Dr. Piatetski-Shapiro’s outstanding mathematical contributions came despite hardships in the Soviet Union and later the debilitating effects of Parkinson’s disease....

Philip K. Dick’s last wife has reworked the novel he was working on when he died in 1982 and is publishing the book herself....

Kaplowitz, a 6-foot-2-inch guard from the Bronx, joined a Knicks lineup in 1946 that included Ossie Schectman, Sonny Hertzberg, Jake Weber and Leo Gottlieb....

Lux Interior introduced the excitement of deviant rockabilly to the punk era as the lead singer of the Cramps....

Rabbi Klenicki was an influential advocate for improving interfaith relations, particularly with the Roman Catholic Church....

Mr. Turner was a leading historian whose book “German Big Business and the Rise of Hitler� (1985) challenged the widely held theory that German industrialists were the Nazi Party’s most influential supporters....

Mr. Hofmann acted as an informer for the Allies while serving on the staff of the German commandants and later became a foreign correspondent for The New York Times....

One hard news day at the deadly Munich Olympics....

He knew why humanity deserves a bad name....

Mr. Karas was a musician and teacher who became a sleuth in his search for the music and stories of composers who managed to do masterly work in a Nazi concentration camp....