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Paul Alexander, who died at 78, was paralyzed with polio at age 6 and relied on the machine to breathe. Still, he was able to earn a law degree, write a book and, late in life, build a following on TikTok.

His popular manga inspired numerous television, film and video game adaptations, reaching fans far beyond Japan’s borders.

She endured horrors as a captured member of the French Resistance, and to ensure that her story, too, would survive, she depicted them years later in a series of stark paintings.

Ms. Charlot’s creation merged seamlessly with the carefree youth culture of the 1950s, becoming visual shorthand for the entire decade.

She came to fame in the fashion world in her 80s and 90s, and her wildly eclectic closet of clothes formed a hit exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

A featured player on ‘Hee Haw’ and a member of the famed Stoneman Family, she was the first woman to play modern bluegrass banjo on a phonograph record.

The fourth Baron Rothschild, he left the family banking dynasty to start his own company, becoming a powerful financier, patron of the arts and philanthropist.

Known as “Peetah,” he and other children of the singer Denroy Morgan formed the group Morgan Heritage in the 1990s.

Born with H.I.V. in 1984, she began raising awareness on television when she was 6 years old.

He became wealthy working as a hairdresser in New York, then used his funds to free enslaved people, build churches and house orphans of color.

He popularized the term “institutional racism" and, with Stokely Carmichael, wrote a book in 1967 that was seen as a radical manifesto.

He collaborated on a textbook so unsparing in its review of the state’s grim past that it was barred from schools almost as soon as it appeared.

A bakery manager in Michigan, he worked with Kellogg’s to create the snack in 1964. It became a timeless American classic.

A former gas station owner, he was learning to read the Bible in its original languages when he changed course and started what became an artisanal-grains powerhouse.

He was “the voice we woke up to” for a quarter century, delivering news and interviews in a rich baritone that reached millions of listeners.

The Continental Baths, which he opened in 1968, became a pivot point in Manhattan’s gay history and a launchpad for a young Bette Midler.

A self-described voice of “the doomed, the damned, the weird,” he was known for satirical songs like “Elvis Is Everywhere” and “Destroy All Lawyers.”

Known by his nickname, Family Man, he was the group’s musical director, crafting the hypnotic rhythms and melodies that elevated reggae to global acclaim.

He was half of the twin-guitar attack that drove the influential Detroit band’s live performances and helped set the stage for punk rock.

A former pro linebacker, he had a long acting career that reached beyond the boxing ring, appearing in action films, comedies and TV dramas and earning an Emmy nomination.

Bruce Springsteen has long said that his mother was among his greatest influences and credited her with encouraging his musical ambitions.

Adele Springsteen bought her son, Bruce, his first electric guitar and encouraged him to get up and dance. She died on Wednesday at 98.

“She was my savior,” Mr. Wilson, the Beach Boys visionary, said of his wife of 28 years. Their relationship was portrayed in the 2014 film “Love & Mercy.”