Bill Charmatz (80) humorous editorial and advertising illustrator best known in the '60s and '70s for pictorial essays in Sports Illustrated that captured the joy and folly of sporting events. Charmatz's distinct impressionistic style was a curious synthesis of his favorite European cartoon artists. He also won commissions from Esquire, TV Guide, Time, Life, and the New York Times, where he was the regular illustrator for the "Crime" column by Marilyn Stasio in the "Book Review" section (1996-2004). He wrote and illustrated several children's books, including My Little Duster. He died after a long siege of heart, liver, kidney, and blood sugar problems, in New York City on September 4, 2005.

Lea Nikel (86) abstract painter and one of Israel's most esteemed artists. Nikel devoted a career of more than 50 years to a form of expressionistic abstraction sometimes called lyrical abstraction. She died of cancer in Moshav Kidron, Israel on September 10, 2005.

Theodore X. Barber (78) psychologist and an outspoken critic of hypnosis who concluded that the power of suggestion was as effective as hypnosis with its swinging watches and other formal protocols. Barber created the Barber Suggestibility Scale, a scale that helps to evaluate patients and measure their responsiveness to a range of suggestions. He was director of research at the Medfield Foundation, a psychiatric research center in Massachusetts. He died of a ruptured aorta in Framingham, Massachusetts on September 10, 2005.

Sir Hermann Bondi (85) British mathematician and cosmologist, a former Master of Churchill College, Cambridge who developed the steady-state theory of the universe, which suggests that the universe has no beginning or end and is always expanding while maintaining a constant average density, with matter continuously created to form new stars and galaxies at the same rate that old ones become unobservable as a consequence of their increasing distance and velocity of recession. Bondi's steady-state theory stimulated a great deal of productive research in cosmology in the '50s but fell out of favor with the advent of the Big Bang theory. He also was chairman and chief executive of the Natural Environmental Research Council in 1980, held visiting professorships at several universities throughout the world, and won many international prizes and medals, including the Einstein gold medal, which he was only the second British scientist to win. He died in Cambridge, England on September 10, 2005.

Michael Endacott (70) one of the British founding members of the Institute for Contemporary Medicine (ICM) and its director from 2001 until his retirement earlier in '05. Endacott worked tirelessly to broaden attitudes toward complementary medicine (e.g., osteopathy, acupuncture, chiropractic, and homeopathy) at a time when it was publicly derided as weird, leading to the larger public acceptance that the field enjoys today. He died of esophageal cancer in London, England on September 5, 2005.

John Calvin Jureit (87) inventor of the Gang-Nail connector plate, a simple-to-use connecting device for roof trusses that helped to revolutionize the home-building industry in the '50s and make housing much more affordable. Jureit died a day after suffering head injuries in a fall, in Stuart, Florida on September 9, 2005.

Henry Luce 3rd (80) elder son of the founder and editor in chief of Time Inc., who held prominent positions at the company including circulation director of Fortune, Architectural Forum, and House & Home. Luce was vice president of Time Inc. and publisher of Fortune. He later headed the Henry Luce Foundation, which supports programs in higher education, Asian affairs, theology, women in science, engineering, and the environment, and was the namesake for a gallery at the New York Historical Society, the Henry Luce 3rd Center for the Study of American Culture. He died on Fishers Island, New York on September 7, 2005.

Eugene D. O'Kelly (53) former chairman and chief executive of the large accounting firm KPMG LLP who resigned his executive roles in June 2005 after disclosing that he was diagnosed with advanced-stage cancer, but remained a senior partner. O'Kelly led KPMG (2002-05) and was recognized for changing the company's structure, culture, and governance after it was badly stung by a government probe into tax shelters it devised for wealthy clients. He died of cancer in New York City on September 10, 2005.

Lew(is) E. Platt (64) director and former chairman of Boeing Co. and chief executive at Hewlett-Packard Co. in the '90s who oversaw the split of the world's second-largest computer company into two firms, HP and Agilent Technologies Inc. Platt was thrust into a visible role at Boeing as the company worked to overcome ethical lapses. He died in Petaluma, California on September 8, 2005.

Jack Real (90) aviation pioneer who helped to develop the Apache helicopter and wrote a book on his friendship with reclusive billionaire Howard Hughes. Real was a vice president at Lockheed Martin Corp. and headed Hughes's helicopter division before becoming president and chief executive at McDonnell Douglas Helicopter Co. He was the flight engineer in charge of the first flight of the C-130 Hercules in the early '50s, a cargo vehicle still used for US military transport. He was in charge when Hughes Helicopters won the Robert J. Collier trophy in 1983, American aviation's highest honor for aeronautics. He died of heart failure in Mission Hills, California on September 6, 2005.

