“Plain and Simple,” her best-selling 1989 book, was a go-to text of the anti-materialist movement known as voluntary simplicity.

He turned an obsession with forgotten stars into a popular series, long before “Where Are They Now?” features became ubiquitous.

In 1972 she became the first woman to anchor a national evening news broadcast. She retired this summer after 50 years on the air.

Overcoming poverty and prejudice, she was the first Black woman to be hired as a television reporter in the region and later became a popular…

Once on the Forbes 400 list of richest Americans, he donated substantially to the arts, higher education, hospitals and criminal justice reform.

His company, the Chiron Corporation, contributed important scientific discoveries toward treatments for H.I.V., hepatitis B, diabetes and more.

To preserve his Irish manor, he staged concerts on its grounds, drawing the likes of U2, Bob Dylan, Madonna and the Rolling Stones as well…

He was a master of long form narratives, often involving high-stakes topics. He reported for Vanity Fair, The Atlantic and The New York Times Magazine.

His LeapPad tablets, which helped children read, found their way into tens of millions of homes beginning in 1999.

In the 1960s and ’70s, his leggy femmes fatales beckoned from paperback covers and posters for movies like “Breakfast at Tiffany’s” and “Thunderball.”