Ann Chamberlain (56) artist whose poetic installations in hospitals, libraries, and other public spaces explored history, identity, and the intersection of personal and communal memory. Many of Chamberlain's commissioned works include a collaboration with painter Victor Zaballa on the Mexican Cultural Heritage Gardens in San Jose. She also created installations and smaller works that were exhibited at various museums and galleries, including Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, the DeYoung Museum, Southern Exposure, and Gallery Paule Anglim. She died of breast cancer in San Francisco, California on April 18, 2008.

Kahlil Gibran (85) sculptor and painter who wrote a biography of his famous poet cousin of the same name. The elder Gibran, who died in 1931, wrote The Prophet, which has sold millions of copies. Sculptor Gibran died of heart failure in Boston, Massachusetts on April 13, 2008.

Ollie Johnston (95) last of the original "Nine Old Men" cartoonists who animated Snow White & the Seven Dwarfs, Fantasia, Bambi, and other classic Walt Disney films. Johnston died in Sequim, Washington on April 14, 2008.

George Pollard (88) portrait artist whose subjects included Presidents Harry Truman and John Kennedy, Pope John Paul II, Muhammad Ali, musician Ray Charles, Green Bay Packers Bart Starr and Brett Favre, and baseball's Nolan Ryan. Pollard was official portrait artist for the Milwaukee Bucks and Milwaukee Brewers for about 25 years. He died in his sleep in Kenosha, Wisconsin on April 17, 2008.

Rosalie Ritz (84) courtroom artist who for 40 years chronicled dozens of high-profile trials, including those of Charles Manson, Patty Hearst, and O. J. Simpson (shown above, for whose 1996 civil trial she was coaxed out of retirement). Ritz's work was seen on network TV and on Associated Press wires beginning with the infamous Army-McCarthy hearings in the '50s. She died of lung cancer in Walnut Creek, California on April 18, 2008.

Joseph Solman (99) painter who, with Mark Rothko and other modernists, helped to shape American art as early as the '30s. Shown above is Solman's painting Red Hair (1960), one of a series inspired by riding the New York subway. He was the father of Paul Solman, economics correspondent for The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer on PBS-TV. He died in his sleep in New York City on April 16, 2008.

Irving ("Speed") Vogel (90) longtime friend of novelist Joseph Heller (Catch-22; d. 1999) who took care of him in 1982 when Heller suffered from Guillain-Barré syndrome, a nervous-system disorder that causes severe muscle weakness. After the crisis, the two collaborated on a darkly comic best-selling chronicle of their friendship, No Laughing Matter (1986). Vogel died in his sleep in Sag Harbor, New York on April 14, 2008.

Phoebe Washer (20) artist whose Web site, www.phoebewasher.com, displays photos of her art work, mostly paintings. Washer also exhibited her works at several Petaluma galleries and stores, including Maude and Heebe Jeebe's. She fell to her death from a cliff while hiking above Rodeo Beach in the Marin Headlands in San Francisco, California on April 14, 2008.

George Cressman (88) pioneer in the use of computers to predict the weather and a former director of the National Weather Service. Cressman suffered from Alzheimer's disease but died of pneumonia in Rockville, Maryland on April 19, 2008.

Alexander Farrell (46) University of California at Berkeley associate professor advising the state on the use of alternative fuels. An engineer, Farrell's research focused on projects with practical and timely applications, including biofuels, hybrid electric vehicles, hydrogen-powered and transportation sustainability. He was found dead at his home this week, a possible suicide, in San Francisco, California.

Martin S. Kimmel (92) real estate developer who followed power company trucks throughout south Florida in the early '60s to find developing sites for what eventually became the nation's largest builder of strip malls, Kimco Realty Corp., which he founded with his friend Milton Cooper. Starting with a "mundane pedestrian strip" on Coral Way in Miami with a Zayre discount store and two other stores, the company built a portfolio that now includes about 1,900 properties in the US, Canada, Mexico, Chile, and Brazil—approximately 1,100 of them strip shopping centers. Kimmel died of congestive heart failure six days after his 92nd birthday, in New York City on April 15, 2008.

