Obituaries

The byline of Robert D. McFadden, who retired on Sunday, has been one of the most distinguished in the history of

She gave complexity to simple shapes, drawing inspiration from her rugged Canadian upbringing. In her downtime, she swung on a trapeze.

A pianist, composer and arranger, he rose to fame with the group Brasil ’66 and remained a force in popular music

An engineer and influential environmentalist in New York, he fought for bus lanes, bridge tolls and limits on parking and against

The rapper, who was at one time affiliated with Young Thug, had a 2015 hit with “Flex (Ooh, Ooh, Ooh),” which

Prodded by Oliver Sacks, he wrote a humane, award-winning book about the condition. A music maven, he also wrote liner notes

Covering notorious trials, she offered readers an unvarnished view of the sordid side of celebrity, told through many of the country’s

His work for Nike — particularly commercials starring Michael Jordan and Spike Lee — blurred the line between advertising and entertainment.

A self-described “reactionary individualist,” he mentored Joan Didion and was credited with famously comparing Nixon to a used-car salesman.

His role as a surfer in that trendsetting hit movie led to success on television shows like “The Time Tunnel” and