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Ms. Henry was part of the last March of Dimes publicity campaign against the disease. She later became one of the first female TV reporters in Oklahoma.

The creator of experimental, often humorous works, she had been a prolific artist for decades in her own country. But the West discovered her only recently.

The winner of a Tony for his evocation of decadent prewar Berlin, he is also remembered for another acclaimed Broadway musical, “She Loves Me.”

He was the first black football letterman at the University of Texas. His family later sued the N.C.A.A. on behalf of players who suffered brain injuries.

Early on she photographed Hemingway, Garbo, Picasso and others. Then she married a publisher and later took over the house, one of Italy’s most important.

A third-generation diabetic herself, she upset conventional wisdom in finding that women whose blood sugar level was controlled could safely give birth.

In a writing career hampered by illness, Mr. Louie created acclaimed stories that drew on his experiences as an American son of Chinese immigrants.

He represented hundreds of shows on Broadway and off and had a long association with Joseph Papp, whom he helped battle to keep Shakespeare free.

With Magic Johnson he brought “Showtime” to the Lakers in 1979, but he missed their glory years after a calamitous bicycle accident.

At a time of rampant income inequality, stifling social roles for women and church-mandated morality, de Cleyre rebelled against the accepted order.