Edward N. Lorenz (90) father of chaos theory. Lorenz was a professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology when he came up with the scientific concept that small effects lead to big changes—for example, the "butterfly effect," in which something as simple as a butterfly flapping its wings in Brazil changes the constantly moving atmosphere in ways that could later trigger tornadoes in Texas. Lorenz died of cancer in Cambridge, Massachusetts on April 16, 2008.

William W. Warner (88) former administrator at the Smithsonian Institution and the author of Beautiful Swimmers, a study of crabs and watermen in the Chesapeake Bay, which won the Pulitzer Prize for nonfiction in 1977. Warner died of complications from Alzheimer's disease, in Washington, DC on April 18, 2008.

Stephen H. Weiss (72) investment banker and philanthropist who chaired Cornell University's board of trustees (1989-97). Weiss cofounded the investment management firm of Weiss, Peck & Greer in 1970 and was chief executive and chairman until 2001. A Cornell graduate, he served on ad hoc board committees that selected four Cornell presidents, including incumbent David Skorton. Weiss died in New York City on April 16, 2008.

John A. Wheeler (96) visionary physicist and teacher who helped to invent the theory of nuclear fission, gave black holes their name, and argued about the nature of reality with Albert Einstein and Niels Bohr. Wheeler died of pneumonia in Hightstown, New Jersey on April 13, 2008.

Adelaide ("Su-Lin") Young (96) first American woman to explore the rugged Himalayas in the '30s and for whom the first giant panda brought to the US was named. Young probed the territory of southwest China as a newlywed in 1934, accompanied by her husband and brother-in-law. Later, while working in Shanghai, she met Ruth Harkness, another American woman, who captured and transported the first giant panda to the US, naming it after her friend. Young died of cardiopulmonary arrest in Hercules, California on April 17, 2008.

Ahmed M. Abdel-Ghaffar (60) University of Southern California professor of engineering whose pioneering work in the design and monitoring of bridges led to the development of more efficient and reliable ways to build them. Abdel-Ghaffar died of liver disease in Torrance, California on April 17, 2008.

Henry C. Moses (66) 27th headmaster who oversaw significant growth at the Trinity School, one of New York's leading private schools. During Moses' tenure (1991-2008), Trinity built a new middle school and two gymnasiums and made major renovations throughout its campus on West 91st Street. Its endowment grew to $51 million from $6 million. Moses was to retire in 2009, the school's 300th anniversary. He died of complications from a heart transplant, in New York City on April 16, 2008.

Imre Antal (73) Hungarian TV presenter and comedy star of the '80s. Antal was presenter of the legendary quarterly comedy TV show Capricious Seasons from its start in 1981 until 2005, on the public MTV channel. In 2006, he briefly reappeared on RTL Klub with copresenter András Csonka, but was diagnosed with cancer in the fall of '06. He died in Budapest, Hungary on April 15, 2008.

Philip N. Bladine (89) longtime McMinnville (Ore.) News-Register publisher and civic leader. Bladine was editor of the News-Register until 1974, when he turned the job over to his son, Jeb. He remained president of the company until 1983 and publisher until '91. He died in McMinnville, Oregon on April 16, 2008.

Brian Clewer (79) London-born radio personality, host of Cynic's Choice, a program of British comedy and music that aired in Los Angeles for more than 40 years. Clewer also owned the Continental Shop for British foods and other goods in Santa Monica. He suffered from cancer but died of pneumonia in Los Angeles, California on April 16, 2008.

Sean Costello (28) popular blues guitarist and singer. Costello was found dead, a possible suicide, in his hotel room one day before his 29th birthday, in Atlanta, Georgia on April 15, 2008.

Hazel Court (82) British beauty who costarred with Boris Karloff and Vincent Price in horror movies of the '50s and '60s. Court was perhaps best known for her work in such films as The Raven (1963), in which she costarred with Price, Karloff, and Peter Lorre in a Roger Corman version of the classic Edgar Allan Poe poem. She died of a heart attack near Lake Tahoe, California on April 15, 2008.

