Notable Deaths of 2023
Remembering Sandra Day O'Connor, Henry Kissinger, Rosalynn Carter, Harry Belafonte, Tony Bennett, Jim Brown, Tina Turner, Dianne Feinstein, Pat Robertson, Jimmy Buffett, Silvio Berlusconi, Norman Lear, Cormac McCarthy, David Crosby, Matthew Perry and many others who died in 2023.
Jacques Delors, 98
Architect of European unity and the euro’s father
Herbert Kohl, 88
Wisconsin senator and Milwaukee Bucks owner
Pope.L, 68
Performance artist who explored “have-not-ness”
Gaston Glock, 94
Inventor of the gun that bears his name
Wolfgang Schäuble, 81
Strict politician of German and European unity
Tom Smothers, 86
Comic half of the Smothers Brothers
Paula Murphy, 95
Once “the fastest woman on wheels”
Antonio Negri, 90
Imprisoned but also celebrated philosopher
Robert M. Solow, 99
Nobel-winning theorist of economic growth
Dan Greenburg, 87
Popular satirist of women, sex and Jewish mothers
Sheikh Nawaf, 86
Emir of Kuwait
Richard Hunt, 88
Sculptor who transformed public spaces
Mike Grgich, 100
California winemaker who stunned the French
George McGinnis, 73
Twice a champion as a Pacers power forward
Ted Morgan, 91
Pulitzer-winning writer who straddled two cultures
Luiz Barroso, 59
Engineer who widened Google's reach
Michael Blakemore, 95
Director who pulled off a unique double-Tony feat
Andre Braugher, 61
Actor on “Homicide” and “Brooklyn Nine-Nine”
George Cohon, 86
Executive who brought Big Macs to Moscow
Dr. Gao Yaojie, 95
Doctor who exposed rural China’s AIDS epidemic
Ryan O’Neal, 82
Actor made an instant movie star by “Love Story”
Ellen Holly, 92
Actress who crossed racial barriers on daytime TV
Juanita Castro, 90
Sister of Fidel who worked undercover for the C.I.A.
Denny Laine, 79
Founding member of the Moody Blues and Wings
Norman Lear, 101
Writer and producer whose comedies changed TV
Mica Ertegun, 97
Glamorous interior designer and philanthropist
Sandra Day O’Connor, 93
First woman on the Supreme Court
William P. Murphy Jr., 100
An inventor of the modern medical blood bag
Henri Lopes, 86
He straddled African literature and politics
Pablo Guzmán, 73
Puerto Rican activist turned TV newsman
Elliott Erwitt, 95
Photographer who told visual jokes
Larry Fink, 82
“Political, not polemical” photographer
Shane MacGowan, 65
Songwriter who fused punk and Irish rebellion
Henry Kissinger, 100
Polarizing shaper of U.S. Cold War policies
Frances Sternhagen, 93
Actress known for playing formidable older women
Charles T. Munger, 99
Warren Buffet's one-of-a-kind No. 2
Jean Knight, 80
Singer who struck platinum with “Mr. Big Stuff”
Betty Rollin, 87
Memoirist who was candid about illness and death
Charles Peters, 96
Founder of The Washington Monthly
Emmanuel Le Roy Ladurie, 94
Scholar who saw history from the bottom up
Willie Hernández, 69
Relief pitcher who had a banner 1984
Suzanne Shepherd, 89
Actress with a maternal specialty
Herbert Gold, 99
Promising American writer after WWII
Rosalynn Carter, 96
First lady and political partner
David Del Tredici, 86
Pulitzer-winning composer who redefined his style
Don Walsh, 92
Record-breaking deep sea explorer
George Tscherny, 99
Graphic designer who unified pop with modern art
A.S. Byatt, 87
Ambitious novelist and unapologetic intellectual
Maryanne Trump Barry, 86
Protector, critic and older sister of Donald Trump
Gary Winnick, 76
Executive who won and lost in telecommunications
Frank Borman, 95
Astronaut who led first orbit of the moon
Alan Hevesi, 83
New York official who fell from grace
Elizabeth Moynihan, 94
Vital political partner of the senator
Ady Barkan, 39
Health care activist spurred by his illness
Bobby Knight, 83
Basketball coach known for trophies and tantrums
Linda R. Hirshman, 79
Writer who challenged stay-at-home mothers
Ken Mattingly, 87
Astronaut bumped from Apollo 13
Dwight Twilley, 72
Power-pop hitmaker
Frank Howard, 87
Towering sluggers whose homers were, too
