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Martin Zweig, 70. He predicted the 1987 stock-market crash and wrote books and newsletters that influenced U.S. investors for more than a quarter century. Died Feb. 18. Alger “Duke” Chapman Jr., 81. The CEO of Shearson Hammill & Co., who merged the firm with Sanford Weill’s Hayden Stone Inc. in 1974, a milestone in the emergence of mega-companies within the finance industry. Died Feb. 18 of congestive heart failure in Little Rock, Arkansas, where he retired. Susan Carroll, 50. A managing director of Morgan Stanley since 2009, who was the chief operating officer of Salt Lake City- based Morgan Stanley Bank. Died Feb. 18 of liver disease. Paul Mcllhenny, 68. He was the fourth generation of his family to lead Mclilhenny Co., a maker of Tabasco sauce. Died Feb. 23 of a heart attack at his home in New Orleans. C. Everett Koop, 96. As U.S. surgeon general from 1981 to 1989, he used his position to educate Americans about the dangers of smoking while pushing the government to take a stronger stand against AIDS. Died Feb. 25. Stephane Hessel, 95. A hero of the French Resistance and former United Nations diplomat, who in 2010 wrote “Indignez-Vous!,” titled “Time for Outrage” in the U.S., a best-selling pamphlet that helped inspire social protests in Europe and the Occupy Wall Street movement. Died Feb. 26 in Paris. Robert Elberson, 84. As CEO of Hanes Corp., he introduced L’eggs pantyhose, and became president of Hanes’s parent, Sara Lee Corp. Died Feb. 26 at his home in Charlotte, North Carolina. Van Cliburn, 78. The pianist from Texas, whose triumph as a 23- year-old at the 1958 Tchaikovsky International Piano and Violin Festival in Moscow made him an international star. Died Feb. 27 of bone cancer. Bruce Reynolds, 81. Mastermind of the 1963 Great Train Robbery in Britain, which brought him fame, fortune and 10 years in HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_013279