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In more than a dozen books and several hundred articles, he devoted himself, as he once said, to 'questioning the unquestionable or thinking the unthinkable.' Frederick Schauer, a prominent legal [...]

Like his father, who taught him, he bred and coached the collies that played the heroic star of television and movies. Bob Weatherwax, a Hollywood dog trainer who carried on [...]

His work for Nike -- particularly commercials starring Michael Jordan and Spike Lee -- blurred the line between advertising and entertainment. Jim Riswold, a visionary and irreverent adman whose playful [...]

As a leader behind many of the world's best-known brands, he exuded operational know-how. He also displayed a rare humility, which helped drive his success. Myron E. Ullman III, the [...]

A virtuoso of physical comedy, he performed around the world with his wife. Most notably, he helped stage clown shows in Afghanistan. Seth Bloom, a blue-haired clown and physical comedy [...]

He endured skepticism but won a Nobel Prize for his work upending the conventional wisdom that stress, diet or alcohol caused the painful condition. Dr. J. Robin Warren, an Australian [...]

A sheep farmer, he set records in so-called fell running -- rugged off-trail competitions that can last days and present painful hazards, including an irate cow. The ''Iron Man'' of [...]

His cameras, food mixers and lamps, and even taxis and trains, were widely celebrated objects of post-World War II design. Kenneth Grange, the British industrial designer whose cameras, food mixers, […]

His audacious descents around the world inspired a generation of extreme skiers. ''One mistake,'' he once said, ''you die.'' Sylvain Saudan, who was widely known as the ''skier of the [...]

He helped Martha Stewart, Leona Helmsley, Michael Milken and other white-collar criminals win lighter sentences, and prepared them for life in prison. In the summer of 2003, as Martha Stewart's […]

Using ground-based radars, he pioneered measurement techniques that scientists now use to chart geographical changes on Earth. Richard M. Goldstein, a trailblazer in planetary exploration who used ground-based radars to […]

A favorite of early personal computer users, his company was eventually overtaken by Microsoft Word. He later came out as gay and became an L.G.B.T.Q. activist. Bruce Bastian, a founder [...]

While he was reviving Portland, Ore., as a vibrant, pedestrian-friendly city, he was also sexually abusing a teenage girl over three years, he later admitted. Neil Goldschmidt, a transformative figure [...]

American paintings were largely overlooked and undervalued until he came along. A scholar, curator and collector, he oversaw important exhibitions over the last 50 years. John Wilmerding, a towering figure [...]

A theoretical physicist-turned-sociologist, he upended his field by focusing on social networks to explain how society works. His writing was compared to James Joyce's. Harrison C. White, a theoretical physicist-turned-sociologist [...]

Inspired by Robert Frank's book ''The Americans,'' she traveled to China, Russia and the coal mines of Kentucky to capture intimate glimpses of everyday routines. Bertien van Manen, a Dutch [...]

She was hailed for her books and admired for promoting women's rights. But her support for a two-state solution to the Palestinian conflict angered many. Yael Dayan, a celebrated Israeli [...]

Byline: Michael S. Rosenwald On Thursday, former president Donald Trump was convicted on 34 felony counts by a New York jury. This was the first time a former president was [...]

Once called the ''poet laureate'' of deep-sea creatures, he melded science with art in paintings, books and a notable life-size installation in New York. Richard Ellis, a polymath of marine [...]

One of the winningest drivers in dirt racing history, he was a folk hero who cursed wildly, drove aggressively and crashed a lot. Bob McCreadie, who was one of the [...]

A Foreign Service officer, he was one of 52 hostages seized in Iran and held for 444 days. He later challenged the U.S. government to reshape its diplomacy with the [...]

A prototypical Washington insider, he once said, ''The hot air index is actually down when people like me go on vacation.'' Jack Quinn, a Washington insider who served as White [...]

A bioethicist, she pioneered bedside methods for helping patients, their families and doctors deal with anguishing life-and-death decisions in a high-tech age. Nancy Neveloff Dubler, a medical ethicist who pioneered [...]

Professor Young's experiments with prairie voles revealed what poets never could: how the brain processes that fluttering feeling in the heart. Prairie voles are stocky rodents and Olympian tunnellers that [...]

He heralded stock options and golden parachutes as a professor at Harvard Business School, influencing a generation of Wall Street executives. Michael C. Jensen, an economist and Harvard Business School [...]