Robert Brustein, 96
Contentious advocate for profit-indifferent theater
Matthew Perry, 54
Lovably sarcastic Chandler Bing on “Friends”
Ida Applebroog, 93
Artist who confronted everyday relationships
Li Keqiang, 68
Chinese premier eclipsed by Xi Jinping
Robert Irwin, 95
Artist of fleeting light and space
Richard Roundtree, 81
One of first Black action heroes in “Shaft”
Park Seo-Bo, 91
Painter who was a pillar of the Korean art world
Natalie Zemon Davis, 94
Historian of the marginalized
Betsy Rawls, 95
Winner of eight golf majors
Bobby Charlton, 86
One of soccer’s greatest players
Burt Young, 83
“Rocky” actor who played complex tough guys
Stephen Rubin, 81
“Quintessential hitmaker” of the book world
Carla Bley, 87
Jazz composer, arranger and provocateur
Roland Griffiths, 77
Psychedelics researcher who changed minds
Martti Ahtisaari, 86
Dogged Finnish statesman and peace prize Nobelist
Phyllis Coates, 96
The first Lois Lane on TV’s “Superman”
Suzanne Somers, 76
“Three’s Company” star and ThighMaster mogul
Piper Laurie, 91
Reluctant starlet turned respected actress
Walt Garrison, 79
Rare Dallas Cowboy who actually was a cowboy
Mark Goddard, 87
Actor on fanciful 1960s sci-fi series “Lost in Space”
Louise Glück, 80
Nobel-winning poet who explored trauma and loss
Rudolph Isley, 84
An original and enduring Isley Brother
Hoosen Coovadia, 83
Medical force in South Africa’s H.I.V. fight
Michael Chiarello, 61
Chef and Food Network star
Kevin Phillips, 82
“Southern strategy” analyst who had second thoughts
Terence Davies, 77
Filmmaker who mined literature and his own life
Charles Feeney, 92
Entrepreneur and investor who gave away billions
Dick Butkus, 80
Fearsome Hall of Fame linebacker
Harriet Pattison, 94
Landscape architect with a tie to Louis Kahn
Alice Shalvi, 96
Hailed as a mother of feminism in Israel
Tim Wakefield, 57
Pitcher who helped Boston break the curse
Khaled Khalifa, 59
Chronicler in novels of wars and upheaval in Syria
Russell Sherman, 93
Poetic interpreter at the piano
Dianne Feinstein, 90
Oldest sitting Senator and fixture of California politics
Michael Gambon, 82
Dumbledore in the “Harry Potter” films
M.S. Swaminathan, 98
Scientist who helped conquer famine in India
Endel Tulving, 96
Influential theorist of the structure of memory
Terry Kirkman, 83
A founder of hitmaking ’60s band the Association
Brooks Robinson, 86
Slick-fielding Hall of Fame third baseman
Jeremy Silman, 69
Chess master and author of best-selling chess books
Matteo Messina Denaro, 61
Long-sought Italian Mafia boss
David McCallum, 90
TV star twice over
Giorgio Napolitano, 98
Modern Italy’s longest-serving president
James Hoge, 87
Editor and publisher of blue-collar newspapers
Roger Whittaker, 87
Balladeer with an international reach
Jules Melancon, 65
Oysterman who revolutionized his industry
Michael McGrath, 65
Tony winner and “Spamalot” veteran
Fernando Botero, 91
Artist of whimsical rotundity
Lauch Faircloth, 95
Senator who targeted D.C. home rule during a crisis
Lisa Lyon, 70
Bodybuilding pioneer and Mapplethorpe muse
Larry Chance, 82
Keeper of doo-wop’s flame
Robert S. Bennett, 84
Washington’s go-to lawyer in a scandal
Ian Wilmut, 79
Scientist behind Dolly the cloned sheep
Mangosuthu Buthelezi, 95
Zulu nationalist and a Mandela rival
Gary Wright, 80
Singer-songwriter of infectious ’70s hits
Ferid Murad, 86
Nobelist who saw how a gas can aid the heart
Edith Grossman, 87
Early translator to insist her name go on book covers
Steve Harwell, 56
Smash Mouth’s voice
Bill Richardson, 75
Champion of Americans held overseas
Jimmy Buffett, 76
Roguish bard of island escapism
Len Chandler, 88
Early fixture of the folk revival
Sarah Young, 77
Author who spawned an evangelical empire
Marilyn Lovell, 93
Astronaut‘s wife in the spotlight
Douglas Lenat, 72
Scientist who tried to give A.I. common sense
Mohamed al-Fayed, 94
Tycoon whose son died with Princess Diana
Bill Pinkney, 87
