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Peter Simonischek, Beloved Austrian Actor, Is Dead at 76

He played a prankster and adoring father in “Toni Erdmann,” the Oscar-nominated 2016 comedy that made him an international star, but he had long been...

Mary Turner Pattiz, Rock D.J. During FM’s Heyday, Dies at 76

She was known as “the Burner” for her seductive delivery, but off the air she was anything but a wild rock ’n’ roller. She later...

Slava Zaitsev, Enduring Soviet-Era Fashion Designer, Dies at 85

He gave color, sparkle and opulence to a generation raised in drab Soviet gray and designed for pop stars, Olympic athletes, politicians and ballerinas.

Judith Miller, ‘Antiques Roadshow’ Mainstay, Is Dead at 71

Known for her many guidebooks, she helped determine what was trash and what was treasure on the BBC series that inspired the American show.

Alexandra Auder, Daughter of Viva, Tells Her Story in a New Memoir

After an unruly childhood in the Chelsea Hotel and online fame as a yoga parodist, Alexandra Auder writes an ode to bohemian Manhattan and her...

Loren Cameron, 63, Dies; His Camera Brought Transgender Men to Light

Mr. Cameron’s groundbreaking portraits of himself and others, collected in his book, “Body Alchemy,” inspired a generation of transgender people.

Hedda Kleinfeld Schachter Dies at 99; Built an Empire of Tulle and Satin

With her husband, Jack, she expanded I. Kleinfeld & Son into a bridal superstore that became a New York City institution.

Lucinda Williams Tells Her Secrets

The singer-songwriter reveals herself in a memoir that captures her adventures with charming rogues, puzzled music executives and her own demons.

Suzanne Rheinstein, Designer of Classic American Interiors, Dies at 77

Her clients were not celebrities but developers, Hollywood executives and philanthropists like herself, working behind the scenes in Los Angeles and elsewhere.

Walter Cole, Who Dazzled as Darcelle, the World’s Oldest Drag Performer, Dies at 92

He turned a run-down tavern into a drag cabaret that became a hub and a fund-raising powerhouse for the L.G.B.T.Q. community as well as a...