He won a Pulitzer Prize for investigative reporting in 1969 and later joined The New York Times, which eventually fired him. Denny Walsh, a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative reporter who was [...]

A professed archaeologist of the industry, he opened his own stores and partnered with other experts and vendors in the nascent comics business. Robert Beerbohm, who in the 1970s helped [...]

His innovative stop-motion animation influenced a generation of filmmakers, including the creators of Wallace and Gromit. Eli Noyes, a filmmaker whose use of clay and sand in stop-motion animation garnered [...]

His imprisonment for a minor marijuana offense became a cause célèbre. He was released after John Lennon and Yoko Ono sang about him at a protest rally. John Sinclair, a [...]

His imprisonment for a minor marijuana offense became a cause célèbre. He was released after John Lennon and Yoko Ono sang about him at a protest rally. John Sinclair, a [...]

His innovative stop-motion animation influenced a generation of filmmakers, including the creators of Wallace and Gromit. Eli Noyes, a filmmaker whose use of clay and sand in stop-motion animation garnered [...]

His biographies of Charles Bukowski and Lawrence Ferlinghetti came to overshadow his own work. ''I would love an interview,'' he once said, ''where Bukowski is not mentioned.'' Neeli Cherkovski, a [...]

His biographies of Charles Bukowski and Lawrence Ferlinghetti came to overshadow his own work. “I would love an interview,” he once said, “where Bukowski is not mentioned.” Neeli Cherkovski, a [...]

In 1964, at the height of the civil rights movement, he became the first Black pilot for a major commercial airline in the United States. David E. Harris, a former [...]

Many were left behind by victims of the gas chambers. He let the instruments be heard again in musical tributes through his organization, Violins of Hope. Amnon Weinstein, an Israeli [...]

In 1964, at the height of the civil rights movement, he became the first Black pilot for a major commercial airline in the United States. David E. Harris, a former [...]

Among his accomplishments in a four-decade career in public health, he helped pioneer programs providing bed nets in Africa. Kent Campbell, an instrumental figure in the global battle against malaria [...]

Among his accomplishments in a four-decade career in public health, he helped pioneer programs providing bed nets in Africa. Kent Campbell, an instrumental figure in the global battle against malaria [...]

His scholarship focused on how movies work. Roger Ebert called him ''our best writer on the cinema.'' David Bordwell, a film studies scholar whose immersive, accessible writing transcended the corridors [...]

Byline: Michael S. Rosenwald Malachy McCourt, a New York raconteur who excelled at playing himself - an Irish bartender with a predilection for the drink - before writing a best-selling [...]

His scholarship focused on how movies work. Roger Ebert called him “our best writer on the cinema.” David Bordwell, a film studies scholar whose immersive, accessible writing transcended the corridors [...]

One of the most honored combat veterans in U.S. history, he was awarded 19 decorations for valor. He was blunt about what his job was: killing. John C. Bahnsen Jr., [...]

One of the most honored combat veterans in U.S. history, he was awarded 19 decorations for valor. He was blunt about what his job was: killing. John C. Bahnsen Jr., [...]

He struggled with schizophrenia, but he drew praise for the intricate diagrams he drew on scraps of paper while living in New York City homeless shelters. Melvin Way, whose hallucinatory [...]

He struggled with schizophrenia, but he drew praise for the intricate diagrams he drew on scraps of paper while living in New York City homeless shelters. Melvin Way, whose hallucinatory [...]

Pascal, the programming language he created in the early days of personal computing, offered a simpler alternative to other languages in use at the time. In 1999, an up-and-coming software [...]

Pascal, the programming language he created in the early days of personal computing, offered a simpler alternative to other languages in use at the time. In 1999, an up-and-coming software [...]

Inspired by Time, he founded World magazine, covering politics, the arts and other subjects from a ''God's-eye'' view. Joel Belz, the founder of World, a pioneering Christian magazine covering politics, [...]

Inspired by Time, he founded World magazine, covering politics, the arts and other subjects from a “God’s-eye” view. Joel Belz, the founder of World, a pioneering Christian magazine covering politics, [...]

Byline: Michael S. Rosenwald Sidney M. Wolfe, a doctor turned consumer activist who battled drug companies, lobbyists and regulators during a nearly five-decade crusade against ineffective, risky and overpriced medications [...]