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cancer. May William Cox Jr., 82. The patriarch of the Bancroft clan that for 105 years controlled New York-based Dow Jones & Co., publisher of the Wall Street Journal, who helped persuade the extended family to sell the company to Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp. in 2007. Died on May 1 of complications from diabetes. Giulio Andreotti, 94. The seven-time Italian prime minister, whose political career embodied the highs and lows of Italian postwar governance. Died May 6. Salvatore J. Trani, 72. He helped rebuild the credit unit of Cantor Fitzgerald LP’s BGC Partners Inc. after 658 of the firm’s employees were killed in the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks on New York’s World Trade Center. Died May 7 of brain cancer. George Sauer Jr., 69. Playing wide receiver for the National Football League’s New York Jets, he caught eight passes from quarterback Joe Namath in the 1969 Super Bowl, which the underdog Jets won. Died May 7 of Alzheimer’s disease. Alan Abelson, 87. A U.S. financial journalist, wno was a former top editor at Barron’s magazine and wrote a widely followed stock-market column. Died May 9 of a heart attack. Andrew Simpson, 36. A British sailor who won two Olympic medals in sailing for Britian. Died May 9 when a yacht attempting to compete for the America’s Cup capsized in San Francisco Bay. Ottavio Missoni, 92. The founder of Missoni SpA, a high-end Italian fashion company. Died May 9. Deborah Bernstein, 41. She became a partner at Aquiline Capital Partners LLC, a New York-based private equity firm, after starting her career at Goldman Sachs. Died May 10 of cancer. Walter J. O’Brien Ill, 46. The head of equities sales and trading at BB&T Corp., North Carolina’s second-biggest bank, and HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_013285