Lou Dorfsman (90) for more than 40 years the designer of every aspect of the Columbia Broadcasting Co.'s advertising and corporate identity, including the set of Walter Cronkite's newsroom and the typographically elegant sign system for CBS's New York headquarters, known as Black Rock. In 1966, for the building's cafeteria, Dorfsman designed a mammoth wall, 35 feet wide by 8-1/2 feet tall, of hand-milled wood type of antique letterforms; it was entitled "Gastrotypographicalassemblage" and spelled out all the fare the restaurant offered. It was removed after 25 years and is now being restored. Dorfsman's work became a model for corporate communications in the marketing discipline now called branding. He died of congestive heart failure in Roslyn, New York on October 22, 2008.

Patricia Faure (80) prominent Los Angeles art dealer whose teenage dreams of movie stardom gave way to careers in modeling, fashion photography, and, finally, the art business. A fixture in the LA art world for more than 30 years, Faure died in her sleep in Hollywood, California on October 21, 2008.

Pat Kavanagh (68) one of Britain's most respected literary agents. Kavanagh's stable of writers included her husband, Julian Barnes, along with Robert Harris, Margaret Drabble, Ruth Rendell, Joanna Trollope, and Poet Laureate Andrew Motion. She died from a brain tumor in London, England on October 20, 2008.

Mireille Marokvia (99) writer who described her childhood in a French village and her wartime ordeals in Nazi Germany in two stirring memoirs published when she was in her 80s and 90s. Marokvia died in Las Cruces, New Mexico, where she had lived for the last 30 years, on October 19, 2008.

Herbert Mitchell (83) Columbia University librarian who filled his apartment with rare stereographs, daguerreotypes, Majolica ceramics, Parian statuary, and cabinets full of 19th-century architectural books, a unique collection that became a treasure trove for scholars seeking a lost culture. Mitchell died of complications from Parkinson's disease, in New York City on October 25, 2008.

John A. Campbell (67) Australian-born former timber executive who, as president of the Pacific Lumber Co. in the '90s, was at the center of a battle between loggers and environmental activists ("tree huggers"), walking a tightrope between business and environmentalism. Campbell died of cancer in Fortuna, California on October 19, 2008.

Irwin C. Gunsalus (96) nutritional biochemist who discovered the vitaminlike substance lipoic acid, used as a successful treatment for chronic liver disease and one of the active forms of vitamin B6, essential in metabolism. Gunsalus died of congestive heart failure in Analusia, Alabama on October 25, 2008.

Dr. Janet B. Hardy (92) Johns Hopkins University pediatrics professor who led a pioneering study of mothers and children that provided a wealth of information on teen pregnancy, medical concerns, and social issues. Hardy helped to design the Collaborative Perinatal Project, a wide-reaching federal study of 60,000 expectant mothers and their children that began in 1957. She had suffered a stroke and died in Glen Arm, Maryland on October 23, 2008.

Amos E. Joel Jr. (90) inventor whose switching device opened the way for the cellular phone business. Joel held more than 70 patents but was perhaps best known for No. 3,663,762, a 1972 patent that allows a cell phone user to make an uninterrupted call while moving from one cell region to another. He died in Maplewood, New Jersey on October 25, 2008.

Harry Mangurian Jr. (82) former owner of the Boston Celtics and renowned horse breeder. Mangurian owned the Celtics from 1979-83, a tenure that included a championship in '81 and the signings of Larry Bird, Kevin McHale, and Robert Parish, the original "Big Three" of team lore. Mangurian was successful at numerous business ventures, including his start as owner of a family-run furniture store and as a breeder of champion horses on a 1,100-acre thoroughbred farm in Ocala, Fla. He died of leukemia in Fort Lauderdale, Florida on October 19, 2008.

