Fanny McConnell Ellison (93) writer, political activist, and theater director who helped to edit her husband Ralph's masterpiece, Invisible Man. Fanny Ellison previously was an assistant to the director of the National Urban League. She died of complications from hip surgery in New York City on November 19, 2005.

Geoffrey Frost (56) executive vice president and chief marketing officer at Motorola Inc. who played an instrumental role in reinvigorating the Motorola brand worldwide. Frost previously was director of global advertising for Nike Inc. He died suddenly at his suburban Chicago, Illinois home on November 17, 2005.

Harold ("Mike") Mikell (80) former owner of Mikell's, an influential Upper West Side club that was a vital part of New York R&B and jazz scenes for 20 years, where singers like Stevie Wonder and Joe Cocker would often show up to sing and where a teenage Whitney Houston made her solo debut after performing regularly there with her mother, gospel singer Cissy Houston. Mikell died of cancer and Lou Gehrig's disease in Kingston, New York on November 18, 2005.

Sohei Nakayama (99) former president of the Industrial Bank of Japan, influential in Japan's post-World War II industrial reconstruction, notably in consolidation of the country's steel, automobile, and textiles industries. Nakayama died in Tokyo, Japan on November 19, 2005.

Ed Peterson (100) wildflower expert who worked to preserve California's indigenous plants by collecting and cataloguing seeds for 40 years. Peterson was the primary seed-gatherer for the Theodore Payne Foundation, a nonprofit group dedicated to the preservation of native California plants. He died in his sleep in Los Angeles, California on November 14, 2005.

Ruth M. Siems (74) home economist who helped to create Stove Top stuffing, a Thanksgiving favorite on dinner tables across the country. Siems worked for General Foods for more than 30 years and helped to develop the product (which sells about 60 million boxes each year around Thanksgiving) at General Foods’ technical center in 1971. She died of a heart attack in Newburgh, Indiana on November 13, 2005.

Dr. William G. Speed 3rd (87) physician and researcher at Johns Hopkins who helped to establish migraines and other severe headaches as legitimate medical disorders and developed medicines to treat them. Speed died of congestive heart failure in Baltimore, Maryland on November 15, 2005.

Henry Taube (89) chemist who won a 1983 Nobel Prize for work that explained the ins and outs of chemical reactions. Taube taught and conducted research at Stanford University and won myriad awards, including two Guggenheim fellowships, the National Medal of Science, the Robert A. Welch Award in Chemistry, and an honorary fellowship in the Royal Society of Canada. He died in Palo Alto, California on November 16, 2005.

Artine Artinian (97) noted manuscript collector and scholar of French literature immortalized as a fictional character by two of the most prominent American writers of the 20th century, including Gore Vidal in the 1960 play The Best Man. Artinian was emeritus professor of French at Bard College in New York, where he had taught for nearly 30 years. He died in Lantana, Florida on November 19, 2005.

Julius C. Edelstein (93) primary architect of open admissions at City University of New York in the late '60s after he became a senior vice chancellor there. Edelstein devoted nearly 40 years to the battle to ensure that economically and educationally disadvantaged students had access to a college education. He was a deputy mayor of New York and an advisor to Robert F. Kennedy on Jewish and Israeli issues during Kennedy's run for the Senate. Edelstein died of pneumonia in New York City on November 18, 2005.

Roger D. Groot (63) Washington & Lee University law professor who assisted the defense in the trial of Washington-area sniper Lee Boyd Malvo. Groot was director of the Virginia Capital Case Clearinghouse, a legal aid clinic, and was appointed earlier in the year by Gov. Mark R. Warner to the Forensic Science Board created by the General Assembly to establish policies, procedures, and standards for the Virginia Department of Forensic Science. Groot died in Lexington, Virginia on November 13, 2005.

David Austin (70) Briton who excelled as a pocket cartoonist with drawings that were always funny and topical. Austin's work appeared in The Guardian, The Spectator, and the Fleet Street dailies (where he worked for 30 years) and won numerous awards. His most recent collection of cartoons was What Do You Think of the 21st Century So Far? (2004). He died of cancer on November 19, 2005.

Ralph Edwards (92) broadcasting pioneer and host of the 1950 TV show This Is Your Life, who also produced TV game and reality shows including Name That Tune, Cross Wit, and most recently The People's Court with Judge Joseph A. Wapner. Edwards died of heart failure in Los Angeles, California on November 16, 2005.

Bob Enevoldsen (85) West Coast musician best known for his exuberant jazz trombone playing. Enevoldsen worked in the '50s with Shelly Manne at the famed Hermosa Beach jazz club the Lighthouse and performed with Bobby Troup's trio and Terry Gibbs's big band. He also played with Art Pepper, Shorty Rogers, Gerry Mulligan, and other leading West Coast figures. He died in Woodland Hills, California on November 19, 2005.

