Hildy Beyeler (86) woman who joined her husband, Ernst Beyeler, in building one of Switzerland's biggest art collections. The couple married in 1948, and Hildy became a constant companion in Ernst's art business. In the '70s they were both involved in founding Art Basel, an exposition that has since become the largest international fair of contemporary art. The Beyelers opened their internationally renowned museum, Beyeler Foundation, in 1997. Hildy Beyeler died in Basel, Switzerland on July 18, 2008.

Robert Berning (73) principal wine buyer for Trader Joe's beginning in the '70s who helped to introduce consumers to bargain-priced wines from around the world. Berning died of bone cancer in Fallbrook, California on July 19, 2008.

Paul Spencer Byard (68) land-use attorney who returned to school in his late 30s to become an architect and was later an important figure in the renovation of some of New York's most prominent landmarks. As an architect, Byard worked on the renovations of Carnegie Hall, the Cooper Union Foundation Building, the State Supreme Court's Appellate Division Courthouse on Madison Square, and the old Custom House on Bowling Green. He died of cancer in Prospect Heights, Brooklyn, New York on July 15, 2008.

Jacques Kaplan (83) French-born New York furrier who designed lower-priced garments in less-expensive material, like wolf and rabbit, creating a new category known as fun fur. Kaplan also introduced bizarre furs like zorino, jaguar, wildebeest, and gayal and came up with new uses for them, like fur furniture, fur art, and fur carpeting. He died of esophageal cancer in Kent, Connecticut on July 16, 2008.

Gilberto Leon (87) Cuban-born cigar maker who operated a tiny shop in Los Angeles at the same location for 29 years. Leon bought tobacco grown from Cuban seeds in Mexico, the Dominican Republic, and Central America; he and two assistants hand-rolled 600 cigars a day, selling them for $3-$6 apiece. Judges, lawyers, truck drivers, and sanitation workers were some of his regular customers. He died of complications from a respiratory condition, in Los Angeles, California on July 14, 2008.

Dr. Robert O. Nesheim (86) nutritionist for Quaker Oats who helped to develop popular breakfast cereals like Cap'n Crunch and Life. Nesheim spent most of his career at the Quaker Oats research center in suburban Barrington, Illinois, where he worked on a team that developed new products and brands for Quaker. He also developed nutritional standards for the military. He died in Monterey, California on July 19, 2008.

Robert M. Taylor (88) psychologist and psychotherapist who cowrote the Taylor-Johnson Temperament Analysis Test used as a tool in marriage and family counseling. Taylor developed his test with a colleague, Lucille Morrison, based on a personality assessment test created earlier by psychologist Roswell H. Johnson in the '40s. Taylor died in Marina del Rey, California on July 16, 2008.

Steven Thomas (36) entrepreneur who founded the Boulder, Colorado-based computer security firm WebRoot Software Inc. in 1997. The privately owned corporation was sold to a group of investors for about $108 million in 2004. After being recently diagnosed with bipolar disorder, Thomas had been missing for about two weeks and was last seen hiking at the Nu'uanu Pali Lookout near Honolulu, Hawaii. His body was found on July 14, 2008.

Lindon Barrett (46) professor of English and social science at the University of California-Riverside who specialized in 19th- and early 20th-century black literature and culture studies. Barrett had just finished publishing a major compilation book on a wide range of subjects, including slavery's central role in the evolution of Western modernity. He was found dead in his apartment in Long Beach, California on July 13, 2008. Police arrested acquaintance Marlon Martinez (20), charged with murder.

Madeleine Stoner (70) University of Southern California professor of social work, an expert on homelessness who advised policymakers on how to prevent it. Stoner died of cancer in Westwood, California on July 13, 2008.

Richard C. Wade (87) social science professor at City University of New York (1971-93) who helped to establish urban studies as an academic subject and advised Democrat candidates including Adlai Stevenson, Robert F. Kennedy, and George McGovern. Wade died on Roosevelt Island in New York City on July 18, 2008.

