The character actor appeared in The Verdict, Silkwood and Stephen King's Silver Bullet, wrote the screenplay behind Laura Linney's first Emmy, and painted more than 2,000 canvases. He died in New York in May.
The contrarian voice of the personal computer era wrote for PC Magazine and InfoWorld for decades, hosted shows on CNET and TechTV, and co-hosted No Agenda with Adam Curry. He died at home in California on July 20.
A lawyer who joined the National Liberation Front at the start of the war in 1954, he sat in independent Algeria's first assembly and was the last surviving member of the High Council of State that ruled from 1992 to 1994.
A six-term lawmaker who was tortured under military rule, he stood at Kim Young-sam's right hand through decades of the pro-democracy struggle and became home affairs minister in Korea's first civilian government.
A freedom fighter who became one of Bangladesh's best-known journalists, he led the National Press Club and twice won the Chandpur-4 seat for the Awami League. He died in Dhaka after falling ill at home.
The businessman and politician, known as Slavi Binev, was shot at his home in Sofia, Bulgaria's Interior Ministry said. Three suspects were detained; police said it did not appear to be a contract killing.
The Dunedin-born school principal guided John Walker to the first mile under 3 minutes 50 seconds and Olympic gold in Montreal, and was still coaching Olympians in his nineties.
Known as "Clutch", he left the Rams as their all-time leading rusher, threw a touchdown pass in Super Bowl XIV and spent another 32 years in the team's front office. He died after a long battle with Parkinson's disease.
A Yale-trained literature professor and former AT&T engineer, he became a literary manager and producer of more than 30 films, including The Meg and Meg 2: The Trench. He died of kidney failure.
The French-born founder of the Visages photo agency championed Herb Ritts, Mary Ellen Mark and George Hurrell through the 1980s and '90s. She died at home in Los Angeles after a long illness.
