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A stepson was held on charges of shooting her over family money. She started institutions in Belgium, Nepal and China, including a major museum in Beijing. Myriam Ullens, a pastry [...]

She started charitable institutions in Belgium, Nepal and China, including a major museum. Her stepson fatally shot her after a fight over money. Myriam Ullens, a pastry chef who married [...]

A former firefighter, he broke the land-speed record repeatedly in the 1960s in jet-engine-powered vehicles, all called Spirit of America. Craig Breedlove, the first person to set land-speed records at [...]

A former firefighter, he broke the land-speed record repeatedly in the 1960s in jet-engine-powered vehicles, all called Spirit of America. Craig Breedlove, the first person to set land-speed records at [...]

Embracing her boyfriend, a blanket around them, she appeared on the cover of the ubiquitous soundtrack album of ''Woodstock,'' the 1970 documentary film about the music festival. Bobbi Ercoline, who [...]

Embracing her boyfriend, a blanket around them, she appeared on the cover of the ubiquitous soundtrack album of “Woodstock,” the 1970 documentary film about the music festival. Bobbi Ercoline, who [...]

As a young man with cerebral palsy, he gained notice for his quest to be an Eagle Scout, which changed Scouting. But his name was lost to popular memory. Greg [...]

His back-first, neck-down leaping style struck many as a novelty act. After he won Olympic gold in 1968, it came to dominate his sport. Dick Fosbury, a gangly civil engineering [...]

His back-first, neck-down leaping style struck many as a novelty act. After he won Olympic gold in 1968, it came to dominate his sport. Dick Fosbury, a gangly civil engineering [...]

As an economics professor, she found serious flaws in how government determines who is poor in America. As under secretary of commerce, she fixed them. As far as her husband [...]

As an economics professor, she found serious flaws in how government determines who is poor in America. As under secretary of commerce, she fixed them. As far as her husband [...]

She successfully battled to become a teacher and went on to help bring about a revolution in the government's treatment of the disabled. Judy Heumann, who spent decades attacking a [...]

She successfully battled to become a teacher and went on to help bring about a revolution in the government’s treatment of the disabled. Judy Heumann, who spent decades attacking a [...]

A Democrat from South Dakota, he found the freedom to act on principle in the House and Senate by choosing not to seek re-election. James Abourezk, who was elected by [...]

A Democrat from South Dakota, he found the freedom to act on principle in the House and Senate by choosing not to seek re-election. James Abourezk, who was elected by [...]

A stand-up comic, he called his hard-boiled character on the long-running TV drama ''Lenny Bruce with a badge.'' Richard Belzer, who became one of American television's most enduring police detectives [...]

Byline: Alex Traub He descended from famed Islamic royalty in India and Turkey, but later fled to Australia and became a sheep farmer. On April 6, 1967, Mukarram Jah was [...]

He descended from famed Islamic royalty in India and Turkey, but later fled to Australia and became a sheep farmer. On April 6, 1967, Mukarram Jah was fabulously, and unhappily, [...]

She was a Broadway star at 23 and then quit acting, but later re-emerged in films like ''Close Encounters of the Third Kind'' and ''A Christmas Story.'' Melinda Dillon, who [...]

After the success of that movie, he established a brand for writing Hollywood movies about inspiring episodes in Black history. Gregory Allen Howard, the writer of scripts for Hollywood movies [...]

Byline: Alex Traub He won the World Boxing Association title in 1983, became a symbol of racial comity and showed a surprising gentleness in public. Gerrie Coetzee, a South African [...]

He won the World Boxing Association title in 1983, became a symbol of racial comity and showed a surprising gentleness in public. Gerrie Coetzee, a South African heavyweight boxing champion [...]

He was a calming presence on a volatile squad, one of the few teams in baseball history to win the World Series three years in a row. Sal Bando, the [...]

She and her husband invented a model for faithfully adapting acclaimed literature, illuminating an alternate path for independent cinema. Edie Landau, who in the 1970s and '80s was one of [...]

After gaining popularity as a symbol of innocence on TV in the 1970s, he struggled with drugs and depression. He later became a mental health advocate. Adam Rich, a former [...]