Clarence W. Spangenberger (102) last president (1954-58) of the Cornell Steamboat Co., for many years, with its more than 60 vessels, the largest tugboat company in the US and maybe the biggest in the world. In the decades after the Civil War, Cornell pulled the barges that brought the bluestone, cement, and bricks to build New York City and the grain and ice to sustain it. But by the '50s, trucks, railroads, and oceangoing vessels were fast cutting into its business. After its largest customer, the New York Trap Rock Corp., a producer of crushed stone, bought Cornell in 1958, Spangenberger's economies and the introduction of powerful new kinds of tugboats were not enough to prevent Cornell from going out of business in 1963. He died in Rhinebeck, New York on October 21, 2008.

James F. Woodson (87) cofounder of Taco John's fast-food restaurant chain. In 1969, Woodson partnered with Harold Holmes to turn a tiny Cheyenne, Wyo. taco restaurant into what is now a quick-service chain that operates with more than 420 locations in 25 states. Woodson died in Scottsdale, Arizona on October 24, 2008.

Carol Horner (63) director of the Knight Center for Specialized Journalism at the University of Maryland and a former longtime Philadelphia Inquirer reporter. Horner was found dead in her Washington, DC home on October 24, 2008.

Mr. (Richard) Blackwell (86) Hollywood designer turned fashion critic whose annual worst-dressed list skewered the fashion disasters of celebrities from Zsa Zsa Gabor to Britney Spears. A onetime actor and model, Blackwell was a little-known dress designer when he issued his first tongue-in-cheek criticism of Hollywood fashion in 1960. Looking dowdy was bad enough, but the more outrageous clothing a celebrity wore, the more biting his criticism. He once said a reigning Miss America looked..."like an armadillo with cornpads." Born Richard Selzer, Mr. Blackwell died of complications from an intestinal infection, in Los Angeles, California on October 19, 2008.

Carol Anne Burger (57) Huffington Post blogger and former award-winning print journalist. Burger was suspected of attacking and killing her former lesbian lover, software executive Jessica Kalish (56), by stabbing her 222 times with a screwdriver in the garage of their home during an apparent dispute over the breakup of their relationship. Burger then tried to conceal the murder but initially reported Kalish missing before her body was found stuffed inside the back seat of her car, abandoned near their home on Oct. 23. Burger was found dead of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound in her backyard in Boynton Beach, Florida on October 24, 2008.

Gerard Damiano (80) director of the pioneering pornographic film that lent its name to the Watergate whistleblower known as "Deep Throat." Damiano's Deep Throat was a mainstream box-office success and helped to launch the modern hard-core adult-entertainment industry. Shot in six days for just $25,000, the 1972 flick became a cultural must-see for Americans who had just lived through the sexual liberation of the '60s. Damiano suffered a stroke in September and died in Fort Myers, Florida on October 25, 2008.

Tony Dean (67) nationally known outdoor enthusiast who promoted South Dakota with his radio and TV shows. Dean was host and producer of Tony Dean Outdoors, a regional TV show that aired across the upper Midwest. His radio show Dakota Backroads was heard across the region. Dean won more than 160 regional and national awards for his programs. He died of complications from an appendectomy, in Pierre, South Dakota on October 19, 2008.

Darnell Donerson & Family (57, 29, 7) mother, brother, and nephew of actress and singer Jennifer Hudson, who won an Oscar as best supporting actress for her role as Effie White in the film Dreamgirls (2006). Donerson and her son Jason Hudson were both found shot to death at their home in Chicago, Illinois on October 24, 2008, after an apparent domestic dispute. Police later arrested William Balfour (27), estranged husband of Jennifer Hudson's sister Julia King, as a suspect in the double homicide and in the disappearance of King's son, Julian King, whose body was found Oct. 27.

Katie Jane Evans (35) former British model and wife of Hollywood actor and director Danny Huston, whom she met and married in 2002. Evans filed for divorce in 2007 after legendary film director John Huston's illegitimate son offered her about $22,000 a month in alimony and support in the shared custody of their young daughter Stella. Evans was rumored to have had difficulty coping with marriage to an actor and had reportedly been battling drug and alcohol addictions for some time. She committed suicide by jumping from the roof of her flat in Manhattan Beach, California on October 25, 2008.

