Mr. Leonard was the architect of an influential affirmative-action formula at Harvard that was emulated across the country and also served as president of Fisk University.
Professor Snider was a scholar, rhetorician and evangelist who sought to heal the world through debate and in the process turned Vermont into the argumentative center of the world.
The son of a renowned Italian immigrant bandmaster, Mr. Creatore teamed with his cousin Hugo Peretti to create hits for Elvis Presley, Sam Cooke, Perry Como and others.
Remembering Oliver Sacks, B.B. King, Leonard Nimoy, Happy Rockefeller, Julian Bond, Lesley Gore, E.L. Doctorow, Maya Plisetskaya and many others who died this year.
