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• Odetta, Voice of Civil Rights Movement, Dies at 77

  The singer, whose voice wove together American folk music and the civil rights movement, died Tuesday. Posted Dec 03 2008, 04:38 AM by NYT > Home Page Filed under: Deaths (Obituaries), Music, Folk Music, Odetta, Civil Rights and Liberties

• Edward S. Rogers Jr., Canadian Media Mogul, Dies at 75

  Mr. Rogers transformed Canada’s first FM radio station into one of North America’s most diverse communications and media companies. Posted Dec 02 2008, 07:02 PM by NYT > Business Filed under: Radio, Deaths (Obituaries), Canada, Rogers Communications Incorporated|RCI|NYSE, Rogers, Edward S. Jr

• Andrew J. McKelvey, 74, Builder of Monster.com, Dies

  Mr. McKelvey jumped into Internet commerce as the executive who built Monster.com into the leading job recruitment Web site. Posted Nov 28 2008, 08:02 PM by NYT > Business Filed under: Deaths (Obituaries), Monster.com, McKelvey, Andrew J

• Francis C. Grevemberg, Gambling Foe, Is Dead at 94

  Mr. Grevemberg, a former state police superintendent, led a sledgehammer-swinging crackdown against illegal gambling in Louisiana in the 1950s. Posted Nov 26 2008, 11:07 PM by NYT > Technology Filed under: Deaths (Obituaries), Louisiana, Gambling

• Kiyoshi Ito, 93, Mathematician Who Described Random Motion, Dies

  Mr. Ito’s innovative models of random motion are used today in fields as diverse as finance and biology. Posted Nov 23 2008, 08:35 PM by NYT > Business Filed under: Deaths (Obituaries), Mathematics, Ito, Kiyoshi

• Tom Gish, Tenacious Kentucky Newsman, Dies at 82

  Mr. Gish shined a spotlight on corruption and environmental degradation in southeastern Kentucky as an award-winning publisher of The Mountain Eagle of Whitesburg. Posted Nov 23 2008, 07:13 PM by NYT > Business Filed under: Environment, Deaths (Obituaries), Kentucky, Newspapers

• Irwin C. Gunsalus, Vitamin Biochemist, Dies at 96

  Dr. Gunsalus discovered lipoic acid, which has been used as a treatment for chronic liver disease, and one of the active forms of vitamin B6, essential in metabolism. Posted Nov 21 2008, 11:21 PM by NYT > Health Filed under: Deaths (Obituaries), United Nations, Microbiology, Vitamins, Liver

• Dr. Adrian Kantrowitz, Cardiac Pioneer, Dies at 90

  Dr. Kantrowitz performed the first human heart transplant in the United States and pioneered the development of devices to prolong the life of patients with heart failure. Posted Nov 18 2008, 09:13 PM by NYT > Health Filed under: Medicine and Health, Deaths (Obituaries)

• Pete Newell, Basketball Coach and Innovator, Dies at 93

  Mr. Newell was one of the most influential coaches in the history of basketball, whose camp became a required seminar in low-post play for generations of professional stars. Posted Nov 17 2008, 11:37 PM by NYT > Sports Filed under: Deaths (Obituaries), Coaches and Managers, Basketball, National Basketball Assn

• Alan Ford, Top Freestyler in 1940s, Is Dead at 84

  Mr. Ford became the first swimmer to break 50 seconds for 100 yards, a barrier that some likened to the four-minute mile. Posted Nov 16 2008, 10:47 PM by NYT > Sports Filed under: Deaths (Obituaries), Olympic Games, Swimming, Ford, Alan

• I. Bernard Weinstein, Who Studied Causes of Cancer, Dies at 78

  Dr. Weinstein was a researcher at Columbia University who advanced the study of how pollutants and other environmental factors can cause cancer. Posted Nov 16 2008, 02:57 AM by NYT > Health Filed under: Medicine and Health, Deaths (Obituaries), Research, Cancer, Columbia University, Weinstein, I Bernard

• C. Harmon Brown, Pioneer Sports Doctor, Is Dead at 78

  Dr. Brown helped develop the field of sports medicine, including doing influential research on the effects of strenuous exercise on the female body. Posted Nov 14 2008, 06:23 PM by NYT > Sports Filed under: Deaths (Obituaries), Women, Sports Medicine, Brown, C. Harmon

• Florence S. Wald, American Pioneer in End-of-Life Care, Is Dead at 91

  Mrs. Wald’s vision of bringing the terminally ill peace of mind and, to whatever extent possible, freedom from pain led to the opening of the first palliative care hospice in the United States. Posted Nov 14 2008, 12:54 AM by NYT > Health Filed under: Deaths (Obituaries), Hospice Care, Connecticut Hospice, Wald, Florence S

• Tom Hunt, Executive in His Family’s Oil Business, Dies at 85

  Mr. Hunt was a former chairman of Hunt Petroleum and an adviser to the founder of the family dynasty, his uncle H. L. Hunt. Posted Nov 11 2008, 11:40 PM by NYT > Business Filed under: Oil (Petroleum) and Gasoline, Deaths (Obituaries), Hunt Petroleum, XTO Energy, Hunt, Thomas

• Herb Score, 75, Indians Pitcher Derailed by Line Drive, Dies

  Mr. Score was the Cleveland Indians left-hander who seemed destined for the Hall of Fame only to have his career ruined when a line drive struck him in the face. Posted Nov 11 2008, 11:39 PM by NYT > Sports Filed under: Deaths (Obituaries), Baseball, Cleveland Indians, Score, Herb