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Appalled by the food options available to those seeking to lose weight, he developed a form of nouvelle cuisine for dieters at a spa in southwestern France. Michel Guérard, a [...]

Appalled by the food options available to those seeking to lose weight, he developed a form of nouvelle cuisine for dieters at a spa in southwestern France. Michel Guérard, a [...]

Womanly power was a recurring theme of her work, expressed in idiosyncratic sculpture and paintings that did not align with prevailing trends. June Leaf, a painter and sculptor whose exploration [...]

Womanly power was a recurring theme of her work, expressed in idiosyncratic sculpture and paintings that did not align with prevailing trends. June Leaf, a painter and sculptor whose exploration [...]

Womanly power was a recurring theme of her work, expressed in idiosyncratic sculpture and paintings that did not align with prevailing trends. June Leaf, a painter and sculptor whose exploration [...]

He moved American art away from Abstract Expressionism toward cool minimalism. His explorations of color and form were endlessly discussed and constantly on exhibit. Frank Stella, whose laconic pinstripe ''black [...]

In the poetry marketplace, her praise had reputation-making power, while her disapproval could be withering. Helen Vendler, one of the leading poetry critics in the United States, with a reputation-making [...]

In the poetry marketplace, her praise had reputation-making power, while her disapproval could be withering. Helen Vendler, one of the leading poetry critics in the United States, with a reputation-making [...]

Though he played a naïve buffoon onstage, he was the driving force behind the folk-singing duo's groundbreaking TV show. Tom Smothers, the older half of the comic folk duo the [...]

He emerged in the 1950s as a promising young writer exploring the emotional lives of ordinary men and women and the complexities of Jewish identity in America. Herbert Gold, a [...]

Hailed in the 1960s for her dynamic performances with her first husband, Ike, she became a sensation as a recording artist, often echoing her personal struggles in her songs. Tina [...]

Hailed in the 1960s for her dynamic performances with her first husband, Ike, she became a sensation as a recording artist, often echoing her personal struggles in her songs. Tina [...]

Su incomparable voz ronca, magnetismo sexual y energía la convirtieron en una intérprete en vivo inolvidable y en una de las artistas de mayor éxito discográfico de todos los tiempos. [...]

His rich baritone voice and songs like ''Sundown,'' ''The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald'' and ''If You Could Read My Mind'' made him a top artist of the 1970s. Gordon [...]

A former English teacher with a modest writing career in Britain, he found fame in 1981 with an inventive story of an opera singer, Freud and the Holocaust. D.M. Thomas, [...]

A former English teacher with a modest writing career in Britain, he found fame in 1981 with an inventive story of an opera singer, Freud and the Holocaust. http://www.dmthomasonline.net/, the [...]

''The virtual banishment of figuration and narrative from the vocabulary of so many thoughtful artists was one of the legacies of the modernists,'' he said. ''I never accepted this.'' Alfred [...]

His harshly lit studies of life models represented a major departure in American painting and shocked modernist critics. Philip Pearlstein, an artist whose coolly observed nudes reclaimed the naked human [...]

She and her husband, Joe, recorded the first commercial recording of Cajun music ever made, giving voice to French-speaking Louisiana. This article is part of Overlooked, a series of obituaries [...]

She and her husband, Joe, recorded the first commercial recording of Cajun music ever made, giving voice to French-speaking Louisiana. In April 1928, a jewelry store owner named George Ber [...]

She brought sass and sensuality to the job as a critic for New York magazine for four decades. She also helped create the charity Citymeals on Wheels. Gael Greene, who [...]

With his pounding piano, his impassioned vocals and his incendiary performing style, Mr. Lewis lived up to his nickname, the Killer. Jerry Lee Lewis, the hard-driving rockabilly artist whose pounding [...]

With his pounding piano, his impassioned vocals and his incendiary performing style, Mr. Lewis lived up to his nickname, the Killer. Jerry Lee Lewis, the hard-driving rockabilly artist whose pounding [...]

Once called ''the world's greatest living artist,'' Mr. Soulages was best known for exploring the possibilities of the color black. Pierre Soulages, whose searching explorations of the color black established [...]

Writing for The New Yorker and The Village Voice, he was an indispensable guide to art on view, both old and new. Peter Schjeldahl, a critic whose elegant reviews in [...]