Globe-circling sailor who set a racial mark
Franne Lee, 81
Tony winner who also costumed Coneheads
Tina Howe, 85
Playwright best known for “Coastal Disturbances”
Samuel Wurzelbacher, 49
Middle America symbol in 2008 as “Joe the Plumber”
Bob Barker, 99
Longtime host of “The Price Is Right”
David Jacobs, 84
With "Dallas," creator of the prime-time soap opera
Léa Garcia, 90
Actress known for the 1959 film “Black Orpheus”
Yevgeny Prigozhin, 62
Renegade mercenary chief who rattled the Kremlin
John Warnock, 82
Inventor of the PDF
Carol Robles-Román, 60
Latina champion for justice
Johaar Mosaval, 95
Ballet dancer who broke free of apartheid
Warren Hoge, 82
Times war reporter and newsroom leader
Terry Funk, 79
Hard-core Hall of Fame wrestler
Tom Courtney, 90
Runner who lunged to grab the Olympic gold
Sliman Bensmaia, 49
Neuroscientist who gave feeling to prosthetic limbs
Ron Cephas Jones, 66
Emmy winner for “This Is Us”
Gus Solomons Jr., 84
Rare Black presence in experimental dance
Thierry Despont, 75
Restorer of the Statue of Liberty and the Ritz Paris
James L. Buckley, 100
Conservative Senator in liberal New York
Jerry Moss, 88
The “M” of A&M Records
Paul Brodeur, 92
Reporter who exposed the hazards of asbestos
Renata Scotto, 89
Opera diva who inhabited roles
Joan Meyer, 98
Longtime editor of a besieged newspaper
Clarence Avant, 92
Mighty engine behind Black superstars
Joan Kaplan Davidson, 96
Philanthropist who championed New York
Brice Marden, 84
Artist who rejuvenated painting in the 1960s
Rodriguez, 81
Singer whose career was resurrected
Robbie Robertson, 80
Chief songwriter and guitarist for the Band
William Friedkin, 87
“French Connection” and “Exorcist” director
Henri Konan Bédié, 89
Ivory Coast president deposed in a coup
Charles J. Ogletree Jr., 70
Civil rights lawyer prominent nationwide
Mark Margolis, 83
Scene-stealing actor in “Breaking Bad”
Helen Williams, 87
Aspirational face of the 1950s Black middle class
Nicholas Hitchon, 65
Subject of the acclaimed "Up" documentary series
W. Jason Morgan, 87
Theorist of plate tectonics
Alice K. Ladas, 102
Psychologist whose best seller explored the G-spot
Martin Walser, 96
Among postwar Germany’s last literary titans
Leny Andrade, 80
“The first lady of Brazilian jazz”
Seiichi Morimura, 90
Writer who exposed Japan’s wartime atrocities
Edward Sexton, 80
Bespoke tailor of rock ’n’ roll
Angus Cloud, 25
Actor on “Euphoria”
Paul Reubens, 70
Creator of Pee-wee Herman
Randy Meisner, 70
Founding member of the Eagles
Bo Goldman, 90
One of Hollywood’s most admired screenwriters
Sinead O’Connor, 56
Evocative and outspoken singer
Johnny Lujack, 98
Star quarterback at Notre Dame
João Donato, 88
Bossa nova pioneer
Tony Bennett, 96
Jazzy crooner of the American songbook
Carlin Glynn, 83
Actress whose comeback brought her a Tony
Kevin Mitnick, 59
Once the “most wanted computer outlaw”
James Reston Jr., 82
Author with a hand in Nixon’s apology
Angelo Mozilo, 84
Leader of a mortgage giant during its ascent and fall
Beverly Moss Spatt, 99
Protector of New York landmarks
Harry G. Frankfurt, 94
Philosopher with a surprise (and blunt) best seller
Jane Birkin, 76
Singer, actress and fashion inspiration
Marga Minco, 103
Novelist of the Holocaust and postwar Europe
André Watts, 77
One of classical music’s first Black superstars
Minnie Bruce Pratt, 76
Celebrated poet of lesbian life
Evelyn M. Witkin, 102
Geneticist who discovered how DNA repairs itself
Milan Kundera, 94
Literary star who skewered Communist rule
Benno C. Schmidt Jr., 81
University leader at Yale, CUNY and elsewhere
James W. Lewis, 76
Prime suspect in the 1982 Tylenol murders
Nikki McCray-Penson, 51
Basketball star and coach
Peter Nero, 89
Pianist who straddled genres
Yan Mingfu, 91
Peace-seeking envoy in the Tiananmen standoff
Dr. Susan Love, 75
Public face of the war on breast cancer
Gerald C. Meyers, 94
C.E.O. who paved the way for the S.U.V.
