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Barry Humphries, Comedian Who Created Dame Edna Everage, Dies at 89

Bewigged, bejeweled and bejowled, Mr. Humphries���s creation was one of the longest-lived characters ever channeled by a single performer.

Harry Lorayne, Dazzling Master of Total Recall, Is Dead at 96

A memory expert and magician who was a favorite guest of Johnny Carson���s, he astonished audiences by reeling off the names of hundreds of people he had only just met.

Topol, Star of ���Fiddler on the Roof��� Onscreen and Onstage, Dies at 87

Wide acclaim for his portrayal of Tevye helped make him, according to one newspaper, ���Israel���s most famous export since the Jaffa orange.���

Topol, Star of ���Fiddler on the Roof��� on the Screen and the Stage, Dies at 87

Wide acclaim for the role of Tevye helped make him, according to one newspaper, ���Israel���s most famous export since the Jaffa orange.���

Naomi Replansky, Poet of Hopeful Struggle, Dies at 104

Her verse examined social history through individual lives, including her own, in which she later found love. Yet for all the admiration she inspired, she was unheralded.

Eleanor Jackson Piel, Lawyer Who Fought Capital Convictions, Dies at 102

A renowned defender of the marginalized, she had many celebrated victories, including a Florida appeal known as the case of the Death Row Brothers.

Leonard Kriegel, 89, Dies; Wrote Unflinchingly About His Disability

He was known for his scholarly and popular writings about historical phenomena. But he was best known for writing about losing the use of his legs.

Ann Turner Cook, the Face of Gerber Baby Food Products, Dies at 95

Her likeness as an infant has graced the labels on Gerber products for more than 90 years, though for decades her identity was not disclosed.

Ann Turner Cook Dies at 95; Her Face Sold Baby Food by the Billions

Her likeness as an infant has graced the labels on Gerber products for more than 90 years, though for decades her identity was not disclosed.

Look It Up? Only if You���re Dishonest and Ignorant

In ���Index, A History of the,��� Dennis Duncan explores the life and times of a practice that���s been dividing readers since Gutenberg.