Anastasia Blue (28) porn actress who made her hard-core debut in 1999 and performed in more than 100 adult movies before she decided to quit the adult entertainment industry in 2000 for personal reasons. Born Elena Behm, Blue’s one and only appearance in a nonpornographic legit movie was an uncredited role in the late director Ted Demme’s biopic film Blow (2001). She died in Bremerton, Washington on July 19, 2008.

Les Crane (74) early talk-show host, the first to challenge the supremacy of Johnny Carson on late-night TV—and lose—in 1964. Crane's career began in radio, moved to TV, and ended in computer software, with a stop in between as a Grammy-winning recording artist. In 1971, his recording of the poem "Desiderata" became a cult hit and won a Grammy for best spoken-word recording. One of his five wives (1966-71) was actress Tina Louise, most famous for Gilligan's Island. Crane died in Greenbrae, north of San Francisco, California on July 13, 2008.

Dercy Gonç�alves (101) Brazilian actress and comedienne known for her vulgar wit and scandalous behavior. Gon�çalves was known for speaking her mind, often peppering her conversation with obscenities. In 1991, she shocked the country by parading topless on a Carnival float; she was 84 at the time. She kept working late in life and made several TV appearances after turning 100. Gonç�alves died of respiratory problems after being hospitalized the same day with pneumonia, in São Paulo, Brazil on July 19, 2008.

Larry Haines (89) two-time Daytime Emmy winner for his 35-year role on the soap opera Search for Tomorrow. Haines also had a successful career on Broadway. The actor played Stu Bergman on Search for Tomorrow for almost the show's entire run (1951-86), missing only the first two months. Stu was the neighbor and best friend of Joanne Gardner Barron, later Joanne Tourneur, the character at the center of most of the show's plot lines. Joanne was played by Mary Stuart (d. 2002) for the entire 35 years. The soap opera, first on CBS, later on NBC, was the longest-running daytime drama on TV when its last episode aired in December 1986. Haines died in Delray Beach, Florida on July 17, 2008.

Kelley A. Hankins (41) scenic artist and graphic designer who had over 25 feature films screen credits, including such films as The Shawshank Redemption (1994), Second-Hand Lions (2003), Michael (1996), The Alamo (2004), and her last film, Kings of Appleton (2008). Hankins died suddenly in San Antonio, Texas on July 19, 2008.

Dee ("Pete") Henderson (72) Memphis blues disk jockey whose voice hosted Cap'n Pete's Blues Cruise on the city's volunteer radio station, WEVL, for 26 years. Henderson was shot twice in the back by his grandson, Cortez Thomas (30), and died in Memphis, Tennessee on July 15, 2008.

Debra Lincoln (56) entrepreneur and mother of horror movie director Todd Lincoln who had previously worked as a production manager on several film projects with The Entertainment Group before she became cofounder and owner of the Double D Licious Cookies firm. After selling her business, Debra Lincoln became a real estate agent and later a customer care representative for American Airlines for the past 12 years. She died unexpectedly in Houston, Texas on July 13, 2008.

B. Don Magness (75) colorful, cigar-chomping showman dubbed Mr. Miss Texas and credited with shaping the state's beauty pageant into the nation's largest state pageant. Magness was a former director of the Miss Texas pageant. Over the decades, many contestants he coached were crowned Miss Texas and some later wore Miss America tiaras. He died of complications from an April stroke, in Fort Worth, Texas on July 17, 2008.

Breno Mello (76) handsome leading man in the classic 1959 Brazilian movie Black Orpheus. Mello played the title role in what, in Portuguese, is called Orfeu Negro, directed by Marcel Camus and based on the Greek myth of Orpheus and Eurydice. It won the Palme d'Or at the 1959 Cannes Film Festival and the Oscar and the Golden Globe for best foreign film in 1960. Mello was found dead at his home in Porto Alegre, Brazil on July 14, 2008.

Katie Reider (30) folk and pop singer, songwriter, and daughter of Rob Reider, best known as the bandleader on the Cincinnati-based syndicated program The Bob Braun Show in the '70s and '80s. Katie Reider won five local music awards and gained national recognition when her songs were used on several cable networks, including ABC, Lifetime, and the WB series Dawson's Creek. She died of complications from a malignant brain tumor in New York City on July 14, 2008.

