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His heroes: Churchill, Orwell and Tocqueville. His targets: Hitler, Stalin, populism, nationalism and the degeneration of morality and truth.

She and her sister caught the eye of a fashion photographer at 15. She later worked at Harper’s Bazaar and Vogue and became a fixture of New York society.

The Los Angeles Free Press, which he founded in 1964, strove to cover stories and communities that mainstream publications ignored.

An understated but tenacious journalist who mastered national health care issues with reporting that became a must-read in the capital and beyond.

Despite his shy persona, he was known as a relentless reporter whose beat for The Times was health care and other social policy issues.

Whimsical, thoughtful and caption-less was her style when The New Yorker took her on in 1974. At the time, she was the magazine’s only female cartoonist.

His organization, L’Arche, which ministers to people with developmental disabilities, has evolved into a worldwide movement.

A singer with a smoky, rough-edged voice, she championed generations of songwriters and modernized samba without succumbing to pop trends.

As a child, she danced the Lindy Hop on Harlem sidewalks before becoming a Savoy Ballroom sensation and an international stage and screen star.

She won five Tony Awards as a Broadway producer, but was just as well known as the grande dame of Palm Beach, Fla., socialites.