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| Michael Lesch, Who Helped Identify a Rare Disorder, Is Dead at 68 |
| Dr Lesch?s name is attached to a hereditary disorder characterized by self mutilation that he helped identify as a medical student (more) |
| John E. List, 82, Killer of 5 Family Members, Dies |
| Mr List escaped his drab existence as a failed New Jersey accountant by killing his family in 1971, disappeared and built a new life far away until he was captured almost 18 years later (more) |
| Jacob DeShazer, Bombardier on Doolittle Raid, Dies at 95 |
| Mr DeShazer endured 40 brutal months as a prisoner of the Japanese during World War II and returned later as a missionary spreading a message of Christian love and forgiveness (more) |
| Roland Arnall, Mortgage Innovator, Dies at 68 |
| Mr Arnall founded Ameriquest Mortgage, a company once billed as a sponsor of the American dream but later found itself at the center of the subprime mortgage crisis (more) |
| Essay: A Boy?s Life, Guided by the Voice of Cosmic Wonder |
| To space fans and perpetual adolescents everywhere Arthur C Clarke was simply the deceptively dry voice of cosmic wonder (more) |
| Obituaries: Anthony Minghella, 54, Director, Dies |
| Mr Minghella was the British filmmaker who won an Academy Award for his direction of ?The English Patient ? (more) |
| Jon Hassler, 74, Novelist Known for Minnesota Tales, Dies |
| Mr Hassler authored a series of novels that affectionately mocked the foibles of small town teachers, gossips, troublemakers and assorted other eccentrics (more) |
| Munger, Elizabeth Evans |
| Elizabeth Evans Munger April 18, 1916 March 26, 2008 Elizabeth Evans Munger, 91, of State College, formerly of Lexington, Va , died Wednesday, March 26, (more) |
| Bilger, Madeline G. |
| MADELINE G BILGER November 11, 1921 March 27, 2008 Madeline G Bilger, 86, formerly of State College, passed away on Thursday, March 27, 2008 (more) |
| Cachao, Mambo?s Inventor, Dies at 89 |
| Israel Cachao López transformed the rhythm of Cuban music when he and his brother, the pianist and cellist Orestes López, extended and accelerated the final section of the stately Cuban danzón into the mambo (more) |
| David Challinor, Conservationist, Dies at 87 |
| Dr Challinor combined his career as a top scientific administrator at the Smithsonian Institution with an equally intense pursuit of excellence as a champion oarsman (more) |
| P. S. Penland, Coast Expert, Dies at 54 |
| Dr Penland studied how Louisiana?s coastal marshes and barrier islands form, evolve and vanish, and became in the process a forceful advocate for their preservation (more) |
| Mary Meader, 91, Pioneering Aerial Photographer, Dies |
| Ms Meader, in the 1930s, took off on a 35,000 mile journey to advance geographic knowledge and made unprecedented aerial photographs of South America and Africa (more) |
| Aaron Asher, Editor of Literary Heavyweights, Dies at 78 |
| Aaron Asher was a prominent book editor who for decades worked with writers such as Saul Bellow, Philip Roth and Arthur Miller (more) |
| Vicki Van Meter, 26, Famed Child Pilot, Is Dead |
| Ms Van Meter was celebrated for piloting a plane across the country at 11 and from the United States to Europe at 12 She later served in the Peace Corps (more) |
| Art Aragon, Dies at 80; Was One of the Ring?s Golden Boys |
| Mr Aragon, the lightweight and welterweight boxing contender of the 1950s, was known as Golden Boy for his flamboyant ring presence and love for the Hollywood life (more) |
| Rawson, Charles 'Ed' |
| Charles 'Ed' Rawson November 6, 1939 March 27, 2008 Charles 'Ed' Rawson, 68, of Galeton, Pa , died Thursday, March 27, 2008 in Soldiers and (more) |
| Frank Berger, 94, Miltown Creator, Dies |
| Dr Berger helped start the modern era of drug development with his invention of Miltown, the first mass market psychiatric drug and a forerunner of Valium and Prozac (more) |
| Nestlerode, LeRoy Clarence 'Pete' |
| LEROY 'PETE' CLARENCE NESTLERODE June 26, 1918 March 26, 2008 LeRoy 'Pete' Clarence Nestlerode died at the age of 89, after a short stay (more) |
| Hal Riney, Adman for Reagan and G.M., Dies at 75 |
| Mr Riney was an iconoclastic copywriter who helped build San Francisco into a creative center for advertising (more) |
| William L. Hayward, Film and Television Producer, Dies at 66 |
| Mr Hayward was a lawyer and producer whose best known films include ?Haywire,? a television movie based on a memoir by his sister Brooke about their charmed, tragic Hollywood family (more) |
| Hugo Claus, One of Belgium?s Most Renowned Authors, Dies at 78 |
| Mr Claus was known for his often caustic portrayals of his nation, particularly of its ambiguous role in World War II (more) |
| Richard Widmark, Film?s Hoodlum and Flawed Hero, Dies at 93 |
| Mr Widmark?s debut as a giggling killer made him an overnight star, giving rise to an enduring Hollywood career playing a gallery of chilling hoodlums and flawed heroes (more) |
| Herb Peterson, McMuffin Inventor, Is Dead at 89 |
| Mr Peterson invented the Egg McMuffin as a way to introduce breakfast to McDonald?s restaurants (more) |
| Neil Aspinall, Beatles? Aide, Dies at 66 |
| Mr Aspinall left an accounting job to become the Beatles? road manager when the group was still a local dance band and later managed the band?s production company, Apple (more) |
| Ivan Dixon, Actor in ?Hogan?s Heroes,? Dies at 76 |
| Mr Dixon was best known for playing Sgt James Kinchloe on the 1960s sitcom ?Hogan?s Heroes,? but his films included vivid portrayals of black struggles in the American South (more) |
| Stine, Louise M. |
| Louise M Stine February 17, 1924 March 26, 2008 Louise M Stine, Age 84, formerly of Shaffer Alley, DuBois, Pa , died Wednesday, March (more) |
| Paul Scofield, British Actor, Dies at 86 |
| Mr Scofield created the role of Sir Thomas More in Robert Bolt?s ?A Man for All Seasons? and brought freshness and power to Hamlet, King Lear and many other classic roles (more) |
| Al Copeland, a Restaurateur Known for Spice and Speed, Dies at 64 |
| Mr Copeland made a fortune with the fried chicken restaurant chain he started, Popeyes (more) |
| Frank Ayd, 87, Who Advanced Thorazine Use, Is Dead |
| Dr Ayd studied his patients? responses to early antipsychotic and antidepressant drugs, helping to give birth to the field of psychopharmacology (more) |
| Obituaries: Arthur C. Clarke, Author Who Saw Science Fiction Become Real, D |
| Mr Clarke?s seamless blend of scientific expertise and poetic imagination helped usher in the space age (more) |
| Philip Jones Griffiths, Photographer, Dies at 72 |
| Mr Griffiths was a crusading photojournalist whose pictures of civilian casualties and suffering were among the defining images of the war in Vietnam (more) |
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