George H. Russell (89) veteran record promoter, guitarist, and composer, an elder brother of the late actress Gail Russell (d. 1961). George Russell died of a heart attack in Laguna Beach, California on July 19, 2008.

Jo Stafford (90) singer known for her technical skills, intonation, and musicality. A member of Tommy Dorsey's Pied Pipers quartet in the late '30s and a favorite of GIs during World War II, Stafford's solo recordings made the pop music charts dozens of times in the '50s. Late in her career, Stafford and her husband, pianist/composer Paul Weston (d. 1996), formed a successful comedy act as "Jonathan & Darlene Edwards," spoofing low-talent lounge acts. Their 1960 album, Jonathan & Darlene Edwards in Paris, won Stafford her only Grammy. She died of congestive heart failure in Century City, California on July 16, 2008.

Glendaly Vigoreaux (44) Puerto Rican actress and elder daughter of murdered Puerto Rican TV entertainer and producer Luis Vigoreaux and controversial actress Lydia Echevarria, currently serving life in prison for his 1983 murder. Glendaly Vigoreaux started her TV career at age 10 as a singer and host of a children's show with her sister Vanessa on the classic programs Dale Que Dale en Domingo, Sube Nene Sube, and Parriba Papi Parriba, all produced by their late father. Glendaly Vigoreaux committed suicide by gunshot wound to the head at her home in Glendale, Arizona on July 15, 2008.

Gerald Wiggins (86) jazz pianist whose long career included numerous recordings with his trio; performances with Louis Armstrong, Benny Carter, Roy Eldridge, and Zoot Sims; accompaniment for Lena Horne and Nat ("King") Cole; and vocal coaching for Marilyn Monroe. Wiggins died in Tarzana, California on July 13, 2008.

Bronislaw Geremek (76) former Polish foreign minister, a key adviser to Lech Walesa and the Solidarity trade union that helped to topple Communist rule in Poland. Geremek later was Poland's foreign minister (1997-2000) and a member of the European Parliament since 2004. He was killed in a car accident when his Mercedes crashed into an oncoming car in western Poland on July 13, 2008.

J. Jackson ("Jack") Walter (67) former federal ethics watchdog who also made vital contributions to preserving heritage sites, including parks and shipwrecks, while running the National Trust for Historic Preservation for eight years (1984-92). Walter was the first confirmed director of the post-Watergate US Office of Government Ethics (1979-82). He died after suffering multiple strokes, in Fairfax, Virginia on July 18, 2008.

Charles Yardley Chittick (107) retired patent lawyer who turned down a job offer from Thomas Edison and feuded with Humphrey Bogart when both were teenagers. Chittick was the last surviving member of the class of 1918 at Phillips Academy in Andover, Massachusetts, where he and Bogart once scuffled. Chittick died after a fall that injured his spine, in Concord, New Hampshire on July 18, 2008.

Arthur Gamble Jr. (88) former district attorney and circuit judge who prosecuted Alabama Ku Klux Klansman Collie Leroy Wilkins in the 1965 murder of white civil rights worker Viola Liuzzo. The trial ended in a hung jury, with 10 of 12 jurors voting for conviction. Wilkins was acquitted at a second trial, but he and another Klansman, Eugene Thomas, were later convicted of civil rights violations in federal court and sentenced to 10 years in prison. Gamble died of Parkinson's disease in Greenville, Alabama on July 17, 2008.

Anthony Golino (57) Connecticut man wrongly charged with capital murder in the high-profile 1973 slaying of a former classmate, 21-year-old Concetta ("Penney") Serra in a city parking garage. On the eve of his trial, Golino was released after tests showed his blood type did not match that of Serra's killer. He sued the New Haven police for $40 million for malicious prosecution, but the suit was rebuffed by a federal jury in 1993. Golino died of cancer in New Haven, Connecticut on July 13, 2008.

Rabbi Levi Meier (62) Jewish chaplain at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles for 29 years (1978-2007), where he led ceremonies on the High Holy Days—Yom Kippur and Rosh Hashana—and weekly Sabbath services broadcast over the hospital's closed-circuit TV system. Meier died in Los Angeles, California on July 13, 2008.

