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A Nobel laureate who deepened science’s understanding of the building blocks of matter, he was called “the best ambassador of physics to the general public since Einstein.”

Ms. Fortune, an Indiana philanthropist, found a late-in-life purpose in restoring Renaissance art by women, earning her the nickname “Indiana Jane.”

As a Cornell professor, she taught and nurtured women, immigrants and minority groups as she broke ground in the field of labor and industrial relations.

He was called “a prime example of a steadfast communist.” But he also pushed through reforms as Vietnam opened its markets and encouraged free enterprise.

A trumpeter and percussionist, he melded Cuban, African, Puerto Rican and other influences in the Fort Apache Band and other ensembles.

After fleeing Nazi Germany, he steeped himself in world affairs, from the Middle East to the Soviet Union, running think tanks and writing prodigiously.

With his ballads of love found and love lost, he was said to have sold almost 200 million records in his lifetime and appeared in scores of films.

Mr. Kolombatovich taught sword fighting to the casts of “Otello,” “Carmen” and “Don Giovanni,” and led Columbia to five N.C.A.A. fencing championships.

Mr. Rush was part of a circle of late-1950s performers whose music heralded a new era for Chicago blues and influenced a generation of rock musicians.

A guitarist, singer and songwriter for a San Francisco band that defined the psychedelic rock era of the late 1960s, then morphed into Jefferson Starship.