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Sylvia Jukes Morris, Biographer of Clare Boothe Luce, Dies at 84
She spent 33 years on the two-volume biography, examining 460,000 items at the Library of Congress that stretched 319 linear feet.
Frederick Richmond, 96, Dies; Congressman Undone by Corruption
A wealthy House member and a champion of liberal causes as a New York civic leader, he was forced to quit Congress in 1982 in a corruption scandal.
William Greider, Journalist Who Focused on Economy, Dies at 83
In interviews with Reagan’s budget director, David Stockman, he exposed doubts about the supply-side economics that the administration had embraced.
Jeanne Guillemin, Who Exposed Soviet Anthrax Lab, Dies at 76
After an anthrax outbreak killed scores of people in 1979, she showed how even a tiny amount of a biological warfare agent could threaten a population.
Margaret Lawrence, First Black Female Psychoanalyst, Dies at 105
She overcame many hurdles, including rejection by Cornell’s medical school, which told her a black man before her “didn’t work out.” (He had died.)
Allan Gerson, Who Sought Justice for Terror Victims, Dies at 74
A lawyer and the son of Jewish refugees from Poland, he helped families of those killed in the Lockerbie bombing hold Libya accountable.
Dr. Janette Sherman, 89, Early Force in Environmental Science, Dies
In one case, discovering that autoworkers shared the same diseases, she pinpointed the cause as chemicals in the factories — not, as was thought, cigarettes.
Marilyn Yalom, Feminist Author and Historian, Is Dead at 87
In books about the history of wives, the history of the breast and other subjects, she examined how cultural forces led over time to feminist thinking.
Barbara Hillary, First Black Woman to Reach the Poles, Is Dead at 88
She accomplished both feats in her 70s, after deciding as a retired nurse that she wanted a little adventure in her life.
Mary Previte, Grateful Survivor of a Concentration Camp, Dies at 87
Rescued in Japanese-occupied China, she sought out her saviors a half-century later. In New Jersey, she turned a youth detention center into a national model.
Bogaletch Gebre, Foe of Female Genital Mutilation, Dies at 66
Called “the woman who began the rebellion of Ethiopian women,” she helped drastically reduce the barbaric practice that she suffered and that had cost her sister’s life.
Frank Giles, 100, Editor Snared in ‘Hitler Diaries’ Hoax, Is Dead
At The Sunday Times of London, he learned at the last minute that the diaries were fake, but the paper’s owner, Rupert Murdoch, ordered them published.
Ray Jenkins, Newspaperman Who Covered Civil Rights Era, Dies at 89
He had a “ringside seat to history” in the South, befriending Martin Luther King Jr. and triggering a landmark First Amendment case that went to the Supreme Court.
Mordicai Gerstein, Illustrator of Magical Worlds, Dies at 83
He wrote and illustrated more than 40 children’s books, many of which dealt with the messy business of being human.
Sally Soames, Fearless Photographer With Personal Touch, Dies at 82
In taking portraits of the famous — Margaret Thatcher, Sean Connery and Rudolf Nureyev among them — she made them relax. In war zones she was unflinching.
Ascensión Mendieta, 93, Dies; Symbol of Justice for Franco Victims
She fought for decades to recover the remains of her father, who had been executed by a firing squad in 1939. Finally, when she was 92, she found him.
Annette Kolodny, Feminist Critic and Scholar, Dies at 78
She was a pioneer in the field of ecofeminism, in which she drew parallels between the ravaging of the environment and the ravaging of women.
Juanita Abernathy, a Force in the Civil Rights Movement, Dies at 88
The wife of the Rev. Dr. Ralph Abernathy, she was an activist in her own right in the struggle to end segregation and to secure the vote.
Jean Edward Smith, Biographer of the Underrated, Dies at 86
His books helped restore the reputations of Grant and Eisenhower and return John Marshall to the forefront of the American story.
Neil Montanus, a Kodak Colorama Photographer, Dies at 92
His colossal pictures, depicting an idealized American life, greeted travelers at Grand Central Terminal for decades.