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Overlooked No More: Karen Wynn Fonstad, Who Mapped Tolkien’s Middle-earth

She was a novice cartographer who landed a dream assignment: to create an atlas of the setting of “The Hobbit” and “The Lord of the Rings.”

By Brian Kevin

Advertising and Marketing Benetton Group SpA Deaths (Fatalities) Deaths (Obituaries) Fashion and Apparel Italy Photography Political Advertising Toscani, Oliviero

Oliviero Toscani, Driving Force Behind Provocative Benetton Ads, Dies at 82

A photographer and art director, he broke the boundaries of advertising in the 1980s and ’90s, embracing activism with images evoking AIDS and racial and sexual diversity.

By Amelia Nierenberg

Atlantic Records Deaths (Obituaries) Hold On, I'm Comin' (Song) Moore, Sam (1935- ) Prater, Dave Rhythm and Blues (Music) Sam & Dave Soul Man (Song) Stax Records

Sam Moore, Half of a Dynamic Soul Duo, Is Dead at 89

Mr. Moore and Dave Prater, better known as Sam & Dave, stormed the R&B and pop charts with indelible hits like “Soul Man” and “Hold On, I’m Comin’.”

By Bill Morris

Deaths (Obituaries) Harmonic Wealth: The Secret of Attracting the Life You Want (Book) Murders, Attempted Murders and Homicides Psychology and Psychologists Ray, James Arthur Saunas and Sweat Lodges

James Arthur Ray, Self-Help Guide Whose Retreat Became Deadly, Dies at 67

A rising star among New Age motivational speakers, he was brought down by a disaster during one of his retreats in Arizona, where three people died in a sweat lodge.

By Clay Risen

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