Donald H. Rumsfeld, Defense Secretary During Iraq War, Is Dead at 88

Mr. Rumsfeld, who served four presidents, oversaw a war that many said should never have been fought. But he said the removal of Saddam Hussein had “created a more stable and secure world.”

Stephen Graubard, 96, Journal Editor and Provocative Historian, Dies

He edited the scholarly journal Daedalus for decades and wrote books on the presidency, sparing neither Kennedy nor Clinton nor the Bushes.

Jacques Barzaghi, a Former Fixture Beside Jerry Brown, Dies at 82

Whether as policy adviser, interior decorator or barber, he was a Zen-like presence in that California politician’s orbit, and always dressed in black.

John Sacret Young, Creative Force Behind ‘China Beach,’ Dies at 75

The series, about a Vietnam War hospital, was just one vehicle for him in his writing career to explore war and its aftershocks.

Diego Cortez, a Scene Shaper in Art and Music, Dies at 74

In ’70s and ’80s New York, he elevated Jean-Michel Basquiat in a huge show he curated. He also helped found the Mudd Club and worked with Laurie Anderson and, later, Patti Smith.

Mike Gravel, Unconventional Two-Term Alaska Senator, Dies at 91

He made headlines by fighting for an oil pipeline and reading the Pentagon Papers aloud. After 25 years of obscurity, he re-emerged with a quixotic presidential campaign.

Paulo Mendes da Rocha, Architect of ‘Concrete Acrobatics,’ Dies at 92

A Pritzker Prize winner, he was known for a muscular style often called Brazilian Brutalism, but he had a lighter touch than that label implies.

Stephen Dunn, Poet Who Celebrated the Ordinary, Dies at 82

His work, one reviewer said, “has an out-of-time quality, like a conversation with your smartest friend during a long-distance road trip.” In 2001 he won the Pulitzer Prize.

Romulo Yanes, Whose Photographs Captured the Beauty of Food, Dies at 62

Best known for his long tenure at Gourmet magazine, he brought a sense of elegant realism to his job and let his delectable subjects take center stage.

Richard J. Meislin, Times Editor and Web Journalism Pioneer, Dies at 68

He was both a computer whiz and an accomplished newsman when he began prodding colleagues and the newspaper itself to begin adapting to the online world.

Leonard Crow Dog, Spiritual Leader at Wounded Knee, Dies at 78

He served time in prison after the 1973 occupation on the Pine Ridge reservation and dedicated his life to preserving the traditions of the Sicangu Lakota.

Benigno S. Aquino III, 61, Former President of the Philippines, Dies

A scion of the country’s most prominent pro-democracy political family, he was celebrated early in his administration for stabilizing the country’s faltering economy.

Consuewella Africa, 67, Dies; Lost Two Daughters in MOVE Siege

One of the girls’ remains from a 1985 police attack are believed to have ended up in a cardboard box for use in a university forensics course, provoking outrage.

Robert Quackenbush, Creator of Animal Detective Stories, Dies at 91

His many characters included Detective Mole, Sherlock Chick and Miss Mallard, a crime-solving duck who got her own television series.

Ei-ichi Negishi, Nobel Prize Winner in Chemistry, Dies at 85

His work in creating a method to build complex organic molecules applied to everything from pharmaceutical manufacturing to electronics.

Mark Peel, Who Helped Forge a New Culinary Path, Dies at 66

A pillar of California’s pioneering food scene, he worked at Spago and was a founder of the renowned Campanile and La Brea Bakery.

Saul B. Cohen, Who Helped Raise CUNY Standards, Dies at 95

As president of Queens College and a state regent, Dr. Cohen, a renowned geographer, brokered a compromise to end the open admissions policy.

Enrique Bolaños, Former President of Nicaragua, Dies at 93

A conservative leader who fought corruption and pushed for economic progress, Mr. Bolaños believed that his country was in a time of crisis.

George Stranahan, Benefactor of Physicists and Bar Flies, Dies at 89

A venturesome millionaire, he forged an only-in-America career in fields ranging from craft beer to free speech activism to scientific research.

Allen Midgette, an Ersatz Andy Warhol, Dies at 82

In a prank, or perhaps a piece of performance art, Mr. Midgette pretended to be the famed artist on a lecture tour in 1967.