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JavaScript

function Person(name, status) {
  this.name = name;
  this.status = status;
}
// change `status` array reference, e.g., to `arr`
var arr = {
  status: []
};
var array = ["bill", "bob", "carl", "ton"];

$(arr).queue("status", $.map(array, function(curr) {
    return function(next) {
      var name = curr;
      // do asynchronous stuff
      $.ajax({
          url: "/echo/json/",
          data: {
            json: JSON.stringify({
              stream: null
            })
          }
        })
        .then(function(data) {
          if (data.stream == null) {
            var person = new Person(name, "dead");
            console.log(name, person);
            arr.status.push(person);
          }
        })
        .then(next) // call nest function in `"status"` queue
    }
  }))
  .dequeue("status")
  .promise("status")
  .then(function() {
    // `this` : `arr` as jQuery object
    // `this[0].status`: array containing objects pushed to `arr.status`
    console.log(this[0].status)
  });