Mark Reynolds (48) Briton remembered for raising awareness of muscular dystrophy and for helping those who suffer from it. Reynolds had success in the advertising industry with Collett Dickenson Pearce, where he became the youngest director in the company's history before turning to charity work. He founded the Q Trust, which aimed to raise millions for research into muscular dystrophy. His younger brother, sculptor Adam Reynolds, predeceased him by a month. Reynolds died of muscular dystrophy in Great Missenden, Buckinghamshire, England on September 6, 2005.

E. Stewart Williams (95) Palm Springs architect who reflected a love of modernism and the desert in houses and buildings that became landmarks of mid-20th-century style. Williams helped to define an aesthetic that embraced the informality of Palm Springs and stressed clean lines, indoor-outdoor living, and the use of glass and other artificial and natural materials. His best-known works during his 50-year career include a house for Frank Sinatra in 1947 and the expansion of the Palm Springs Desert Museum. He died in Palm Springs, California on September 10, 2005.

David Pearce (64) British educator who played a highly influential role in drawing environmental concerns into both academic economic thinking and economic policy-making. Pearce was widely considered the father of modern applied environmental economics and was personal adviser to the Secretary of State for the Environment. He cowrote the well-received 1989 book Blueprint for a Green Economy, which set out the case for using market incentives in environmental policy. He was director of the Centre for Social & Economic Research on the Global Environment and won the Lifetime Achievement Award of the European Association of Environmental & Resource Economists in June 2005. He died of leukemia in Essex, England on September 8, 2005.

Clarence ("Gatemouth") Brown (81) singer and guitarist who built a 50-year career playing blues, country, jazz, and Cajun music. In the second half of his career, Brown became known as a musical jack-of-all-trades who played a half-dozen instruments and culled from jazz, country, Texas blues, and the zydeco and Cajun music of his native Louisiana. Battling lung cancer and heart disease, Brown was in ill health for the past year. He died in his hometown of Orange, Texas, where he had gone to escape Hurricane Katrina, on September 10, 2005.

Randall Behr (53) maestro who conducted 24 productions for the Los Angeles Opera and was resident conductor of the Music Academy of the West in Santa Barbara, California. Behr also was music director of the Long Beach Opera, where he led the first American professional stage production of Richard Strauss's 1912 version of Ariadne auf Naxos. He was music director of the University of Southern California Opera and the Juilliard Opera Center. Behr died in his sleep of a heart attack at a hotel in Bloomington, Indiana, where he was preparing to conduct an opera production at Indiana University, on September 8, 2005.

Sergio Endrigo (72) Italian singer and songwriter whose music ranged from romantic Italian hits to South American rhythms. Endrigo rose to success in the '60s with hits such as "Io che amo solo te" ("I Who Love Only You") and "Canzone per te" ("Song for You"), which took top prize at the 1968 San Remo festival, Italy's national song contest. He died of lung cancer in Rome, Italy on September 7, 2005.

Murphy Matthews (71) promoter of zydeco and Cajun music and dancing in Los Angeles, who moved there in 1973 from his native Louisiana and quickly sought out members of southern California's Creole and Cajun communities, organizing musical get-togethers and dances. Matthews regularly attended the annual Long Beach Bayou Festival at Queen Mary Events Park and other events, where he taught zydeco jitterbug and helped others to learn the Cajun waltz, Cajun two-step, and Cajun hustle. He died of an apparent heart attack while dancing at a fund-raiser for victims of Hurricane Katrina, at Redondo Beach, California on September 10, 2005.

Patricia McQueeney (77) manager and behind-the-scenes force whom Harrison Ford credited with helping to transform him from a struggling actor to a Hollywood superstar. McQueeney started her career as a top New York model before becoming a Hollywood manager with a stable of young actors including Teri Garr, Cindy Williams, and Mackenzie Phillips. She began representing Ford exclusively in 1986 and managed his career for 35 years—an anomaly in modern Hollywood. She died in Santa Monica, California on September 4, 2005.

L.J.K. Setright (74) Britain's best-known and most eloquent motoring journalist and author, an automotive historian and one of the most respected motoring journalists of all time. Setright was famous in an era before car experts could win easy celebrity on TV and was best known for his columns and features for Car magazine, for which he wrote for more than 30 years. He died of cancer in London, England on September 7, 2005.

Arnold Weinstein (78) poet, playwright, and librettist who wrote works performed on and off Broadway and taught playwriting at Yale and Columbia. Weinstein was perhaps best known in recent years for his collaborations with William Bolcom, which included four volumes of cabaret songs and the operas McTeague, A View from the Bridge (with Arthur Miller), and A Wedding (with Robert Altman). Weinstein's other notable works included The Red Eye of Love, a satire about an all-meat department store that had a long off-Broadway run in 1961, and an adaptation of Ovid's Metamorphoses, which went to Broadway in 1971. He died of liver cancer in New York City on September 4, 2005.

Moussa Arafat (66) deposed Gaza security chief and a cousin of the late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat. Moussa Arafat was a founder of the ruling Fatah movement and a senior official in the top policy-making body, Fatah Revolutionary Council. He was linked to corruption charges and had made many powerful enemies. He was killed when dozens of gunmen stormed his home before dawn and shot him to death in Gaza, Palestine on September 6, 2005.