Robert Paul Curry (78) tai chi instructor and father of NBC's Today news anchor and cohost Ann Curry. Robert Curry had recently taught tai chi to seniors after a University of Oregon student showed that seniors could decrease risks of falling with a regular balance-enhancing program. He died in Eugene, Oregon on April 13, 2008.

Clifford Davies (59) former drummer for hard rock musician Ted Nugent who had played on his classic hit "Cat Scratch Fever" (1977). Davies was also a member, replacing former drummer Dennis Elliot, of the "unsuccessful" '70s British jazz-rock band If. Recently distraught over medical bills, Davies was found dead of a gunshot wound, an apparent suicide, at his home in Dallas, Georgia on April 13, 2008.

Brian Davison (65) British drummer for the '60s progressive rock band The Nice, known for their unique blend of rock, jazz, and classical music. Their debut album, The Thoughts of Emerlist Davjack (1967), was released to immediate acclaim and was often considered the first progessive rock album. The Nice were also a forerunner of the much more widely known Emerson, Lake & Palmer. Davison died in Horns Cross, Devon, England on April 15, 2008.

Emilio Diaz (58) retired oil company foreman and father of Hollywood actress Cameron Diaz. A second-generation Cuban-American, Emilio Diaz died of pneumonia in Los Angeles, California on April 15, 2008.

Danny Federici (58) longtime keyboard player for Bruce Springsteen, an original member of the E Street Band, who helped to define its sound on hits from “Hungry Heart” through “The Rising." Federici died of melanoma in New York City on April 17, 2008.

Joe Feeney (76) Irish tenor who sang "Danny Boy" and other standards for 25 years on The Lawrence Welk Show. Feeney was the featured tenor on Welk's show (1957-82), which offered easy-listening "champagne music" and clean-cut, family-oriented songs. The shows are still broadcast on public TV stations. Feeney, who never smoked, died of emphysema, which his family thinks he may have contracted from decades of performing in smoky casinos and nightclubs, in Carlsbad, California on April 16, 2008.

William Frankel (91) editor for 20 years (1958-77) of the Jewish Chronicle, the world's oldest continuously published Jewish newspaper, who rejuvenated the London-based weekly, broadening its coverage of world affairs to include the Vietnam War and the American civil rights movement. Frankel died of a cerebral hemorrhage after a fall, in Washington, DC on April 18, 2008.

Chris Gaffney (57) southern California bar musician and songwriter. Gaffney toured extensively over the last nine years as a member of Dave Alvin's backing band, the Guilty Men, playing accordion and guitar and doing vocals, and as lead singer of the Hacienda Brothers, in which he teamed with veteran San Diego guitarist Dave Gonzalez. He had been receiving treatment for liver cancer diagnosed in February. He died at a hospital where family members rushed him after a fall at his Costa Mesa home, in Newport Beach, California on April 17, 2008.

Nicolette Goulet (52) former actress and daughter of legendary Las Vegas entertainer Robert Goulet (d. 2007). Nicolette Goulet was best known for playing Dr. Meredith Reade on the long-running daytime soap opera Guiding Light in the '80s. She died of breast cancer in Las Vegas, Nevada on April 17, 2008.

Werner ("Frick") Groebli (92) Swiss-born ice skating comedian popular for years in the US. Half of the Frick & Frack duo, Groebli was credited with making 15,000 appearances with the US-based Ice Follies (1939-81). He originated the "Cantilever spread-eagle skating movement" in which he skated with his toes pointing in opposite directions as he leaned backward a foot above the ice. His Swiss partner as Mr. Frack, Hans Rudolf Mauch, died in 1979. Groebli died a week short of his 93rd birthday in Zollikerberg, Switzerland on April 14, 2008.

Lawrence Hertzog (56) TV writer and producer who wrote and produced several episodes of numerous hit TV series, including Profiler, Nowhere Man, and La Femme Nikita. Hertzog died of cancer in Los Angeles, California on April 19, 2008.

Peter Howard (80) music director who arranged the dance music, composed the incidental music, or conducted the orchestra for many of Broadway's biggest musical hits of the last 50 years and sometimes did all three. Howard was dance music arranger for 23 of the 38 Broadway musicals he worked on (1949-2000), including productions of 1776, Chicago, Annie, The Roar of the Greasepaint—The Smell of the Crowd, The Tap Dance Kid, Carnival, and Hello, Dolly! He died of pneumonia in Englewood, New Jersey on April 18, 2008.

