Paul Joseph Cohen, a leading mathematician known for his work on set theory, has died. He was 72. >>

Amelia S. Haygood, founder of Delos International, a classical music recording company based in Los Angeles, has died. She was 87. >>

Abe Coleman, 101, a Polish-born professional wrestler promoted as the "Hebrew Hercules" and "Jewish Tarzan" and credited in the 1930s with popularizing the dropkick move, likened to a flying kick in the jaw, died Wednesday of kidney failure at a nursing home in Queens, N.Y. >>

Ernest Van Leeuwen, 94, who for the last several years had been the oldest man in the field at the Los Angeles Marathon, died in his sleep Friday at his Encino home, said his wife, Nina. He had a stroke several weeks ago, causing him to miss this year's race, which would have been his 13th. >>

Sylvia Straus Heschel, 94, a concert pianist and widow of the prominent Jewish theologian Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel, died Monday at her home in New York City, her daughter Susannah Heschel said. >>

Chase J. Nielsen, who spent 40 months as a prisoner of war after participating in the daring Doolittle raid that gave a much-needed lift to American morale only four months after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, has died. He was 90. >>

Charlotte L. Winters, the nation's oldest female military veteran, died in her sleep Tuesday at a care facility in Boonsboro, Md. She was 109. >>

Ransom A. Myers, a former government scientist who tried in vain to warn that overfishing would lead to the collapse of Atlantic cod populations and later discovered that 90% of the world's bluefin tuna and other large predatory fish have disappeared, has died. He was 54. >>

Axel Gerhardt Rosin, 99, a former president of the Book-of-the-Month Club, died Tuesday at his New York City home. >>

Orin E. Atkins, 82, who helped turn what is now Ashland Inc. into one of the nation's largest independent oil companies, died Friday at St. Paul University Hospital in Dallas. He had pneumonia. >>

Faustino Oramas, 95, a popular traditional singer and among the last original members of the Buena Vista Social Club, died of cancer Tuesday in Cuba. >>

Physicist Paul C. Lauterbur, who received a 2003 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for giving physicians the ability to look inside the human body without using harmful radiation, died Tuesday at his home in Urbana, Ill. >>

Marshall Rogers, the comic book artist whose landmark work on Batman in the 1970s was celebrated for its bold flair and stylish grace, has died. He was 57. >>

William Panzer, 64, a producer best known for the "Highlander" fantasy films and spinoff television series, died March 18 in Boise, Idaho, after falling while ice skating. The cause of death was an aneurysm, said his wife, Priscilla Panzer. >>

Henson Cargill, 66, whose 1968 hit "Skip a Rope" topped the country charts with its understated take on social problems, died Saturday in Oklahoma after complications from surgery. >>

Tupper Saussy, 70, a Grammy-nominated songwriter who later became a tax protester and spent 10 years as a fugitive, died March 16 of a heart attack at his home in Nashville. >>

Within the Disney empire, Tim Onosko was known as the go-to guy for the future. By often accurately forecasting how technology would alter the entertainment landscape, he developed a reputation as a high-tech soothsayer. >>

NEW YORK — Richard Conway Casey, who was the nation's first blind federal trial judge and presided over high-profile cases including a challenge to abortion law and the Peter Gotti trial, has died. He was 74. >>

Mary Walton McCandlish Livingston, a federal archivist whose testimony before Congress revealed that President Nixon's donated papers were improperly backdated, died March 23 in Alexandria, Va. She was 92 and had Alzheimer's disease. >>

Joel Brodsky, a photographer whose memorable album cover pictures of Jim Morrison, Isaac Hayes, Aretha Franklin and dozens of other performers helped define the visual image of popular music in the 1960s and '70s, died of a heart attack March 1 at his home in Stamford, Conn. He was 67. >>

Jay Zeamer Jr., a World War II bomber pilot who was awarded the Medal of Honor for fighting off enemy attacks during a photographic mapping mission, died Thursday at a nursing home in Boothbay Harbor, Maine. He was 88. >>

Armenian Prime Minister Andranik Margaryan, 55, died of a heart attack at his home in Yerevan on Sunday, depriving the former Soviet state of a senior unifying figure ahead of parliamentary elections. >>

Robert Krakoff, 72, president and chief executive of Nielsen Business Media, died Thursday night at his home in Boston, the company announced, without specifying the cause. >>

Mao Anqing, 84, the only surviving son of China's revolutionary leader Mao Tse-tung, died Friday, the official China News Service reported. It did not give a cause of death. >>

Kirk Osborn, a lead defense attorney in the Duke lacrosse sexual assault case, died early Sunday in Chapel Hill, N.C., after suffering a heart attack Friday. Osborn, who represented Reade Seligmann, one of three Duke lacrosse players charged in the case stemming from a dancer's allegation that she was sexually assaulted at a team party, was 64. >>

The high school dropout found success in many arenas and helped found the L.A. automotive museum that bears his name. >>

Herman Stein, a staff composer at Universal in the 1950s whose best-known credits include horror and science fiction classics such as "Creature From the Black Lagoon" and "The Incredible Shrinking Man," has died. He was 91. >>

As a top-notch Army recruiter, Christopher R. Webb stood out because he had lived his message about serving his country, seeing the world and growing up. His honesty also made him effective — he never claimed that being a soldier would be easy, safe or somewhere other than Iraq. >>

The Defense Department last week identified the following American military personnel killed in Iraq and Kuwait or who died at a military hospital of their injuries: >>

Tom Jones, 62, a former UCLA sprinter who was the 1966 NCAA champion in the 220-yard dash and a longtime college track and field coach, died Wednesday at his home in Gainesville, Fla., after a long battle with cancer, his son Chris said. >>

Marti Sharron, 56, a songwriter and producer who co-wrote a number of award-winning pop songs starting in the 1980s, died March 15. >>

Louis Ziskind, a social worker whose concerns about the treatment of mentally ill patients in the 1950s led him to found an innovative mental-health facility in Los Angeles, died March 9 of natural causes in Los Angeles, his son, Gregg, said. He was 98. >>

Walter Turnbull, who founded the Boys Choir of Harlem in a church basement and led the organization to international acclaim that included performances at the White House and the Vatican, has died. He was 62. >>

Professional drag racer Eric Medlen, who drove 300-mph funny cars, died Friday of head injuries he suffered in a crash during practice this week in Gainesville, Fla., his team said. He was 33. >>

Robert E. Petersen, the publishing magnate who founded Hot Rod and Motor Trend magazines and became a major benefactor of the Petersen Automotive Museum in Los Angeles, died of cancer Friday at age 80. >>

Albert V. Baez, a physicist who did pioneering work with X-rays and who was the father of folk singers Joan Baez and the late Mimi Farina, has died. He was 94. >>

Known for her version of the Christmas classic with Bing Crosby, she got her start by winning a contest promoted by Bob Hope. >>

The two-time Oscar winner was best known for his exquisite black-and-white camera work in British films of the '50s and '60s. >>

When Milton Wexler's ex-wife lurched across a downtown Los Angeles street one day almost 40 years ago, a police officer called out to her, "Aren't you ashamed of drinking so early in the morning?" >>