Evva Hanes, 90
Farm woman who made Moravian cookies famous
Sue Johanson, 92
Sex-talking TV personality
Frank Field, 100
Early meteorologist in TV weather forecasting
Alan Arkin, 89
Comic actor with a serious side
Marvin Kitman, 93
Satirist who targeted TV
Lowell Weicker, 92
Senator whose star rose during Watergate
Bobby Osborne, 91
Half of a groundbreaking bluegrass duo
John B. Goodenough, 100
Nobelist who created the lithium-ion battery
Richard Ravitch, 89
Rescuer of the subways and New York’s finances
Harry Markowitz, 95
Nobel-winning pioneer of modern portfolio theory
Sheldon Harnick, 99
“Fiddler on the Roof” lyricist
Hamish Harding, 58
Risk-taking explorer before his fateful Titanic dive
Stockton Rush, 61
Pilot of the Titan submersible
Julie Garwood, 78
Best-selling romance novelist
Max Morath, 96
Pianist who staged a one-man ragtime revival
Donald Triplett, 89
“Case 1” in the study of autism
Carol Higgins Clark, 66
Second-generation mystery writer
Daniel Ellsberg, 92
Military analyst who leaked the Pentagon Papers
Homer Jones, 82
Wide receiver specialist in bombs and spikes
Glenda Jackson, 87
Two-time Oscar winner who played Lear in her 80s
Robert Gottlieb, 92
Eminent editor of big-name authors
Roger S. Payne, 88
Influential biologist who recorded whale serenades
Cormac McCarthy, 89
Novelist of a darker America
Treat Williams, 71
Actor known for “Hair” and “Everwood”
Silvio Berlusconi, 86
Showman who upended Italian politics and culture
Ted Kaczynski, 81
“Unabomber” who attacked modern life
Harald zur Hausen, 87
Nobelist who found the cause of cervical cancer
William E. Spriggs, 68
Economist who sought to root out racial injustice
Richard E. Snyder, 90
Transformative executive at Simon & Schuster
Pat Robertson, 93
Broadcasting minister who gave evangelicals clout
The Iron Sheik,
Villainous Hall of Fame wrestler
George Winston, 74
Pianist with a popular, soothing sound
Pat Cooper, 93
Comedian of outrage
Françoise Gilot, 101
Artist in the shadow of Picasso
Astrud Gilberto, 83
Singer of “The Girl From Ipanema”
Jim Hines, 76
First to sprint 100 Meters in under 10 seconds
Ama Ata Aidoo, 81
One of Africa’s leading writers and feminists
Robert Hanssen, 79
F.B.I. agent exposed as spy for Moscow
Roger Craig, 93
Guru of the split-fingered fastball
Dermot Doran, 88
Linchpin of one of history’s largest humanitarian efforts
Jacques Rozier, 96
Last of the French New Wave directors
James G. Watt, 85
Polarizing interior secretary under Reagan
Barry Newman, 92
Star of the 1971 cult film “Vanishing Point”
Amitai Etzioni, 94
Theorist of a society built on the common good
George Maharis, 94
1960s TV heartthrob as a star of “Route 66”
Ian Hacking, 87
Wide-ranging giant of modern philosophy
Ed Ames, 95
Singing star who became a familiar face on TV
Bill Lee, 94
Bassist and composer of son Spike’s films
Tina Turner, 83
Explosively powerful and globally popular singer
Kenneth Anger, 96
Experimental filmmaker with a pop culture legacy
Rick Hoyt, 61
Marathon racer pushed in a wheelchair by his father
C. Boyden Gray, 80
The conservative legal establishment personified
Martin Amis, 73