Thomas Humphrey (59) American luthier whose designs and building techniques helped to increase the volume, sustaining power, and projection of the classical guitar. Humphrey's instruments are played by many renowned concert guitarists. His best-known model, the Millennium, has a tapered body and a raised fretboard. He died of a heart attack in Gardiner, New York on April 16, 2008.

Joy Page (83) stepdaughter of Warner Brothers studio chief Jack L. Warner who won her place in film history playing the dark-haired young Bulgarian newlywed in Casablanca (1942). Page was a 17-year-old Beverly Hills High School senior when she landed the role of Annina Brandel in the classic film starring Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman. Page later appeared in other films and on TV until 1962. She died of a stroke and pneumonia in Los Angeles, California on April 18, 2008.

Bob Parkins (77) editor and publisher of the Milan (Tenn.) Mirror-Exchange for more than 40 years. Parkins started the Milan Mirror in 1964 and bought out the Exchange in '77, merging the two newspapers. He had major heart surgery in 2005. He was turkey hunting when he collapsed and died in Milan, Tennessee on April 17, 2008.

Kate Phillips (94) actress who had mostly supporting roles in more than 50 films during the '30s and '40s using the name Kay Linaker. She also cowrote the cult movie, The Blob (1958). Phillips died in Keene, New Hampshire on April 18, 2008.

Robert Reed (50) keyboard player in Trouble Funk, one of the definitive groups of go-go music—a high-intensity dance style that flourished in the '70s and early '80s. Reed died of pancreatic cancer in Arlington, Virginia on April 13, 2008.

Lou Salvador Jr. (66) Filipino actor known as "the James Dean of the Philippines." Salvador starred in numerous cult-classic "bad boy" films throughout the '60s and '70s. He died of lung cancer in Las Vegas, Nevada on April 19, 2008.

Marisa Sannia (61) Italian singer and actress who pursued her musical career throughout the '60s and recorded many interpreted artistic songs in the Sardinian language, including such singles as "Casa bianca" and "La compagnia." She died unexpectedly in Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy on April 14, 2008.

Lori Schubeler (41) actress whose only film credit was a speaking role, Teresa, in playwright Neil Simon's movie adaptation of his Broadway hit, Lost in Yonkers (1993). Schubeler began appearing in roles in the Sullivan County Dramatic Workshop theater's productions, including as Nancy in the award-winning musical Oliver! She was shot and killed by an unknown assailant outside a hotel restaurant where she worked as a waitress in Callicoon, New York on April 13, 2008.

Fadel Shana (23) cameraman for the Reuters news agency team in the Gaza Strip, recently honored by Britain's Royal Television Society for his coverage of the conflicts among Palestinian territorial factions in 2007. Shana was one of three journalists killed in a vehicular explosion by the Israeli military while covering the violence in Gaza, Israel on April 16, 2008.

Mark Speight (42) British TV presenter best known for the long-running BBC children's art program SMart (1994-2008). Speight was arrested in connection with the death of his fiancée and former colleague Natasha Collins (31) after she was found scalded to death in the bathtub at their London flat after a cocaine binge on January 3, but was released without charge. He was reported missing on April 7 and was found hanged on the roof of MacMillan House next to London's Paddington railway station on April 13, 2008.

Burton ("Bud") Stone (80) film industry executive, a former president of Deluxe Laboratories (1978-94). Stone died in Los Angeles, California on April 18, 2008.

Mahinarangi Tocker (52) Maori singer and songwriter well known in New Zealand's LGBT entertainment industry in the '90s who had written more than 600 songs and recorded several compilation albums during her 25-year career. Tocker died after a massive asthma attack in Auckland, New Zealand on April 15, 2008.

Mary Ida Vandross (82) mother of the late rhythm-and-blues legend Luther Vandross (d. 2005). Mary Ida Vandross was the last surviving family member in the immediate Vandross family, having lost her husband, all four of her children, and only grandson to either strokes or diabetes. She died in Richmond, Virginia on April 14, 2008.