Dame Eugenia Charles (86) former Dominica leader who gained attention for standing with US President Ronald Reagan when he announced the invasion of Grenada. Charles was the Caribbean's first woman prime minister and was known as the region's Iron Lady. She was prime inister (1980-94), during which time she survived two coup attempts. She died on the island of Martinique, where she was taken for treatment of a broken hip, on September 6, 2005.

Donald Horne (83) historian and author who first labeled Australia "The Lucky Country" and was credited with helping to launch its republican movement. Horne wrote more than 20 books and was chancellor of Canberra University. He died of pulmonary fibrosis in Sydney, Australia on September 8, 2005.

Jon Krahulik (60) former Indiana Supreme Court justice known for his work ethic and love of athletics. Krahulik resigned in 1993 to become president and chief operating officer of Chemed Corp. in Cincinnati, Ohio. He later returned to legal practice in Indiana, working alongside his two sons. He died of liver cancer in Indianapolis, Indiana on September 6, 2005.

Mark Matthews (111) one of the last of the nation's Buffalo Soldiers and said to be the oldest. Matthews was heir to a proud military heritage that originated with the black soldiers who fought in the Indian wars on the Western frontier. His group, the Buffalo Soldiers, won 20 Medals of Honor, more than any other regiment, and helped to lay roads and telegraph lines, protected stagecoaches, battled Apache chief Geronimo, and fought in Cuba with Teddy Roosevelt's Rough Riders during the Spanish-American War. They also fought in both World Wars and Korea. Matthews died of pneumonia in Washington, DC on September 6, 2005.

Charles Navarro (101) former Los Angeles city councilman and controller who served under four mayors from Fletcher Brown to Tom Bradley. Navarro was only the city's third controller in 50 years and took credit for modernizing procedures by introducing a computerized accounting system and initiating money-saving changes, such as including reimbursements in employees' paychecks instead of issuing separate checks. He was a former musician who played guitar with such stars as Bob Hope, Bing Crosby, and Desi Arnaz while working for Paramount and Universal studios. He died in his sleep in Los Angeles, California on September 7, 2005.

Harriet Deutsch (89) major patron of the Los Angeles Music Center with her husband, the late Armand Deutsch, among the first members of the Blue Ribbon 400 (now called the Blue Ribbon of the Music Center) in the '60s, a group that raises money to support the Music Center's arts and educational programs. Harriet Deutsch was a founding member of the Colleagues, a group that raises funds to help prevent child abuse, and was part of the inner circle of friends who socialized with President Ronald Reagan and First Lady Nancy Reagan. Deutsch died of a stroke in Santa Monica, California on September 7, 2005, less than a month after the death of her husband.

Hank Anderson (84) legendary coach who compiled the most wins in Gonzaga University basketball history during his 21 seasons as coach. Anderson was also a former athletic director at the school. He died of an aortic aneurysm in Gig Harbor near Tacoma, Washington on September 5, 2005.

Noel Cantwell (73) Briton who enjoyed a successful playing career with Manchester United and the Republic of Ireland before moving into the world of football management. Cantwell made 123 appearances for United in the league and 14 in the FA Cup, scoring eight goals for the club. He later became the highest-paid manager outside the First Division. He died of cancer on September 8, 2005.

Stanley Dancer (78) record-setting harness driver and the undisputed king of the sport's marquee races. Dancer enjoyed a career that spanned 50 years and was the only one with three Triple Crown winners—thoroughbred or standardbred. He drove winners in 23 Triple Crown races, a record that held for 20 years. He won 3,781 races and had total earnings of more than $28 million. He died of prostate cancer in Pompano Beach, Florida on September 8, 2005.

Seymour ("Swede") Masin (85) star high school athlete in Newark, New Jersey and the inspiration for a character in novelist Philip Roth's Pulitzer Prize-winning book American Pastoral. Masin starred in basketball, track, and football at Weequahic High School in the '30s and was considered one of Newark's greatest athletes. He died in Atlantic Highlands, New Jersey on September 10, 2005.

Alan Truscott (80) contract bridge columnist of the New York Times for the last 41 years whose lifelong profession grew out of the card game he learned as a British schoolboy in an air-raid shelter during the London blitz. Truscott wrote several books on the game and edited all six editions of The Official Encyclopedia of Bridge. He represented both Britain and the US in international bridge tournaments and invented the Truscott Card, a device to prevent seating errors in team play. He died of cancer in the Adirondacks on September 4, 2005.

Charles Williams (61) first black umpire to work behind home plate in a World Series game. Williams was the home-plate umpire for the marathon Game Four of the 1993 World Series between the Philadelphia Phillies and the Toronto Blue Jays, the longest game in World Series history that also set records for most runs by both teams (29). He died of diabetes in Chicago, Illinois on September 10, 2005.