Brion Ford (56) musician and younger son of pioneering country music legend Tennessee Ernie Ford whose singing voice was often compared to his late father's vocal abilities. The younger Ford had traveled through numerous club circuits as part of a folk duo with his brother-in-law, Don Gay, in the '80s and was a featured cast member at Opryland USA. He died of lung cancer in White House, Tennessee on October 24, 2008.

Kandice Hutchinson (22) one of the first few contestants eliminated on the upcoming MTV dating show A Double Shot at Love. The reality game show features two bisexual twin sisters Erica and Vikki Mongeon (also known as the Ikki Twins) where twelve contestants compete for their affection and its first episode of their third season is scheduled to premier on December 9. Hutchinson was killed in a fiery car accident in Euless, Texas on October 21, 2008.

Hal Kant (77) attorney who brought the Grateful Dead band millions of dollars in revenue during his 35-year stint as their designated "Czar." Kant was credited with preserving the Dead's legacy and their valuable intellectual property, including ownership of their music masters and publishing rights. He also was an accomplished card player; in 1987, he won the World Series of Poker. Kant died of pancreatic cancer in Reno, Nevada on October 19, 2008.

Milton Katselas (75) acting teacher and director whose students included George Clooney, Alec Baldwin, Michelle Pfeiffer, and hundreds of other actors. Katselas founded the Beverly Hills Playhouse acting school in 1978. He died of heart failure in Los Angeles, California on October 24, 2008.

Peter J. Levinson (74) veteran music industry publicist who worked with some of the leading names of the big-band era and later wrote biographies of three of them: trumpeter Harry James, arranger Nelson Riddle, and bandleader Tommy Dorsey. Levinson's biography of dancer Fred Astaire will be published in 2009. Levinson was diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) in 2006, and the progression of the ailment, also known as Lou Gehrig's disease, had left him unable to speak. But the aid of a computer made it possible for him to work, which he did until the day he died of injuries suffered in a fall, in Malibu, California on October 21, 2008.

Muslim Magomayev (66) Soviet-era opera and pop singer. Magomayev started his career as an opera singer but sold millions of albums and concert tickets after switching to popular music. His fame was at its peak in the '60s and '70s. His grandfather, also named Muslim, was a composer of opera and folk music. The younger Magomayev, who suffered from heart disease, died in Moscow, Russia on October 25, 2008.

Leah Maivia (81) maternal grandmother of former WWE superstar and actor Dwayne ("The Rock") Johnson and widow of the late WWE Hall of Fame pro wrestling champion High Chief Peter Maivia. Leah Maivia was a staunch supporter of her husband's wrestling career when she began promoting a group in Hawaii called NWA Polynesian Pro Wrestling during the '80s and assumed the reins of the promotional end of the business herself after the High Chief's death in 1982. She died in Hawaii on October 19, 2008.

Rudy Ray Moore (81) raunchy '70s comedian who played the title role of a pimp in the movie Dolemite (1975) and influenced a generation of rappers with his rhyming style, braggadocio, and profanity-laced routines. Moore was part of the heyday of black "party records." But, unlike contemporaries Redd Foxx and Richard Pryor, he never crossed over to mainstream white audiences. He died from complications of diabetes in Akron, Ohio on October 19, 2008.

E. Roger Muir (89) cocreator and executive producer of The Howdy Doody Show, the puppet-and-people program that first hooked millions of kids on TV in its early days. Muir later produced other successful shows, including the quiz show Concentration. He died of a stroke in Wolfeboro, New Hampshire on October 23, 2008.

Anne Pressly (26) TV news anchorwoman for Channel 7 KATV in Little Rock. Pressly had recently landed a small role as conservative commentator Ann Coulter in director Oliver Stone's latest film, W (2008). She was found severely beaten and stabbed in an apparent home invasion on Oct. 21 but had been unable to communicate while being kept sedated in an intensive care unit. Detectives found evidence that her credit card was used the same day at a gas station a few miles from her home. She died four days later in Little Rock, Arkansas on October 25, 2008.

