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Bob Weir, a Virtuoso of Hot Pants

The Grateful Dead guitarist wore short shorts like no other.

© Charles Steiner

Bob Weir’s shorts were short. They were snipped high enough that fans quite a distance from the stage could make out Mr. Weir’s upper thighs. Shy about skin he was not.
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Bob Weir: A Life in Pictures

The Grateful Dead guitarist, singer and songwriter was a bedrock of the band that became a psychedelic institution.
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Trump Says Cuba Will No Longer Get ‘Oil or Money’ From Venezuela

President Trump urged Cuba to “make a deal, before it’s too late” in a social media post, but it was unclear what he meant. Cuba’s president responded with defiance.

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Demonstrators during a gathering in support of the Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro in Havana earlier this month. Mr. Maduro’s ousting was a blow to the strong relationship between Venezuela and Cuba.
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Erich von Däniken, Who Claimed Aliens Visited Earth, Dies at 90

His 1968 book, “Chariots of the Gods,” sold hundreds of thousands of copies, but one critic called it a “warped parody of reasoning.”

Mr. von Däniken’s first and most successful books sold hundreds of thousands of copies, and inspired documentaries, comic books and a movie.
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