He was twice inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame, as Razor Ramon and as a member of the New World Order faction.
He was nominated for three straight best-actor Oscars and won for "Kiss of the Spider Woman."
In killing the Latin American revolutionary, he played a small but notable role in helping create the legend that continues to surround the Marxist fighter.
After the war, she became an anti-colonial activist jailed in France for backing the Algerian independence and later earned distinction as a neurophysiologist specializing in epilepsy.
He became an NFL official in 1981, then was named a referee, the top official on the field, in 1988. He retired in 2004.
His ambitious 1987 novel about the life of Ludwig Wittgenstein and other philosophers was a literary sensation.
The actor was known to generations of “Sesame Street” viewers as the gentle owner of the Fix-It Shop, and to millions of Latino children as a television role model.
Paul Farmer, a global health advocate and physician whose work saved millions of lives, died in Rwanda last month at age 62. Author John Green, a mentee of Farmer’s, discusses the physician’s life and remarkable legacy.
Paralyzed in a college football injury, he devoted much of the rest of his life to raising money for research on spinal cord injuries.
She also promoted the legacy of her husband, fellow philosopher Dietrich von Hildebrand.
In addition to acting, Mr. Janis was an accomplished jazz trombonist and worked in his family's renowned New York art gallery.
Ms. Poussaint worked for WJLA (Channel 7) from 1978 to 1992, then spent a few years as a correspondent for ABC News.
He won three Tony Awards for his stage and costume designs and also illustrated by his daughter and his first wife, film and stage star Julie Andrews.
John Billings flew 39 missions for the OSS, the wartime precursor to the CIA. One risky operation dropped Allied spies high in the Austrian Alps.
He was featured in Timothy Crouse's "The Boys on the Bus," about the 1972 presidential campaign, then won a Pulitzer in 1977.
Set in 1864, his novel evoked the bravery and bloodshed that he sought to memorialize as a preservationist of Civil War history.
Her books sold more than 11 million copies and earned her top literary honors in Britain.
Her poignant images of female bonds landed on coffee tables across the United States with the release in 1994 of "Sisters."
He was considered among the greatest bowlers in cricket history and helped Australia win the World Cup in 1999.
A consummate political insider, he served two stints in the White House that bookended the administration of Ronald Reagan.
