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Sylvain Saudan, ‘Skier of the Impossible,’ Is Dead at 87

His audacious descents around the world inspired a generation of extreme skiers. “One mistake,” he once said, “you die.”

Herbert Hoelter, Prison Consultant to the Rich and Infamous, Dies at 73

He helped Martha Stewart, Leona Helmsley, Michael Milken and other white-collar criminals win lighter sentences, and prepared them for life in prison.

Bruce Bastian, a Founder of WordPerfect, Is Dead at 76

A favorite of early personal computer users, his company was eventually overtaken by Microsoft Word. He later came out as gay and became an L.G.B.T.Q....

Michael C. Jensen, 84, Who Helped Reshape Modern Capitalism, Dies

He heralded stock options and golden parachutes as a professor at Harvard Business School, influencing a generation of Wall Street executives.

Denny Walsh, Reporter Who Tussled With Mayors and Editors, Dies at 88

Mr. Walsh won a Pulitzer Prize for investigative reporting in 1969 and later joined The New York Times, which eventually fired him.

John Sinclair, 82, Dies; Counterculture Activist Who Led a ‘Guitar Army’

His imprisonment for a minor marijuana offense became a cause célèbre. He was released after John Lennon and Yoko Ono sang about him at a...

John Sinclair, 82, Dies; Counterculture Activist Who Led a ‘Guitar Army’

His imprisonment for a minor marijuana offense became a cause célèbre. He was released after John Lennon and Yoko Ono sang about him at a...

Eli Noyes, Animator Who Turned Clay and Sand Into Art, Dies at 81

His innovative stop-motion animation influenced a generation of filmmakers, including the creators of Wallace and Gromit.

David E. Harris, Trailblazing Airline Pilot, Is Dead at 89

In 1964, at the height of the civil rights movement, he became the first Black pilot for a major commercial airline in the United States.

Amnon Weinstein, Who Restored Violins From the Holocaust, Dies at 84

Many had been left behind by victims of the gas chambers. He let the instruments be heard again in melodic tributes through his organization, Violins...