After gaining popularity as a symbol of innocence on TV in the 1970s, he struggled with drugs and depression. He later became a mental health advocate. Adam Rich, a former [...]

Mr. Green was a founder of the group, an indie band that rose to mainstream success. He was also one of its most enduring members. Jeremiah Green, a drummer who [...]

Byline: Alex Traub She was the lead vocalist on all three of the Pointer Sisters' Top 40 hits in the group's early years, and she helped define its pop sound [...]

He provided the beat on unforgettable hits like ''September,'' ''Let's Groove,'' ''Shining Star'' and ''Boogie Wonderland.'' Fred White, who as a drummer with Earth, Wind & Fire propelled some of [...]

She was the lead vocalist on all three of the Pointer Sisters' Top 40 hits in the group's early years, and she helped define its pop sound in the 1980s. [...]

He helped lead a dominant squad at Syracuse and won all-American honors. He later became a role player for the Knicks and a college coach. Louis Orr, a star forward [...]

His vote for the Defense of Marriage Act in 1996 prompted a gay-interest magazine to prepare to out him. He later regretted his vote and celebrated coming out. Jim Kolbe, [...]

Byline: Alex Traub and Amanda Holpuch Ms. Cara was a child star from the Bronx who gained fame in the 1980s as a singer of pop anthems and as the [...]

Ms. Cara was a child star from the Bronx who gained fame in the 1980s as a singer of pop anthems and as the star of the movie ''Fame.'' Irene [...]

His Scottish band became known for hard-driving stadium rock, but its biggest hit was a cover of a country ballad about heartbreak. Dan McCafferty, who as the frontman of the [...]

In 1973, he put out a little-noticed album of songs about same-sex love and social protest. Forty-one years later, he became an unlikely star. Patrick Haggerty, who in 1973 released [...]

Present at the creation, she guarded the awards' independence and integrity but, the Grammys' longtime producer said, ''never received the recognition she deserves.'' Christine Farnon, a quiet force behind the [...]

He fed material to gossip columns, buttered up reporters and banged on typewriters from the heyday of the Copacabana to the rise of reality TV. Sy Presten, a press agent [...]

She handled the sales of the great caricaturist's works and told stories of flying Diane Arbus in her plane and encountering the woman who shot Andy Warhol. The scene on [...]

After a childhood accident, he learned how to drive tractors and feed farm animals with his feet. Then he started a popular farming channel on YouTube. On July 18, 1972, [...]

After gaining fame for an odd 1976 bout with Muhammad Ali, he became a politician and globe-traveling broker of peace. Antonio Inoki, a Japanese wrestler who was best known for [...]

He founded the investment house First Manhattan and, after befriending him in the 1960s, pursued enormously lucrative deals with Mr. Buffett. David S. Gottesman, a protégé of Warren Buffett who [...]

He co-founded a venture capital firm, championed Mark Rothko, served in Hungary during a pivotal period and raised a future U.S. secretary of state. Donald Blinken, a financier, patron of [...]

Byline: Alex Traub His career, ranging from literature to finance to war, and from France to Afghanistan, seemed to cover every interest and issue of his exalted social class. One [...]

His career, ranging from literature to finance to war, and from France to Afghanistan, seemed to cover every interest and issue of his exalted social class. One day, while John [...]

Byline: Alex Traub Seeking to demonstrate the safety of long space missions, he worked out on his trip and returned 437 days later looking 'like he could wrestle a bear,' [...]

Seeking to demonstrate the safety of long space missions, he worked out on his trip and returned 437 days later looking ''like he could wrestle a bear,'' one astronaut said. [...]

Cracking wise, keeping tabs and keeping order, the head barman of New York's famous saloon was a supporting character in one of the city's longest-running shows. Thomas Carney, who served [...]

His song ''Took the Children Away,'' inspired by his childhood, shook Australians into confronting a grim era when their government tore apart Aboriginal families. One day in 1970, Archie Cox's [...]

When the great American songwriter's character came under attack after his death, Ms. Barrett sought to correct the record with a candid but tender memoir. The songwriter Irving Berlin defined [...]