meals. Died Jan. 7 of complications from pneumonia. Ada Louise Huxtable, 91. She became the first full-time architecture critic ata U.S. newspaper when she was hired by the New York Times in 1963 and won the first Pulitzer Prize for distinguished criticism, in 1970. Died Jan. 7. James M. Buchanan, 93. The U.S. economist who won the 1986 Nobel Prize for applying the tools of economics to analyze political decision-making. Died Jan. 9. Daniel J. Edelman, 92. He founded Chicago-based Daniel J. Edelman Inc., now the world’s largest independent public- relations company, and helped pioneer the use of celebrities in PR campaigns. Died Jan. 15 of heart failure. Thomas Candillier, 37. The Paris-based head of European equity sales at JPMorgan Chase & Co., who joined the bank in 2001 after working in energy derivative sales at Goldman Sachs. Died Jan. 16. Robert Citron, 87. He was the treasurer of Orange County, California, in 1994, when his bad bets on derivative securities lost about $1.7 billion, causing what was then the biggest U.S. municipal bankruptcy. Died Jan. 16. Pauline Phillips, 94. To millions of U.S. newspaper readers, she was Abigail Van Buren, author of the personal advice column, “Dear Abby.” Died Jan. 16 from Alzheimer’s disease. Stan Musial, 92. A Hall of Fame outfielder for Major League Baseball’s St. Louis Cardinals, “Stan the Man” was one of the game’s great hitters during the 1940s and 1950s. Died Jan. 19. HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_013276