Acclaimed author of bleakly comic novels
Superstar Billy Graham, 79
Model of the buff, blond wrestler
Jim Brown, 87
Football great, then movie star and civil rights activist
Larry Mahan, 79
The Elvis of rodeo
Sam Zell, 81
Tycoon whose newspaper venture went bust
Robert E. Lucas Jr., 85
Nobel-winning conservative economist
Marlene Bauer Hagge, 89
Last of the L.P.G.A.’s founders
Ralph Lee, 87
Halloween parade founder and inventive puppeteer
Doyle Brunson, 89
Poker champion who wrote a canonical guidebook
Hodding Carter III, 88
Crusading editor and Jimmy Carter aide
Jacklyn Zeman, 70
“General Hospital” actress for nearly a half-century
Chris Strachwitz, 91
Folklorist who dug up the roots of American music
Rita Lee, 75
Convention-flouting titan of Brazilian music
Sam Gross, 89
Prolific and ”fantastically profane” cartoonist
Heather Armstrong, 47
“Queen of the mommy bloggers”
Joe Kapp, 85
Quarterback who led Vikings to Super Bowl IV
Grace Bumbry, 86
One of opera’s first, and biggest, Black stars
Ronald Steel, 92
Critic of American Cold War policies
Vida Blue, 73
Pitching sensation for Champion A’s teams
Menahem Pressler, 99
Pianist who co-founded the Beaux Arts Trio
Newton N. Minow, 97
F.C.C. chief who declared TV a “vast wasteland”
Bruce McCall, 87
Satirical artist who conjured a “retrofuture”
Gordon Lightfoot, 84
Hitmaking singer-songwriter
Tori Bowie, 32
World champion sprinter
Ralph Boston, 83
Long jumper who broke a Jesse Owens record
Keshub Mahindra, 99
Indian billionaire deemed negligent in a fatal gas leak
LeRoy Carhart, 81
Leading defender of late-term abortions
Rabbi Harold S. Kushner, 88
Reassuring author of best-sellers
Dick Groat, 92
Hoops whiz who became a star shortstop
Carolyn Bryant Donham, 88
Pivotal figure in the lynching of Emmett Till
Jerry Springer, 79
Host of a raucous TV talk show
Emily Meggett, 90
Matriarch of Gullah Geechee cuisine
Harry Belafonte, 96
Pop and film superstar who was a civil rights force
Barry Humphries, 89
Actor behind the divine, dotty, Dadaist Dame Edna
Charles Stanley, 90
One of his era’s leading American preachers
Richard Riordan, 92
Mayor of an uneasy Los Angeles
Todd Haimes, 66
Revitalizer of New York’s Roundabout Theater
Leon Levine, 85
Billionaire who earned his fortune one dollar at a time
Blair Tindall, 63
Writer of a scandalous music memoir
Ahmad Jamal, 92
Jazz pianist whose spare style inspired generations
Edward H. Meyer, 96
Adman who built a multinational powerhouse
Edward Koren, 87
Cartoonist of toothy, long-nosed, hairy creatures
Billy Waugh, 93
“Godfather of the Green Berets”
Meir Shalev, 74
Novelist who affectionately satirized Israel’s pioneers
Mary Quant, 93
British fashion revolutionary
Anne Perry, 84
Crime writer with her own dark tale
Kwame Brathwaite, 85
Photographer with a lens on Black pride
Al Jaffee, 102
Inventive cartoonist at Mad magazine
Craig Breedlove, 86
Once the fastest man on Earth
Benjamin B. Ferencz, 103
Final surviving Nuremberg prosecutor
Harry Lorayne, 96
Dazzling master of total recall
Mimi Sheraton, 97
Innovative New York Times food critic
Klaus Teuber, 70
Creator of the board game Catan
Raghavan Iyer, 61
