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He was a show-business neophyte when he stammered his way to fame in 1960. He went on to star in two of TV's most memorable sitcoms. Bob Newhart, who burst [...]

He helped forge a movement asserting that scholars must put aside their modern-day assumptions and prejudices to fully understand how people acted and thought in the past. J.G.A. Pocock, who [...]

She aided in the rediscovery of Oscar Micheaux and others who were telling stories for Black audiences early in the last century. Pearl Bowser, a film historian, curator and collector [...]

He was especially acclaimed for his performances at the Bayreuth Festival in Germany. As his voice developed, he once said, so did his view of how and why to deploy [...]

Her novels and nonfiction provided alternatives to the Western- and male-centric views of modern India offered by writers like E.M. Forster. Gita Mehta, whose books examined the impact of Western [...]

He clanged coconuts in the Monty Python stage musical in 2005; seven years later, he won a Tony for ''Nice Work if You Can Get It.'' Michael McGrath, who won [...]

She saw her family members marched off to their deaths while she went to a forced-labor camp. It took her almost 60 years to begin telling her story. Ðva Fahidi, [...]

A singer who performed alongside Bob Dylan, Joan Baez and Pete Seeger, he was known for his topical songs, some of which he wrote in minutes. Len Chandler, who was [...]

Her ''Days of Our Lives'' character provided a rare burst of daytime-drama comedy. She was later the voice of Harley Quinn, the Joker's henchwoman. Arleen Sorkin, an actress and comedian [...]

A Wisconsin native, she was among the most prolific female composers of symphonies, 17 in all, finding particular prominence in Europe, where she lived. Gloria Coates, an adventurous composer who [...]

She worked on ''Sweeney Todd'' and ''Candide'' and also on the early seasons of ''Saturday Night Live,'' contributing to the look of the Blues Brothers and the Killer Bees. Franne [...]

He turbocharged high-end vehicles for Alfa Romeo, Chevrolet and others, and in 1988 a Corvette he had modified reached over 254 miles per hour, breaking a record. Reeves Callaway, who [...]

After putting her career on hold to raise children, she won the part of the madam in ''The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas'' -- and then a statuette hailing her [...]

He had the disease and was interviewed on the PTL network in 1985 by Tammy Faye Bakker, a broadcast that was said to have changed minds and hearts. In 1985, [...]

A longtime professor at Harvard, he lectured on atom bombs, genetics and more, examining how science, culture and politics influence one another. Everett I. Mendelsohn, a Harvard professor who as [...]

She wrote whimsical tales about the little things in a child's life. ''A House Is a House for Me'' won a National Book Award. Mary Ann Hoberman, whose dozens of [...]

She worked with the Maysles brothers on the groundbreaking film about two Long Island recluses, and she later shared an Emmy for a mini-series about Ben Franklin. Ellen Hovde, a [...]

He was relatively new to the business when he was struck by an obscure novel and turned it into the biggest film of 1967. Lawrence Turman, who as a novice [...]

In shows she organized, and in her writing, she highlighted women and Black artists at a time when they were seldom drawing mainstream attention. April Kingsley, who as a curator [...]

He appeared in a string of films directed by Francis Ford Coppola, and his performance as Bette Midler's love interest earned him an Oscar nomination. Frederic Forrest, who appeared in [...]

She worked at The Times for decades, and she made news herself when she challenged ownership of a painting thought to have been looted by the Nazis. Rita Reif, who [...]

She first became known for novels set in the distant past. She later wrote contemporary tales that involved computer hacking and Ponzi schemes. Julie Garwood, a romance novelist whose books [...]

In addition to her prizewinning writing, she was known for editing the correspondence between the poet Robert Lowell and the writer Elizabeth Hardwick. Saskia Hamilton, a prizewinning poet who also [...]

He started out in the Southern Baptist Convention, but when that group took a sharp conservative turn he became a voice for tolerance and diversity. The Rev. C. Welton Gaddy, [...]

She had a modest career as an actress but was best known for following in the footsteps of her mother, the best-selling author Mary Higgins Clark. Carol Higgins Clark, who [...]

