As a young mime, Annie Stainer performed with David Bowie. She later became a powerful solo artist in her own right, creating a dance trilogy steeped in myth and feminine archetypes. She had died at 79. nyti.ms/45UKj4f

With fire-breathing robots and death-defying school-bus stunts, Humpy Wheeler brought spectacle to stock-car racing as the sport boomed in the 1970s and beyond. nyti.ms/45vwUka

“You’re either corrupt or ignorant, and it doesn’t matter which,” he once told the Manhattan district attorney. nyti.ms/3JwfVpe

Sheila R. Canby, a leading authority on Middle Eastern art who curated a humanizing portrait of Islam through its cultural treasures at the Metropolitan Museum in New York, has died at 76. nyti.ms/4oS38xD

Michael Lewis, one of the many authors Mr. Lawrence nurtured at W.W. Norton & Company, said he had “the storytelling equivalent of perfect pitch.” He added, “When I sit down to write, the only voice I hear in my head is Star’s.” nyti.ms/4lKzqbc

Starling Lawrence, a courtly pencil-wielding editor whose keen eye for riveting narratives transformed Michael Lewis, Patrick O’Brian, Sebastian Junger and many others into best-selling authors, has died at 82. nyti.ms/41ODZtK

Lionel Taylor, the first wide receiver in the National or American Football League to catch 100 passes in a season, has died at 89. nyti.ms/4mQUJsu

“We had to negotiate and perform on the most terrifyingly high ladders and scaffolding. At one point someone actually believed I was a mechanical doll who was operated by remote control!” nyti.ms/3Jtk8tP

Ozzie Rodriguez, an actor, director and playwright who carved out a unique role in the avant-garde theater world by maintaining a vast public archive of costumes, scripts and props for La MaMa Experimental Theater Club in Manhattan, has died at 81. nyti.ms/464cMpj

Tiébilé Dramé, an outspoken former foreign minister of Mali who was also a founder of an opposition political party, has died at 70. nyti.ms/4oXCIuw

Ron Turcotte, a champion jockey who made racing history when he piloted the great Secretariat to resounding victories in all three Triple Crown races in 1973, has died at 84. nyti.ms/4oQjeHU

Starting with “That Smell” in 1966, he wrote with stark power about themes of repression in the Egyptian police state. nyti.ms/466ovnn

Humpy Wheeler, who ran the fabled Charlotte Motor Speedway for more than three decades, became known as the P.T. Barnum of motorsports for staging three-ring circuses and mock army battles before races. He has died at 86. nyti.ms/45Ppqaq

Theodore H. Friedman, a negligence lawyer whose ferocious advocacy ground opponents down, and who was disbarred for unethical conduct — but who won back his law license 16 years later by advocating just as ferociously for himself — has died at 94. nyti.ms/3HLUVKC

James Dobson, the evangelical Christian broadcaster who waged war on homosexuality and championed “family values” in a long crusade that made him one of the nation’s most influential leaders of the religious right, has died at 89. nyti.ms/45xDwP0

Joe Hickerson, who as a singer and songwriter and the lead archivist for folk music at the Library of Congress for over 25 years helped expand and preserve America’s trove of field songs, sea shanties and other traditional tunes, has died at 89. nyti.ms/4oUpluW

Rainer Weiss shared the Nobel Prize in Physics for his work on gravitational waves, which helped confirm Einstein’s general theory of relativity and how the universe began. nyti.ms/4lHNfqF

Lionel Taylor, an early star of the American Football League, caught 100 passes for the Denver Broncos in 1961, a record in both the A.F.L. and the older N.F.L. He later became the first Black offensive coordinator in the N.F.L. nyti.ms/4niXbs7

Tiébilé Dramé, an outspoken former foreign minister of Mali who was also a founder of an opposition political party, has died at 70. nyti.ms/4lJI9du

With fire-breathing robots and death-defying school-bus stunts, Humpy Wheeler brought spectacle to stock-car racing as the sport boomed in the 1970s and beyond. nyti.ms/45NdTIJ