Al Frazier (75) member of the West Coast-based vocal group the Rivingtons, whose songs "Papa-Oom-Mow-Mow" and "The Bird's the Word" were novelty hits in the early '60s. The group had previously backed up Paul Anka, Duane Eddy, Thurston Harris, and others. Frazier died in Las Vegas, Nevada on November 13, 2005.

Harry Gold (98) prominent figure in British jazz for almost 70 years, who played regularly into his 90s and represented a valued link with the earliest days of the music. Gold's band Pieces of Eight became established as one of the biggest bands of the postwar years. He died in London, England on November 13, 2005.

Dave Holland (70) writer, film historian, and longtime director of the annual Lone Pine Film Festival who showcased scores of movies shot in and around Lone Pine, California in the scenic foothills of the eastern Sierra Nevada, including the Lone Ranger movies. Holland died of esophageal cancer in Santa Clarita, California on November 14, 2005.

Age(nore) Incrocci (86) Oscar-nominated Italian screenwriter who cowrote dozens of Italy's finest comedies in the late '50s with his longtime collaborator Furio Scarpelli. Incrocci earned back-to-back Oscar nominations for I Compagni (The Organizer) and Casanova 70 in 1965 and '66. He died in Rome, Italy on November 15, 2005.

Val Perkins (74) widow of rockabilly singer and songwriter Carl Perkins (who wrote "Blue Suede Shoes"). Val was herself an entertainer who sang and played the piano on a local Tennessee radio show. She died in Jackson, Tennessee on November 15, 2005.

Sybil Shearer (93) noted modern dancer of extraordinary agility who depicted both spiritual visions and human foibles in her work. Shearer rejected stage makeup and let her abundant reddish-brown hair hang loose during performances, sometimes refusing to take curtain calls. Her autobiography was published in 2006. She died of a stroke in Evanston, Illinois on November 17, 2005.

Harold Stone (92) character actor with sculpted features who worked steadily from the '50s to the '70s, often portraying the villain on TV shows. Stone earned a 1964 Emmy nomination for playing an Army medic in an episode of The Nurses. He also had roles on TV shows such as Bridget Loves Bernie and inmovies including The Harder They Fall (1956) and The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965). He died in Woodland Hills, California on November 18, 2005.

Zara Buggs Taylor (59) civil rights activist and longtime diversity executive at the Writers Guild of America West, who spent 20 years trying to increase employment opportunities for minorities, women, and the disabled in Hollywood and pushed for their balanced portrayal on TV and in film. Taylor served on the Clinton administration's Communications Committee and its Committee on the Employment of People with Disabilities. She died of the autoimmune disease scleroderma in Los Angeles, California on November 19, 2005.

John Timpson (77) journalist and popular former British presenter on the Radio 4 early morning news and the current affairs program Today (1970-86), whose crisp but cheerful and relaxed voice and dry sense of humor became an integral part of the breakfast routine in millions of British households and won him a reputation for being one of the nicest people on the BBC. Timpson died in Norfolk, England on November 19, 2005.

Steven Zorn (22) aspiring rap artist who taught himself to play the keyboard and record tracks using inexpensive software on his home computer. Zorn was drinking at his home to celebrate an impending record deal and playfully held a pen gun to his head (which he thought was jammed and wouldn't fire). He died after the gun went on off, in St. Paris, Ohio on November 18, 2005.

Adm. Barry K. Atkins (94) retired US naval officer who commanded the USS Melvin, a destroyer that sank a Japanese battleship in the historic Battle of Surigao Strait during World War II. Atkins won the Navy Cross for his heroism in what is believed by historians to be the only instance in the war of a destroyer sinking a battleship. He also won the Silver Star, Bronze Star, and many other ribbons and commendations. He died in Richmond, Virginia on November 15, 2005.

William B. Bryant (94) longtime federal judge and the first black man to be chief judge of the US District Court in the District of Columbia. Bryant was nominated to the federal bench in 1965 by President Lyndon B. Johnson after distinguishing himself in private practice and as a federal prosecutor in Washington. He was the namesake of a new $110-million addition to the federal courthouse per legislation signed by President George W. Bush in November 2005. Bryant died in Washington, DC on November 13, 2005.

LeGree S. Daniels (85) slave's granddaughter who became a national advocate for civil rights when she served three years as cochairman of the National Black Republican Council in the early '80s and headed Blacks for Reagan-Bush in 1984. Daniels was appointed by President Ronald Reagan as assistant secretary for civil rights in the US Department of Education and by President George H. W. Bush to the Postal Service Board of Governors in 1990. She died in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania on November 19, 2005.

Vine Deloria Jr. (72) ground-breaking author and an influential advocate of American Indian rights. Deloria was considered one of the most outspoken and persuasive proponents of Indian cultural and political identity. His best-known book, Custer Died for Your Sins: An Indian Manifesto, attacked the American Indians' treatment by settlers and the government. He died from an aortic aneurysm in Denver, Colorado on November 13, 2005.

