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LEO BRETHOLZ; ESCAPED NAZI TRAIN TO AUSCHWITZ By PAUL VITELLO MARCH 29, 2014 Leo Bretholz testified in Congress in 2011, asking that Holocaust survivors be allowed to sue a French railway for its role in death-camp deportations. Credit Karen Bleier/Agence … Continue reading →

TERRY ADKINS, COMPOSER OF ART, SCULPTOR OF MUSIC By MARGALIT FOX FEB. 22, 2014 Mr. Adkins in the Arctic. Tom Snelgrove Terry Adkins, a conceptual artist whose work married the quicksilver evanescence of music to the solid permanence of sculpture, … Continue reading →

JOHN DOBSON, AN INVENTIVE ITINERANT GUIDE TO STARGAZING By DOUGLAS MARTIN JAN. 21, 2014          Mr. Dobson in 2003, demonstrating his inexpensive telescope for amateur astronomers on a sidewalk in Portland, Ore. Garth Eliassen/Getty Images Hour after hour, night after … Continue reading →

FRANKLIN McCAIN, WHO FOUGHT FOR CIVIL RIGHTS AT ALL-WHITE LUNCH COUNTER By DOUGLAS MARTIN JAN. 10, 2014          Franklin McCain in 2010. Lynn Hey/Associated Press Franklin McCain, who helped fuel the civil rights movement in 1960 when he and three … Continue reading →

FRED BENJAMIN, EXACTING AND INVENTIVE TEACHER OF JAZZ DANCE The choreographer Fred Benjamin in an undated photo. By  ANNA KISSELGOFF Published: December 19, 2013 Fred Benjamin, an internationally known teacher of jazz dance who was also part of the creative … Continue reading →

SCOTT CARPENTER, ONE OF THE ORIGINAL SEVEN ASTRONAUTS Associated Press President John F. Kennedy congratulates the astronaut Scott Carpenter in the Oval Office at the White House after his three-orbit flight around the earth. With them are Carpenter’s wife at … Continue reading →

TOM CLANCY, BEST-SELLING MASTER OF MILITARY THRILLERS By Erica Berenstein David Burnett/G.P. Putnam Sons, via Associated Press Tom Clancy, Spinner of Suspense:  Mr. Clancy’s military thrillers were blockbuster hits on the best-seller list, at the box office and even in … Continue reading →

RICHIE HAVENS, FOLK SINGER WHO RIVETED WOODSTOCK Hulton Archive, via Getty Images The singer and guitarist Richie Havens opening the Woodstock Festival on Aug. 15, 1969. By DOUGLAS MARTIN Published: April 22, 2013 Richie Havens, who marshaled a craggy voice, … Continue reading →

ANNTEE FUNICELLO, BELOVED MOUSEKETEER AND STAR OF BEACH MOVIES By DOUGLAS MARTIN Published: April 8, 2013 Annette Funicello, who won America’s heart as a 12-year-old in Mickey Mouse ears, captivated adolescent baby boomers in slightly spicy beach movies and later … Continue reading →

JANE COOKE WRIGHT, PIONEERING ONCOLOGIST By BRUCE WEBER Published: March 2, 2013 Dr. Jane C. Wright, a pioneering oncologist who helped elevatechemotherapy from a last resort for cancer patients to an often viable treatment option, died on Feb. 19 at … Continue reading →