Obituaries

He was the public face of the Chabad-Lubavitch sect during the Crown Heights riots in 1991 and for decades lit its

With a background in marketing, his aunt’s recipe and a winning personality, he built one of the world’s best-known brands of

The feat, a collegiate record, came in 1954 in South Carolina. As a pro, he missed a shot that would have

She became famous for posing in the fashion designer Rudi Gernreich’s topless swimsuit. But she saw herself more as a performer

His quick thinking saved fellow soldiers in Vietnam. Later, he had a role in the presidential runs of Ross Perot, George

A stand-up comedian in New York, his biggest role was playing Chi Chi in the 1983 film, “Scarface.”

The business executive helped turn Google into an internet juggernaut and became one of the most prominent women in Silicon Valley.

In the 1960s, he was among the first Westerners allowed into the country, and for decades he helped the rest of

From the cloakroom at Sardi’s, she made her own mark on Broadway, hobnobbing with celebrity clients while safekeeping fedoras, bowlers, derbies

He endured skepticism but won a Nobel Prize for his work upending the conventional wisdom that stress, diet or alcohol caused