Conrad B. Duberstein (90) chief judge of the US Bankruptcy Court in Brooklyn since 1984. Duberstein also enjoyed a career as a bankruptcy lawyer before becoming a judge and had continued to serve as chief judge on a year-to-year basis since nominally retiring in 1995. He died in Brooklyn, New York on November 18, 2005.

Hussein el-Shafie (87) member of the Free Officers movement that overthrew Egypt's monarchy in a 1952 military coup. Shafie later was vice president under Anwar al-Sadat before being removed for opposing Sadat's policies toward Israel. Shafie died in Cairo, Egypt on November 18, 2005.

Arthur E. Hess (89) former deputy commissioner of the Social Security Administration who became first director of the Medicare program and of the Bureau of Health Insurance. Hess was also a senior member and scholar in residence at the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences and a founding member of the National Academy of Social Insurance. He died of dementia in Charlottesville, Virginia on November 15, 2005.

Staff Sgt. Thomas McKay (60) popular Scottish soldier who fired and maintained the world-famous One O'Clock Gun on the battlements of Edinburgh Castle for nearly 26 years before ill health forced him to stop firing the huge howitzer gun in January 2005. McKay was one of Edinburgh's most famous faces and often swapped stories with tourists and answered the many letters he received from visitors around the world. He turned his anecdotes into the humorously titled book What Time Does the One '’Clock Gun Fire? He died of cancer in Edinburgh, Scotland on November 17, 2005.

Joseph Lister (14) British student and star athlete at Tadcaster Grammar School in Yorkshire, England who had been reported missing during a school trip with other students while exploring a cave. He died of an apparent drowning after reportedly being trapped by rising water at Manchester Hole in Upper Nidderdale, England on November 14, 2005.

Adrian Rogers (73) pastor emeritus of Bellevue Baptist Church in Memphis and founder of Love Worth Finding Ministries, who led the growth of the congregation from 9,000 members to over 29,000. Rogers died of cancer and double pneumonia in Memphis, Tennessee on November 15, 2005.

Robert D. Rowell (50) Texas man convicted of the slayings of two people at a Houston crack house in 1993. Rowell was executed by lethal injection in Huntsville, Texas on November 15, 2005.

Elias Syriani (67) North Carolina man convicted of stabbing his wife to death in 1990 after she told him she wanted a divorce. Syriani's four children vigorously sought clemency for their father, claiming it would help to heal their family. He was executed by lethal injection in Raleigh, North Carolina on November 18, 2005.

Shannon C. Thomas (34) Texas inmate convicted of a murder after a Christmas Eve killing spree in 1993 that left a man and two of his children dead. Thomas was executed by lethal injection in Huntsville, Texas on November 16, 2005.

Lee Yoon-hyung (26) youngest daughter of the chairman of the Samsung Group and one of the richest women in South Korea. Lee enjoyed French literature and raced cars (like her father). She died in what was first reported as a car crash, but was later confirmed as a suicide by hanging in her New York City apartment on November 19, 2005.

Steve Belichick (86) father of New England Patriots head coach Bill Belichick and an assistant coach at Navy for 33 years, who helped to coach two Heisman Trophy winners and helped to lead the Navy Midshipmen to seven bowl games. The elder Belichick died of heart failure in Foxborough, Massachusetts on November 19, 2005.

John(ny) Campo Sr. (67) portly, blunt-talking New Yorker who trained horses for 30 years, including the 1981 Kentucky Derby and Preakness winner Pleasant Colony. Campo saddled 1,431 winners from 12,826 starters, and his horses won nearly $25.8 million in purse money. He died after having been ill for many years, in Ozone Park, New York on November 14, 2005.

Eddie Guerrero (38) member of the first family of professional wrestling of Mexico and a superstar of World Wide Entertainment Smack Down, whose many career highlights include winning the Extreme Championship Wrestling TV Championship, the World Championship Wrestling Cruiserweight Championship, and the World Wrestling Entertainment Tag Team Championships. Guerrero died of heart disease in Minneapolis, Minnesota on November 13, 2005.

Bernard ("Red") Sarachek (93) Yeshiva University basketball coach for 25 years known for his innovative tactics in a program far from the sport's limelight. Sarachek coached at a university that offered no athletic scholarships, had no home gymnasium, and demanded much from its students in academic and religious pursuits, but he still became a well-known figure on the New York college basketball scene. He was also athletic director at Yeshiva and owned a sporting-goods store in Brooklyn. He died in Deerfield Beach, Florida on November 14, 2005.

Preston Robert Tisch (79) co-owner of the New York Giants and a civic leader in New York City for several decades. Tisch was also US postmaster general (1986-88) and chairman and director of Loews Corporation (now Loews Theaters). He was ranked 56th on the Forbes list of the country's 400 wealthiest people. He died of brain cancer, just weeks after the death of the Giants' other co-owner, Wellington Mara, in New York City on November 15, 2005.