Eric Turner (80) Australian quadruple murderer believed to be the last inmate sentenced to death for the 1948 murder of his girlfriend and her father before his death penalty was later reduced to life imprisonment. After being released in 1970, Turner stabbed and killed his mother-in-law and his stepson during an argument over a marriage dispute and was resentenced to life in prison with a 20-year nonparole period, becoming the country's longest-serving prisoner with a 56-year prison record. He died of lung cancer in Long Bay, New South Wales, Australia on July 14, 2008.

Arthur ("Red") Foley (79) most celebrated official scorer of his time in major league baseball. Foley was an official scorer in 10 World Series (1981-2001), more than any other scorer in modern history, including the Series of 1985, '87, and '91, which did not involve New York teams. A New York Daily News sportswriter, he began working as an official scorer in 1966 and continued until 2002, scoring more than 3,000 games. He died in Flushing, New York on July 14, 2008.

Jerome Holtzman (82) Chicago sportswriter and columnist who wrote books and reams of copy about baseball in general and Chicago baseball in particular and whose memory and file cabinets were treasure troves of baseball history. Holtzman, who went from copy boy to baseball Hall of Famer in a distinguished career ('40s-'90s), invented the statistic known as the save, which measures the effectiveness of relief pitchers. He died of a stroke one week after his 82nd birthday, in Evanston, Illinois on July 19, 2008.

Gyorgy Kolonics (36) canoeing gold medalist at the 1996 and 2000 Olympics. Kolonics won 15 world championships (1993-2007), most teamed with Csaba Horvath. Kolonics won gold in the 500-meter canoe doubles at the Atlanta Games and the 500-meter singles at the Sydney Games. He also won bronze in Atlanta in the 1,000-meter doubles with Horvath and in the same event at the 2004 Athens Games with Gyorgy Kozmann. He was training with Kozmann for the August games in Beijing, which would have been his fifth Olympics, when he died of heart failure after collapsing in his canoe, in Budapest, Hungary on July 15, 2008.

Luke Kruytbosch (47) track announcer for the Kentucky Derby for the last 10 years. Kruytbosch joined Churchill Downs at the start of its 1999 spring meet. He also called races at Kentucky Downs and Turf Paradise in Arizona and previously worked at Hollywood Park in California. He was found dead by friends in his apartment and appeared to have died of cardiac-related natural causes, in Evansville, Indiana on July 14, 2008.

Sherman ("Jocko") Maxwell (100) pioneering black sportscaster who wrote about Negro league baseball players before the color barrier fell. Maxwell submitted stories to the Newark (NJ) Ledger, predecessor of the Star-Ledger, on games played by the Newark Eagles. He began his broadcasting career in 1929, doing a 5-minute weekly sports report on WNJR in Newark at age 22. Later he broadcast on other stations in northern New Jersey and eventually became the announcer for Sunday afternoon Eagles games. He died of pneumonia in suburban Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on July 16, 2008.

Matt McHale (50) longtime sports journalist in southern California. At the Los Angeles Daily News, McHale was best known for his beat coverage of the Dodgers and the Kings. He left the newspaper in February because of a medical disability related to diabetes. He died of a heart attack in Norwalk, Connecticut on July 14, 2008.

Steve Peterson (58) NASCAR’s technical director who spent 13 years helping to make the circuit safer for drivers. Peterson joined NASCAR in 1995 and spearheaded installation of the SAFER Barriers and the implementation of safety features in the Car of Tomorrow. He also helped the circuit to get approval for head and neck restraints and improved seat belts. He was found dead at his home in Concord, North Carolina on July 15, 2008.

Dave Ricketts (73) longtime St. Louis Cardinals coach who played on the club's 1967 World Series championship team. Ricketts was a reserve catcher who played on and off for the Cardinals (1963, '65, '67-69). He was traded to the Pittsburgh Pirates in 1970, his final season in the majors, then later had two stints as a Cardinals coach (1974-75, '78-91). He died of cancer in St. Louis, Missouri on July 13, 2008.