Aimé Césaire (94) anticolonialist poet and politician honored throughout the French-speaking world, an early proponent of black pride. Césaire was one of the Caribbean's most celebrated cultural figures, especially revered in his native Martinique, which sent him to the French parliament for nearly 50 years and repeatedly elected him mayor of Fort-de-France, the capital city. He died at a hospital, where he was being treated for heart problems and other ailments, in Fort-de-France, Martinique on April 17, 2008.

Lynn Meredith (84) retired Secret Service agent who guarded Presidents from Harry Truman to Ronald Reagan. By the time he retired in 1983 at the mandatory retirement age of 60, Meredith was the most senior member of the Secret Service. His heart stopped beating properly on Apr. 15, and he died two days later in Great Falls, Montana on April 17, 2008.

Dan Ross (83) former chairman of the South Carolina Republican Party credited with bringing the first-in-the-South GOP Presidential primary to the state. Ross led the state party (1976-80) after running the 1974 campaign of former Gov. James Edwards, the first Republican governor elected there since the 1890s. Ross died of a stroke in Barnwell County, South Carolina on April 15, 2008.

Dick Rossi (92) Flying Tigers pilot who downed six Japanese planes during World War II and later helped to preserve the history of the world-famous volunteers. Rossi died of pneumonia, two days before his 93rd birthday, in Fallbrook, California on April 17, 2008.

Rosario Sánchez Mora (88) heroine of the Republican cause during the Spanish Civil War (1936-39). As a combatant in the Republicans' struggle against the Fascist forces of Gen. Francisco Franco, Sánchez Mora became an expert in the use of explosives and acquired the nickname "la Dinamitera" ("The Dynamite Girl"). She was immortalized in a poem by Left-wing writer Miguel Hernandez. She died four days before her 89th birthday, in Madrid, Spain on April 17, 2008.

Gary Thompson (52) senior aircraftman in the Royal Auxiliary Air Force Regiment who had joined for several years in the '70s but reentered the military in 2005 as a reservist based at RAF Squadron in Nottingham, England. Thompson became the oldest British serviceman to die in the Afghan and Iraq conflicts when he was killed by a roadside bomb blast in Kandahar, Afghanistan on April 13, 2008.

Germaine Tillion (100) French World War II resistance fighter and anthropologist. In 1943, Tillion was sent to the Nazi camp for women and children in Ravensbruck, Germany for her work with France's underground resistance network, an experience she later wrote about. She was one of only five women to have received the Grand Cross of the Legion of Honor, one of France's highest distinctions. She died in Saint-Mande, France on April 19, 2008.

Nathaniel Bar-Jonah (51) convicted Montana sex offender serving a 130-year life sentence for the alleged abduction, murder, and dismemberment of 10-year-old Zach Ramsay in 1996. Authorities said they had evidence suggesting Bar-Jonah had butchered the boy and disposed of his body in meals served to neighbors, but dismissed the murder charge after Ramsay's mother said she would testify that she believed her son was still alive. Bar-Jonah was found unresponsive in his cell and died at a nearby hospital in Deer Lodge, Montana on April 13, 2008.

Jesus Carrizales (17) student at Fresno's Roosevelt High School, shot and fatally wounded after attacking a campus police officer with a baseball bat for unknown reasons. The officer fell down dazed and attempted to reach for the gun in his hip holster but instead grabbed a handgun from his ankle holster and fired one or two rounds as Carrizales approached him a second time, in apparent self-defense. Carrizales died at the scene in Fresno, California on April 16, 2008.

Brewster the Cat (22) beloved pet of my daughter, Genie Grey, who had him since he was a kitten. Extremely affectionate, Brewster often used his lilting "meow" to express satisfaction or impatience and enjoyed napping in his favorite chair by the window or in the sun on the patio deck. His health gradually deteriorated over time, and he was put to sleep in Dublin, California on April 18, 2008.

