The onetime New York corporate lawyer became a fixture in British business and governmental circles, holding dozens of high-level positions.
Nicknamed “Tom Terrific,” he led his once-hapless team from the National League basement to an improbable World Series championship.
Forever marked by the mobsters who sought to intimidate his father in the 1940s, he became a federal prosecutor and founded the highly secretive program that is credited with helping secure thousands of convictions in organized crime cases.
For his projects, he hired such renowned architects as Philip Johnson, Frank Gehry and I.M. Pei.
In 2009, he became the first Khmer Rouge leader to go on trial before a U.N.-backed special tribunal, which convicted him of crimes against humanity and war crimes.
He received the Distinguished Service Cross for helping organize, arm and direct the anti-German resistance in France as a member of the Office of Strategic Services.
She reported on presidential politics and fashion before turning to food writing.
He wrote two books, including a biography of Fed chairman Paul Volcker.
He engineered the Japanese automaker’s alliance with Nissan, then led by Carlos Ghosn.
He was U-Conn.’s “first great player” under coach Jim Calhoun and was named the NBA’s Sixth Man of the Year in 1993.
He was the first African American coach to win the NCAA championship, leading the Hoyas to the national title in 1984.
He and writing partner Ken Spears created ‘Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!’ in 1969.
In addition to starring in the 2018 blockbuster movie, the Howard University graduate portrayed Jackie Robinson, James Brown and Thurgood Marshall.
He coached at Iowa for nine years, then spent 24 years as Arizona’s head coach.
He was the general manager of Duke Zeibert’s, then opened his own restaurant catering to the city’s movers and shakers.
He charged a Korean hill three times while facing enemy fire. “I didn’t go up the hill alone,” he said, “it’s just that I was the only one to come back down.”
Nearly any American who owned a television in the 1970s can still see his on-screen mother leaning out of her tenement window and calling, ‘Anthony! Anthony!’
She was an original contributor to New York magazine and helped popularize the concept of the midlife crisis in her 1976 book “Passages.”
He was a leading performer of American roots music, and the son of country star Steve Earle.
The tobacco company executive entered Virginia politics as a business-friendly moderate and served as lieutenant governor from 1998 to 2002.
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The beloved actor died Aug. 28 at his home near Los Angeles. He was 43.
She also influenced the band?s fashion sense and ?moptop? hairstyle.
Rogers, pop-country singer of ?The Gambler? who dominated 1970s music charts, dies at 81.
