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A baritone saxophonist, Mr. Bluiett married a dazzling physical command of the instrument with a passion for the blues tradition.

Coaching a small Minnesota university for 60 years, Gagliardi had a lifetime record of 489 wins and 138 losses. And he never cut anyone from the team.

Audrey Wells, whose work included “Under the Tuscan Sun,” had been privately battling cancer for five years. She died the day before her latest film hit theaters.

One of the 20th century’s most renowned opera singers, the soprano was known for the timeless beauty of her voice and the ardent fervor of her fans.

Mr. Helfand’s collection of posters and prints for dubious medical cures was formidable. It is now spread among assorted museums.

She founded City Arts & Lectures, which showcases conversation as entertainment and is broadcast on more than 100 public radio stations nationwide.

His films included an Oscar-winning study of Eleanor Roosevelt and a portrait of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. that one critic called a “genuine spiritual epic.”

Mr. Radunsky harnessed a multitude of artistic styles for different narrative effects in books about subjects including Albert Einstein and a rapping dog.

He won a Tony Award for his work in the 2009 revival of Mr. Wilson’s “Joe Turner’s Come and Gone,” his seventh and final Broadway appearance.

He was a teenage busboy when Kennedy was shot in the kitchen of the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles. The moment, captured on film, haunted him for years.