W. Frank Crawford (81) Court of Appeals judge who wrote the decision that Tennessee's sodomy law violated the state's constitutional right to privacy. Crawford served in the western section of the Court of Appeals for 25 years and was presiding judge (1995-2007). He died in Memphis, Tennessee on April 17, 2008.

Helen Johnson (111) Oregon's oldest resident and the 24th-oldest in the world. Johnson was part of several brain aging studies. Her DNA has been preserved for analysis, along with samples from about 100 other people who made it to 110. She seldom lost at bridge and retained a sharp memory. She had never been seriously ill until her kidneys started to fade a few weeks before she died in Portland, Oregon on April 17, 2008.

Alfonso, Cardinal López Trujillo (72) Colombian prelate who helped to lead the Vatican's campaign against abortion and insisted that condoms do not prevent HIV transmission. The World Health Organization, among other groups, called the cardinal's message "totally wrong" and said condoms are 90 percent effective when used correctly. López Trujillo died of cardiac arrest after suffering medical complications from diabetes over several weeks, in Rome, Italy on April 19, 2008.

Krister Stendahl (86) former dean of the Harvard Divinity School and a bishop in Sweden whose scholarship opened new ways of interpreting the Apostle Paul. Stendahl's ecumenical activism pushed churches toward unity and tolerance. He died six days before his 87th birthday, in Boston, Massachusetts on April 15, 2008.

Michel Veillette (34) Ohio man accused of the stabbing death of his wife, Nadya Ferrari-Veillete (33), and the murders of his four children in a house fire during an apparent domestic dispute at their Mason home on January 11. Veillette had pleaded not guilty to 13 counts of aggravated murder and two counts of aggravated arson but was awaiting trial. He was found hanged in his cell, an apparent suicide in Lebanon, Ohio on April 15, 2008.

Louis Allen (83) former All-American football player for Duke University. Allen played for the Blue Devils (1947-49) under coach Wallace Wade and was team captain and Most Valuable Player in his final season. He was one of three players in school history to earn all-Southern Conference honors for three straight seasons. He played two seasons with the Pittsburgh Steelers after they selected him in the fifth round of the 1950 NFL draft. He died in Greensboro, North Carolina on April 17, 2008.

Joe Alston (81) former FBI agent and badminton champion, the best player in the US in 1955 when he became the only badminton player ever featured on the cover of Sports Illustrated (March 7, 1955). At the time, Alston was in his fourth year with the FBI and had just won his second US Open singles title. He died of cardiac arrest in Encinitas, California on April 16, 2008.

Brandi Hawbaker (26) professional poker player who had four major cash wins during her career from the late '90s and won a total of $40,389, her biggest win at the Los Angeles World Poker Tour's Festa Al Lago V in October 2006. Hawbaker was found dead, an apparent suicide, in Los Angeles, California on April 13, 2008.

Tommy Holmes (91) Boston Braves outfielder who hit in 37 consecutive games in 1945, setting a modern National League record that stood for 33 years, until Pete Rose broke it in '78 by hitting in 44 consecutive games with the Cincinnati Reds. Holmes died in Boca Raton, Florida on April 14, 2008.

Wally Kleine (43) football defensive tackle who played for Notre Dame and the Washington Redskins. Kleine was a second-round pick by the Redskins in 1987 and played two years with them. When injuries ended his pro career, he spent two years as a graduate assistant at Texas Tech under former coach Spike Dykes. After leaving football, he remained in the Lubbock area and worked in commercial real estate and investments. He died of heart failure in Lubbock, Texas on April 13, 2008.

John Marzano (45) former major league baseball player. Marzano was drafted by the Boston Red Sox with the 14th overall pick in the first round of the 1984 amateur draft. He played 10 seasons in the big leagues for the Red Sox, Texas Rangers, and Seattle Mariners before retiring in 1998. Recently working for Major League Baseball's Web site, for which he cohosted a show on weekday mornings, he died after falling down a flight of stairs at his home in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on April 19, 2008.

Randy Smith (61) longtime sports editor and columnist for the Manchester (Conn.) Journal Inquirer. Smith's sports coverage ranged from local to international and everything in between, including University of Connecticut sports, horse racing, and golf. He collapsed and died in Manchester, Connecticut on April 14, 2008.