Obituaries

With steel hooks for hands and a flamboyant personality, Mr. Armes captured the attention — and scrutiny — of reporters across

Officially, he was an authority on nonprofit foundations. Unofficially, he was an unparalleled networker among the nation’s rich and powerful.

He was 23 years old when he took part in the attack that triggered America’s declaration of war against Japan. He

He prosecuted high-profile cases in the 1970s and championed Soviet Jews, but, after retiring, he ran afoul of the law himself,

An outstanding fielder though never an All-Star, he broke that barrier with the Giants in 1956 and later became the Tigers’

She was said to have been involved in the first killing of an educator during the Cultural Revolution, drawing official praise.

Her work often drew from her upbringing in California amid World War II, such as her intricate novel about the Nazi

The Broadway actor had a storied career that spanned decades.

He and his friend Mike Wolfe launched the treasure-hunting show in 2010, part of a wave of reality TV aimed at

He was the patriarch in one of the first sitcoms with an all-Black cast and an enslaved African as a grown