Her books taught Americans about the regional nature of the cuisine. Also: ''There is always someone who wants to know how to clean an iguana, so why not?'' Diana Kennedy, [...]

As the founder of the independent label Specialty Records, he helped set the table for the rock 'n' roll era by signing performers like Little Richard. Art Rupe, the founder [...]

One of his country's great theater performers, he went on to appear in more than 100 films playing ordinary men whose surface blandness masked complex lives. Michel Bouquet, a French [...]

His poetry won him a Pulitzer Prize, and his translations introduced numerous French writers to English-speaking audiences. Richard Howard, a Pulitzer Prize-winning poet who made the venerable genre of the [...]

He helped introduce New Yorkers to the breadth of Chinese regional food with a series of top-rated Manhattan restaurants in the 1970s and '80s. Ed Schoenfeld, who helped open the [...]

The first Black performer to win the Academy Award for best actor, for ''Lilies of the Field,'' he once said he felt ''as if I were representing 15, 18 million [...]

She established a distinctive voice in American fiction before turning to political reporting and screenplay writing. But it was California, her native state, that provided her with her richest material. [...]

She established an idiosyncratic reputation for blending tragedy and farce, politics and sex. She was the first woman to be nominated for a best director Oscar. Lina Wertmüller, who combined [...]

He kept the borscht belt style of comedy alive long after the Catskills resorts had closed and eventually brought it, triumphantly, to Broadway. Jackie Mason, whose staccato, arm-waving delivery and [...]

He kept the borscht belt style of comedy alive long after the Catskills resorts had closed and eventually brought it, triumphantly, to Broadway. Jackie Mason, whose staccato, arm-waving delivery and [...]

The businessman, who made a fortune in home-building and insurance, spent lavishly to try to make the city a cultural capital. Eli Broad, a businessman and philanthropist whose vast fortune, [...]

Originally part of Roger Corman's army of hungry young actors and filmmakers, he made terse action movies and became a hero of the American independent film movement. Monte Hellman, whose [...]

Part of Roger Corman's army of young and hungry actors and filmmakers, he made terse, spare action movies and became a cult hero of the American independent film movement. Monte [...]

Her funny stories about Henry Huggins and his dog Ribsy, the sisters Ramona and Beezus Quimby, and a motorcycling mouse named Ralph never talked down to readers. Beverly Cleary, who [...]

Known for creating the 'Wall of Sound,' he scored hits with the Crystals, the Ronettes and the Righteous Brothers and was one of the most influential figures in popular music. [...]

Known for creating the 'Wall of Sound,' he scored hits with the Crystals, the Ronettes and the Righteous Brothers and was one of the most influential figures in popular music. [...]

Known for creating the 'Wall of Sound,' he scored hits with the Crystals, the Ronettes and the Righteous Brothers and was one of the most influential figures in popular music. [...]

With her famed Mandarin restaurant in San Francisco, she enticed diners with the dishes she grew up with, leaving the American chop suey and chow mein era far behind. Cecilia [...]

Recognizable by his walrus mustache, the actor specialized in playing cantankerous characters in ''Absence of Malice,'' ''The Natural'' and other films. Wilford Brimley, a portly actor with a walrus mustache [...]

To win the role of the fiery Victoria Cannon, she said, she threw away the script and ''made up stories showing love, hate, passion, envy, jealousy, etc.'' Linda Cristal, an [...]

He was also a founder of New York magazine, created a memorable Bob Dylan poster and produced designs for everything from supermarkets to restaurants to ''Mad Men.'' Milton Glaser, a [...]

Mountains, museums, bridges and Central Park were just some of what he used to make astonishing and popular art with his wife and collaborator, Jeanne-Claude. Christo, the Bulgarian-born conceptual artist [...]

He swathed his nudes and still lifes of eggs, vases, bottles and bowls in a breathless, deceptively serene atmosphere heavy with mystery. William Bailey, whose pristine, idealized still lifes and [...]

A singer and songwriter with a raspy voice and a gift for offbeat humor, he was revered by his peers, including Bob Dylan. He died of the coronavirus. This obituary [...]

He was appalled by English food, particularly peas. With his brother, he established the first British restaurant to win three Michelin stars. Michel Roux, a French-born chef who lifted fine [...]