Known especially for his interpretations of Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert, Schumann and Brahms, he was celebrated as one of the finest concert pianists of his generation.
He investigated corruption at the Interior Department, then monitored federal spending after the 2008 recession.
She was a founding board member of the Christian Broadcasting Network. When her husband ran for president in 1988, she campaigned by his side.
He received an Academy Award in 1983 for “Just Another Missing Kid,” about a college student’s disappearance on a road trip.
The Democrat from Omaha served one term in the U.S. House.
Her struggle to uncover the fate of her disappeared son led her to become one of Mexico’s leading human rights activists.
His works ranged from chamber pieces to large-scale operas, and were given prominent performances at events and venues across Europe and the United States.
He was a swaggering graffiti artist, record executive and radio host who helped shape four decades of New York hip-hop.
She photographed murder scenes and led efforts to clean up organized crime in Sicily.
For years she co-anchored one of the most popular 5 p.m. broadcasts in the region, on NBC4.
He focused on “race music,” scouring jazz and blues clubs for talent, and was also in the oil business.
The actress starred in other television shows and performed on Broadway.
He was one of the most prolific goal-scorers in National Hockey League history and led the New York team to four consecutive Stanley Cup victories in the early 1980s.
He was a favorite of New Wave directors Claude Chabrol and François Truffaut.
She was one of the last survivors of the 13 women who founded the Ladies Professional Golf Association.
He was the voice of the AFLAC duck but was fired after controversial jokes.
She typed the names, including her own, of more than 1,000 workers saved from the death camps by industrialist Oskar Schindler.
The British thriller writer's 85 books have sold more than a quarter of a billion copies.
One of the few Black women to document the civil rights movement in photography, she revealed in poignant intimacy the lives of the people for whom the movement was fought.
His work on RNA and cellular function changed scientists’ understanding of biochemical processes.