Gianni Raimondi (85) Italian tenor with a pure and powerful voice who sang many times with Maria Callas. Raimondi sang 270 times at the La Scala opera house, many times in the leading role. He retired from the stage in 1976 after performing in New York, Vienna, London, Berlin, and Buenos Aires. He died in the town of Pianoro, in the province of Bologna, Italy on October 19, 2008.

Estelle Reiner (94) singer, artist, and actress known for her cameo role in her son Rob Reiner's 1989 film When Harry Met Sally. Estelle Reiner was married to comedian Carl Reiner for nearly 65 years. She also appeared in Fatso, directed by Anne Bancroft, and in Mel Brooks's To Be or Not to Be. Reiner drew laughs in the deli scene of When Harry Met Sally when she reacted to Meg Ryan's character, who was faking orgasm, by saying, "I'll have what she's having." She died in Los Angeles, California on October 25, 2008.

Alex Rivera (95) photojournalist who spent his career covering the civil rights movement and heading (1977-93) the public relations department at North Carolina Central University in Durham. Rivera covered the last lynchings in South Carolina and Alabama and legal challenges to school segregation. He won a Global Syndicate Award for his coverage in 1955. He died in Durham, North Carolina on October 23, 2008.

Gail Robinson (62) soprano who sang with the Metropolitan Opera for nearly 20 years starting in 1970 and later had a career as a teacher and guide to emerging singers, notably as director of the Met's Lindemann Young Artist Development Program. Later, as holder of an endowed professorship at the University of Kentucky, where she became a professor of voice in 2000, she was chairwoman of the vocal department and worked closely with the opera program. Robinson died of complications from rheumatoid arthritis in Lexington, Kentucky on October 19, 2008.

Merl Saunders (74) jazz and rock keyboardist who collaborated with acts including Miles Davis and the Grateful Dead. Some of Saunders' most famous music was made in the '60s and '70s when he teamed up with Grateful Dead's lead guitarist and singer, Jerry Garcia (d. 1995). The Saunders-Garcia Band recorded two records in the '70s, and in 1990 they released the album Blues from the Rainforest, successful on the new age music charts. Saunders died of a stroke in San Francisco, California on October 24, 2008.

Vittorio Foa (98) anti-Fascist intellectual, labor union leader, and senator whose life paralleled the rise of the Italian left in the 20th century. Foa died in Formia, outside Rome, Italy on October 20, 2008.

Col. Robert B. Nett (86) winner of the Medal of Honor for heroism in combat in the Philippines during World War II who later also served in the Korean and Vietnam wars. Nett helped to train South Korean soldiers during the Korean conflict and was an adviser to Vietnamese troops during the war in Vietnam. He died in Columbus, Georgia on October 19, 2008.

Helmut Zilk (81) former mayor of Vienna who lost part of his left hand to a letter bomb in 1993. Authorities later tried and convicted right-wing extremist Franz Fuchs of sending pipe and letter bombs targeting refugees and minorities—and officials like Zilk who supported them. Zilk died after becoming ill while on a recent vacation in Portugal, in Vienna, Austria on October 24, 2008.

Sonja Bernadotte (64) German-born second wife of former Swedish prince Count Lennart Bernadotte. Sonja Bernadotte helped to run the Mainau Estate tourist attraction on Lake Constance in southern Germany that her late husband purchased in 1932 from his father, Prince Wilhelm, son of Sweden's King Gustaf V. Sonja Bernadotte died of breast cancer in Mainau, Germany on October 21, 2008.

Rabbi Moshe Cotel (65) classical pianist and composer whose works often reflected themes from his deep Jewish roots, influences that only later in life led him to the pulpit. Ordained in 2003, Cotel was spiritual leader of Temple Beth El of Manhattan Beach in Brooklyn. He died in New York City on October 24, 2008.

Sister Emmanuelle (99) Belgian-born nun whose decades of service to scavengers in Cairo's slums and other needy causes won France's heart. Sister Emmanuelle died in her sleep in Callian, southeastern France, on October 20, 2008.

