Rainè Riggs, a neuropsychologist, was married to Levi Sanders, and died of neuroendocrine cancer

Remembering the artists, activists and ordinary folks who answered the call of history, along with the worshipers lost to anti-Jewish violence in US synagogues

Holocaust survivor was key figure in movement that led to end of communism in country and was a harsh critic of current PM Viktor Orban

Even though she was Catholic, with Rhoda Morgenstern, she put a Jewish character front and center on a major network for the first time, later also portraying Golda Meir

Author's rapid rise to become a reigning giant of modern American literature was achieved through command of language and tales of the private lives of the unknown and unwanted

A member of the Foreign Relations Committee, Richard Stone was an adviser on the 1978 Camp David Accords

Japanese diplomat succumbs to cancer after heading IAEA for a decade, sources say, plunging agency into uncertainty at highly sensitive time

Legendary lawyer, hailed as 'greatest district attorney in history of New York,' and model for main character on 'Law and Order,' succumbs to illness 10 days before 100th birthday

Remembered as 'a force of nature who devoted his life to making the world a better place,' was also instrumental in creation of US Holocaust Memorial Museum

Charnin made his Broadway debut playing a Jet in the original 'West Side Story,' before turning to writing; was fiercely protective over his musical hit about the little orphan