Teacher of Indian cuisine to Americans
Seymour Stein, 80
Record industry giant
Hedda Kleinfeld Schachter, 99
Empress of tulle and satin
Virginia Norwood, 96
Inventor of a tool for mapping Earth from space
Myriam Ullens, 70
Philanthropic baroness in a family dispute
Ryuichi Sakamoto, 71
Oscar-winning composer
Mark Russell, 90
Piano-playing political satirist
D.M. Thomas, 88
English teacher who wrote surprise best-seller
Emily Fisher Landau, 102
Founder of a top contemporary art collection
Randall Robinson, 81
Anti-apartheid catalyst
Bobbi Ercoline, 73
Symbol of Woodstock
Gordon E. Moore, 94
Intel co-founder behind Moore’s Law
Marisol Malaret, 73
First Caribbean Miss Universe
Raphael Mechoulam, 92
“Father of cannabis research”
William A. Wulf, 83
Computer scientist who helped make the internet
John Jenrette Jr., 86
Congressman nabbed in Abscam sting
Willis Reed, 80
Hall of Fame center for champion Knicks
Lance Reddick, 60
Star of “The Wire” and “John Wick”
Lynn Seymour, 83
Ballerina hailed as among greatest of dance actors
Phyllida Barlow, 78
Sculptor of playful, scale-defying works
John Jakes, 90
Superstar writer of historical fiction
Jiang Yanyong, 91
Whistle blower in China’s SARS epidemic
Patricia Schroeder, 82
Feminist force in Congress
Joe Pepitone, 82
Rowdy star when the Yankees faded
Dick Fosbury, 76
High jumper with a transformative flop
Kenzaburo Oe, 88
Nobel laureate and critic of postwar Japan
Pat McCormick, 92
First diver to sweep gold medals in two Olympics
Bud Grant, 95
Vikings coach who lost four Super Bowls
Otis Taylor, 80
Star receiver for the Kansas City Chiefs
Robert Blake, 89
TV star of “Baretta” acquitted in wife’s murder
Eugene Kohn, 92
Architect of skyscraping reach
Topol, 87
Star of “Fiddler on the Roof” for decades
Ian Falconer, 63
Creator of Olivia, the energetic piglet
Bert I. Gordon, 100
Auteur of mutant monster movies
Gary Rossington, 71
Last of the original Lynyrd Skynyrd
Judy Heumann, 75
Leader in the fight for disability rights
Jerry Richardson, 86
N.F.L. player turned team owner
Tom Sizemore, 61
“Saving Private Ryan” actor who went to prison
Rafael Viñoly, 78
Global architect of landmark buildings
Wayne Shorter, 89
Innovator during an era of change in jazz
Amy Schwartz, 68
Writer who captured life as viewed by a child
Jean Faut, 98
Star pitcher in women’s baseball league
Greta Andersen, 95
Record-setting long-distance swimmer
Walter Mirisch, 101
Producer of canonical films
Ahmed Qurei, 86
Palestinian peace envoy at the Oslo Accords
Betty Boothroyd, 93
Britain’s first female House of Commons speaker
Bob Richards, 97
Cold War Olympian known as the Vaulting Vicar
James Abourezk, 92
First Arab American Senator
Robert Hébras, 97
Final survivor of a 1944 massacre in France
Thomas H. Lee, 78
Early private equity titan
Glória Maria, 73
Barrier breaker on Brazilian television
Rick Newman, 81
Comedy club impresario who made careers
Barbara Bosson, 83
“Hill Street Blues” actress skillful in family drama
Red McCombs, 95
Car salesman turned media mogul
Paul Berg, 96
Biochemist who launched genetic engineering
Richard Belzer, 78
Detective Munch on “Law & Order: S.V.U.”