His many other roles included a detective turned informant in ''Prince of the City.'' He was killed in a motorcycle accident in Vermont. Treat Williams, who drew wide attention with [...]

He wrote and lectured widely, often on the theme that religion and science were not incompatible. He also chased down 600 copies of Copernicus's landmark book. Owen Gingerich, a noted [...]

His top-selling records for the Windham Hill label helped define a genre that took off in the 1970s, but his interests also included Hawaiian guitar and the Doors. George Winston, [...]

In concerts and on dozens of recordings, she applied a delicate touch that critics said set her apart from other performers. Ingrid Haebler, a pianist who drew particular acclaim for [...]

His first feature, ''El Super,'' was critically acclaimed. He continued to examine culture and exile in ''Crossover Dreams,'' ''El Cantante'' and ''Piñero.'' Leon Ichaso, a Cuban American filmmaker who in [...]

His wide-ranging roles included fantasy characters, a knight, a Roman soldier and a Punisher. Ray Stevenson, who in a 30-year career played a wide range of roles in television and [...]

His play ''Do Lord Remember Me,'' constructed from interviews with formerly enslaved people in the 1930s, was first staged in 1978 and has been revived multiple times since. James de [...]

In three elections, she was a ''first,'' becoming one of the leading Latina politicians in California and the country. Gloria Molina, a groundbreaking Chicana politician at the city, county and [...]

In 1974 he decided it would be fun to parade through Greenwich Village with some of his creations on Halloween. A tradition was born. Ralph Lee, a creator of giant [...]

Through his decades with the New York Philharmonic and his busy touring schedule, he helped make an unfamiliar instrument much less so. Thomas Stacy sometimes told the story of how, [...]

Changes he spearheaded in 2001 helped avert disaster. He later led the United Nations Development Program. Kemal Dervis, an economist who was instrumental in leading his native Turkey out of [...]

He won Tonys for his orchestrations and Grammys for his compositions and arrangements. But he was best known for his genre-straddling work at CTI Records. Don Sebesky, who in a [...]

She was the first person to hold the post for an American first lady, helping Mrs. Kennedy navigate times both dazzling and tragic. The president was concerned about what a [...]

She was known to hire airplanes, hang out of helicopters and explore skyscrapers to get the towering perspectives required for her unusual landscapes. Yvonne Jacquette, an artist who could frequently [...]

In 1984 she became the first woman elected to the country's governing council, but a scandal prevented her from being the first woman to serve as president. Elisabeth Kopp, who [...]

She was a pioneer in making airports and other complex public spaces easier to navigate. In the mid-1950s, when Jane Davis Doggett was earning a master's degree at Yale's Graduate [...]

The confrontational ''Jerry Springer Show'' ran for nearly three decades and became a cultural phenomenon. Mr. Springer also had a career in politics. Jerry Springer, who went from a somewhat [...]

Her 2005 book, ''Mozart in the Jungle,'' lived up to its subtitle, ''Sex, Drugs, and Classical Music,'' and was later made into an Amazon TV series. Blair Tindall, a freelance [...]

She had faded from public view in the last half-century, until some young magicians realized she was probably the first to perform a magic act at a Las Vegas casino. [...]

The theatrical games and performance techniques Mr. Johnstone developed became a familiar part of the acting arsenal. Early in what became a career in theater, Keith Johnstone was commissioned to [...]

He befriended Rudolf Nureyev in 1961 while the Kirov Ballet was in Paris and witnessed his headline-making defection at the height of the Cold War. Pierre Lacotte, a French choreographer [...]

Among his most famous photographs was one depicting Muhammad Ali as a martyr stuck full of arrows. Carl Fischer, the photographer who shot some of Esquire magazine's most famous and [...]

For 55 years he created the fold-in (as opposed to, say, Playboy's fold-out), giving readers a satirical double-take on whatever was going on in the news or elsewhere. Al Jaffee, [...]

She was a writer and translator but was best known as the widow of Jorge Luis Borges, one of Latin America's great writers. María Kodama, a writer and translator who [...]

He took up the repertory for the highest male voice at a time when few were performing it. He was particularly known for two roles in Britten operas. James Bowman, [...]