Marilyn Ferguson (70) author whose best-selling book The Aquarian Conspiracy (1980) helped to establish the New Age movement. The book offered the first comprehensive analysis of the various unconnected efforts—such as scientists investigating biofeedback, midwives running alternative birthing centers, and a Christian evangelist promoting meditation—that melded into the New Age movement. Ferguson described those activities as a cumulative force seeking to break away from mainstream Western attitudes toward medicine, psychology, and spirituality. She died of a heart attack in Banning, California on October 19, 2008.

Martin Hanson (81) prominent Wisconsin conservationist who helped to preserve the pristine Apostle Islands in Lake Superior. Hanson had been in poor health and apparently had fallen and broken his hip before he was found dead outside his log cabin in Mellen, in northern Wisconsin, on October 22, 2008.

Jeremiah Lasater (14) student at southern California's Vasquez High School found dead of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head in a campus restroom at the end of lunch hour. Investigators said Lasater had dealt with a learning disability and was a target of frequent taunts by schoolyard bullies at his school for years, but no one else was in the restroom at the time. He died in Acton, California on October 20, 2008.

Dorothy Marie Miner (72) New York lawyer who developed legal protection for historic landmarks nationwide in her longtime role as counsel to the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission. Miner played an important role in the critical 1978 case of Penn Central Transportation Co. v. New York City, which upheld the landmark status of Grand Central Terminal and set national precedents. She died of lung disease in New York City on October 21, 2008.

Gene Hickerson (73) Cleveland Browns' Hall of Fame right guard whose blocking helped Jim Brown, Leroy Kelly, and Bobby Mitchell to achieve the same honor. The Browns never had a losing record during Hickerson's 15 years with them. After his retirement in 1973 at age 38, his achievements went mostly unrecognized for decades and he was overlooked for Hall of Fame enshrinement in Canton, Ohio. Finally, in 2007, he was selected for induction; by the time of the ceremony, he was in failing health and stricken with Alzheimer's disease. He died in Olmsted Falls, Ohio on October 20, 2008.

Steve Lawson (51) popular NASCAR official. Lawson worked for stock car racing's governing body for more than 10 years, most recently as a safety inspector in the Sprint Cup Series. He was scheduled to work at TUMS Quikpak 500 at Martinsville Speedway but was found dead in his hotel room in Martinsville, Virginia on October 19, 2008.

Rudy Lugo (60) former physical education teacher who coached football and wrestling at Canoga Park (Calif.) High School for many years (1969-2006). A 1965 graduate of the school, Lugo was known for his love for his alma mater, which his parents, wife, son, and daughter also attended, and where his son Chris is now an assistant coach. The elder Lugo died of lung cancer in Canoga Park, California on October 21, 2008.

Federico Luzzi (28) former top 100 tennis player. Luzzi reached a career-high ranking of No. 92 in 2002 before a shoulder injury that affected him the rest of his career. He had a 2-2 record with Italy's Davis Cup team. In 2001, Luzzi beat Ville Liukko of Finland 14-12 in the fifth set after 4 hours, 35 minutes—the longest Davis Cup match ever played by an Italian. In February 2008, Luzzi was suspended for 200 days and fined $50,000 by the Association of Tennis Professionals for betting on the game. He had been hospitalized for a few days after leaving an Italian league match last weekend, citing a high fever. He died of leukemia in Arezzo, Italy on October 25, 2008.

Ian McColl (81) former Rangers captain and manager of Scotland's national soccer team. During a 15-year career with the club, the defender won six league titles, five Scottish Cups, and two League Cups. After making 14 appearances for Scotland, McColl became national manager and won British Home Championships (1962-63). He left Scotland to manage English club Sunderland in 1965. He died in Glasgow, Scotland on October 25, 2008.

Ram Ruhee (81) former International Olympic Committee member (1988-2007) and FIFA executive from Mauritius. In 1999, Ruhee was investigated in the Salt Lake City bid scandal but was exonerated of any wrongdoing. A former teacher, he was founder and secretary-general of the Mauritius National Olympic Committee since 1971. He founded Mauritius's first division soccer club, Cadets Club, in 1948 and later chaired and managed the team. He died on the island of Mauritius on October 21, 2008.