Stella Stevens, 84
Hollywood bombshell who yearned for more
Eileen Sheridan, 99
Dominant cyclist in postwar Britain
Friedrich Cerha, 96
Composer who finished an incomplete masterpiece
Tim McCarver, 81
Catcher in the Hall of Fame as a broadcaster
Arne Treholt, 80
Diplomat convicted of spying for the Soviets
Shoichiro Toyoda, 97
Executive who made Toyota a global force
Raquel Welch, 82
Actress and ’60s sex symbol
Hugh Hudson, 86
Director of “Chariots of Fire”
Robert Geddes, 99
Transformative architecture dean at Princeton
Ted Lerner, 97
Developer who built the Washington Nationals
Trugoy the Dove, 54
Part of influential rap trio De La Soul
Eugene Lee, 84
Tony-winning set designer for Broadway and “S.N.L.”
Burt Bacharach, 94
Composer who added a high gloss to the ’60s
David Harris, 76
Leader of the Vietnam draft-resistance movement
Harry Whittington, 95
Texas lawyer who caught Cheney's birdshot
Pervez Musharraf, 79
Former military ruler of Pakistan
Paco Rabanne, 88
Designer who gave shape to space-age dreams
Bing Newcomb, 79
Computer programmer behind E*Trade
Linda Kasabian, 73
Lookout who testified against Charles Manson
Roslyn Pope, 84
Writer of an influential 1960 civil rights manifesto
Jean Anderson, 93
Exacting and encyclopedic cookbook author
Ronald Blythe, 100
Scribe of the English countryside
Charles Silverstein, 87
Psychologist who fought homophobia
Mukarram Jah, 89
Heir to an opulent throne he abandoned
Charlie Thomas, 85
A Drifter in song nearly all his life
Melinda Dillon, 83
Two-time Oscar nominee
Jackie Rogers, 90
Jet-setting fashion designer
Bob Born, 98
Confectioner behind marshmallow Peeps
Dave Durenberger, 88
Senator who was censured for financial improprieties
Lisa Loring, 64
Wednesday Addams in “The Addams Family”
Cindy Williams, 75
In TV's "Laverne & Shirley," she was Shirley
Barrett Strong, 81
Singer-songwriter whose “Money” launched Motown
Bobby Hull, 84
Charismatic hockey Hall of Famer
Tom Verlaine, 73
Punk scene’s influential guitarist and songwriter
Billy Packer, 82
Lead TV analyst of Final Four games for decades
Yoshimitsu Yamada, 84
Teacher of the martial art aikido to Americans
Balkrishna Doshi, 95
Modernist Indian architect
Victor S. Navasky, 90
Leading liberal in journalism
Sal Bando, 78
Captain of championship Oakland Athletics
David Crosby, 81
With Stills, Nash & Young, a voice of '60s folk rock
Jonathan Raban, 80
Adventurous literary traveler
Yukihiro Takahashi, 70
Pioneer of electronic pop music
Carl H. Hahn, 96
Executive who popularized the Volkswagen Beetle
K. Alex Müller, 95
Nobel-winning innovator in ceramic superconductors
Lupe Serrano, 92
Ballerina of power and fire
Rosi Mittermaier, 72
Olympic skier who was a German national hero
Gina Lollobrigida, 95
Movie star and sex symbol
Charles White, 64
Heisman winner with a difficult second act
Tatjana Patitz, 56
Omnipresent supermodel in the late 1980s and ’90s
Constantine II, 82
The last king of Greece
Scott Minerd, 63
Investor who turned a family firm into a behemoth
Lisa Marie Presley, 54
Singer-songwriter and daughter of Elvis
Liz Robbins, 76
Beloved and successful Washington operator
Jeff Beck, 78
Among the most admired guitarists in rock history
Rehman Rahi, 97
Kashmir’s unofficial poet laureate
Charles Simic, 84
Pulitzer-winning poet and U.S. laureate
Adolfo Kaminsky, 97
Forger who saved thousands of Jews
Naomi Replansky, 104
Poet of hopeful struggle
Bernard Kalb, 100
Veteran foreign correspondent
Russell Banks, 82
Novelist steeped in the working class
Art McNally, 97
N.F.L.’s “father of instant replay”
Fay Weldon, 91
Author who challenged feminist orthodoxy
Walter Cunningham, 90
Astronaut who helped pave the way to the moon
Gangsta Boo, 43
One of the first women to use the gangster rap style
Edith Pearlman, 86
Writer who won acclaim late in life
Anita Pointer, 74
Frequent lead singer of famed sister act