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Lynne F. Stewart, with her husband, Ralph Poynter, after she was found guilty in 2005 of helping to smuggle messages from Sheikh Omar Abdel Rahman, below, to his followers in Egypt. Mr. Abdel Rahman died in prison last month.
Chang W. Lee/The New York Times; thumbnail, Chester Higgins Jr./The New York Times, 2004
Lynne Stewart
Died on March 7, 2017 at age 77
A radical-leftist lawyer, Ms. Stewart gained wide notice for representing violent, self-described revolutionaries and spent four years in prison herself, convicted of aiding terrorism for her contact with Sheikh Omar Abdel Rahman, a client.
Notable Deaths 2017
Remembering Mary Tyler Moore, Chuck Berry, Jerry Lewis, David Rockefeller, Trisha Brown, Glen Campbell, Dick Gregory, Edith Windsor, Sam Shepard, Tom Petty and many others who died this year.