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In a career full of firsts, she was the first woman to serve on the Civil Aeronautics Board as well as a distinguished economist and academic. In March 1979, on [...]

Her company, Ballet Hispánico, performed for audiences across the United States and beyond. It also trained countless dancers. Tina Ramirez, who founded Ballet Hispánico in New York on a shoestring [...]

He exposed what he saw as pretension and bad art with passion and, at times, viciousness, winning fans but offending many. Charlie Finch, who shook up the New York art [...]

She worked on early projects at Florentine Films, where Ken Burns, her husband for a time, would find fame with ''The Civil War.'' Amy Stechler, who was instrumental in the [...]

Her colorful paintings started out as advertisements for her farm stand in Florida. Before long, her works found their way to art galleries. At a produce stand in a rural [...]

A prodigy whose playing had drawn raves since he was a teenager, he helped bring the Hammond B3 back into the jazz lineup. Joey DeFrancesco, who was widely credited with [...]

His popular character Gustafer Yellowgold was aimed at youngsters and, more generally, ''people who enjoy humor and absurdity and good pop music.'' Morgan Taylor, a children's performer who with fanciful [...]

He made scores of albums with artists who were well known and others who soon would be. He also founded two important record labels. Creed Taylor, one of the most [...]

An original Cricket, he was also a co-writer of two signature Holly songs, ''That'll Be the Day'' and ''Peggy Sue.'' Jerry Allison, who played drums with Buddy Holly and was [...]

At Planned Parenthood and other organizations, she worked behind the scenes for reproductive rights and related causes. Ann McGuiness, a behind-the-scenes force in women's health and reproductive rights who raised [...]

She became a novelist after a theater career and won acclaim with her debut, ''Face,'' the story of a man who rebuilds his own face after a disfiguring accident. Cecile [...]

He often bucked the rightward trend among some Christians, and in a popular 1977 book he argued that faith meant more than just personal salvation. Ronald J. Sider, an evangelical [...]

A veteran actor, he was also a founder of Theater for the New City and Theater Three Collaborative, Manhattan groups known for experimental productions. George Bartenieff, an actor and producer [...]

Her imaginative use of words and lively rhymes entertained young readers, sometimes with a subtle message included, drawn from her own life. Charlotte Pomerantz, who brought an ingenious use of [...]

Byline: Neil Genzlinger He seemed destined for a major stage career but by the early 1970s was focused on film and TV. His credits included 'TRON,' 'Titanic' and hundreds more. [...]

He seemed destined for a major stage career but by the early 1970s was focused on film and TV. His credits included ''TRON,'' ''Titanic'' and hundreds more. David Warner, who [...]

An expert researcher, she helped put together a posthumous autobiography by Charles Lindbergh and ferreted out historical oddities. Judith A. Schiff, who in her many decades as chief research archivist [...]

He thought the conversation around global warming was alarmist, and his scientific credentials made him a go-to expert for those who played down the threat. Patrick J. Michaels, a climate [...]

An early writer for Rolling Stone, he traveled in the same circles as the Beatles, Janis Joplin and other stars, witnessing and documenting a time of cultural transformation. David Dalton, [...]

He composed the instantly recognizable melody for the first James Bond film, ''Dr. No.'' It has accompanied the agent on his adventures ever since. Monty Norman, who in the early [...]

Part of a generation that brought serious art credentials to tattooing, he campaigned to overturn a ban in New York and helped the form gain acceptance. Spider Webb, a renowned [...]

He collaborated on operas with Jack Beeson and Ned Rorem and published numerous poetry books. Late in life, he was victimized by theft. Kenward Elmslie, who wrote poetry, opera librettos [...]

His well-honed comic timing, and the mimicry skills he had developed in nightclubs, served him well on one of the sillier sitcoms of the 1960s. Larry Storch, who played a [...]

He merged Eastern and Western influences in his modern dance works, and his dance center was a cultural anchor in New York's Chinatown. H.T. Chen, who blended Eastern and Western [...]

On short notice, he created the bird-on-a-guitar design that advertised the 1969 festival -- and became a symbol of the era. Arnold Skolnick, who with only a few days to [...]

