Robert Indiana, 89, Who Turned ‘Love’ Into Enduring Art, Is Dead
Mr. Indiana’s depiction of the letters L, O, V and E was one of the best-known images of the 20th century, widely reproduced but also widely imitated.
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Mr. Indiana’s depiction of the letters L, O, V and E was one of the best-known images of the 20th century, widely reproduced but also widely imitated.
By JORI FINKEL
Though little recognized, Ms. Roundtree won advances for black people and women at the bar of justice, challenging the Jim Crow society she knew too well.
By MARGALIT FOX
Mr. Lewis’s views on the connection between Islam and terrorism inspired controversy but also helped shape American foreign policy under George W. Bush.
By DOUGLAS MARTIN
A committed liberal, he wrote speeches for John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson and later worked as an author, journalist and political consultant.
By ROBERT D. McFADDEN
The reconstruction of an underground army, one of China’s greatest treasures, would become an archaeologist’s crowning achievement.
By MIKE IVES and KAROLINE KAN
Ms. Morison was a star of the musical stage in “Kiss Me, Kate” and “The King and I.”
By DAVID BELCHER
Mr. Gold was a behind-the-scenes superstar whose artwork offered moviegoers tantalizing glimpses of the raptures awaiting in the cinema darkness.
By ROBERT D. McFADDEN
He won the 1959 Heisman Trophy and played professionally for 11 years. Then his involvement in a counterfeiting operation landed him in prison.
By FRANK LITSKY
In the 1970s, Mr. Lucas worked with Miles Davis. In the 1980s, he produced Madonna’s first album and wrote her hit song “Borderline.”
By JON CARAMANICA
The Spanish film star and theater director was known for taking chances in her politics, in her private life and on the stage.
By KATHLEEN MASSARA
Shahani, who died in 2017, worked to advance women’s causes in her native Philippines and around the world.
By JENNIFER JETT
De Burgos, a literary foremother of the Nuyorican movement, defied societal norms and advocated for the island’s independence.
By MAIRA GARCIA
“My heart yearned to be there, in the boiling caldron of war, to be baptized in its fire and scorched in its lava,” Bochkareva wrote in her 1919 autobiography.
By ELISABETH GOODRIDGE
Daley, who became a switchboard operator in 1898, made sure members of Congress were just a phone call away from their constituents.
By ALEXANDRA JACOBS