He worked on the original PlayStation at Sony, then brought Sega's Dreamcast to the market in the late 1990s. Bernard Stolar, who as an executive at Sony and then at [...]

He wrote extensively on gay identity and history, but New Yorkers knew a different side of his work: his campaigns on H.I.V. and other health issues. Jeffrey Escoffier, whose remarkably [...]

Shows that she produced on a shoestring sought to energize the jazz scene by connecting with younger audiences accustomed to D.J.s and turntables. Meghan Stabile, who saw jazz and hip-hop [...]

In 1975 she issued a gay couple a license to marry in Colorado, becoming a hero to some and an object of hate for others. Clela Rorex, who made headlines [...]

As music director, he contributed to the success of acclaimed shows including ''Oliver!,'' ''Mame,'' ''La Cage aux Folles'' and ''A Chorus Line.'' Donald Pippin, a versatile conductor and composer who [...]

He immersed himself in the wild New York scene of Warhol and CBGB, then emerged in the '80s as a respected painter. Duncan Hannah, who immersed himself in the boisterous [...]

Her paintings, many of which focused on women's experiences and perspectives, might depict fear or menace. But it was up to the viewer to fill in the blanks. Paula Rego, [...]

In projects for the director David Lynch, she brought an eerie, otherworldly style to ''Falling'' and other songs. Julee Cruise, a singer who brought a memorably ethereal voice to the [...]

His books on the Chicago fire, an 18th-century plague and wars drew on first-person accounts to re-create dramatic times. Jim Murphy, who in dozens of evocative, diligently researched books told [...]

Teamed with Dash Crofts, he hit it big with ''Summer Breeze'' in 1972. The two went on to have chart success with ''Diamond Girl'' and other songs. Jim Seals, half [...]

She was an institution at the American Dance Festival, and also made early television dance and exercise programs. Martha Myers, who influenced generations of dancers both as the founder of [...]

He was best known as the brain behind Pentagram, the influential partnership that has been a force in the design world for half a century. Colin Forbes, a graphic designer [...]

In addition to painting, she was a historian who pushed for a more inclusive definition of art, in part by founding her own museum devoted to Black artists. Samella Lewis, [...]

He started small as a talent agent in 1955, with an unknown kiddie TV performer who would soon become Captain Kangaroo. Marvin Josephson's beginnings as a talent agent in the [...]

With three others, he created the band in 1980 and rode its synthesizer-driven music to worldwide fame. Andy Fletcher, who played synthesizers in Depeche Mode, the electronics-heavy British band that [...]

He was known for his intensity, especially in crime dramas, but he was also adept at comedy. ''You want to do as many different genres as you can,'' he once [...]

Her 1998 guide took a detailed look at the city and its many ruins, examining who built what and why. Amanda Claridge, an archaeologist who brought ancient Rome and its [...]

He was a recording artist and songwriter himself, but he also played pivotal roles in the careers of Bob Dylan and Janis Joplin. Bob Neuwirth, a painter, recording artist and [...]

She was the last surviving daughter of the baron and the would-be nun depicted in the stage musical and 1965 film. Rosmarie Trapp, a member of the singing family made [...]

Released in 1969, the song, by her group the Poppy Family, was one of the biggest hits to come out of Canada to that point. Susan Jacks, a Canadian vocalist [...]

The central characters in the mockumentary ''This Is Spinal Tap'' were comic actors, but Mr. Parnell was an actual professional musician. Ric Parnell, a real drummer best known for playing [...]

He published Ginsberg, Kerouac and Burroughs in the late 1950s. The university that oversaw his journal was not pleased with the ''Naked Lunch'' excerpt. Irving Rosenthal wasn't famous like the [...]

He helped formalize the breakup of the Soviet Union in 1991, led his country until 1994, then became a vocal critic of his successor, Aleksandr G. Lukashenko. Stanislav Shushkevich, the [...]

Her versatile vocals were a trademark, as was her comic stage patter. The character Annie Hall owed her a debt. Judy Henske, who made a splash on the folk scene [...]