Mr. Banks’s supreme feat of athleticism and agility for England in 1970 became known as the “save of the century.”

Mr. Tomlinson was one of the few performers to star with three major companies — Dance Theater of Harlem, Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, and New York City Ballet.

The tenacious Air Force cost expert was fired after testifying to Congress in 1968 that a new fleet of aircraft had soared $2 billion over budget.

Ms. Lee appeared in many “soundies,” short musical films made in the 1940s to be played on coin-operated jukeboxes.

Dr. Scott was best known for her work “The Southern Lady: From Pedestal to Politics, 1830-1930.”

Mr. Giordano played only 11 games in the major leagues but spent more than seven decades in a variety of baseball roles.

For decades Mrs. Toffler served an essential though anonymous collaborative role alongside her celebrated husband, Alvin.

Mrs. Ballantine was the younger half of a groundbreaking husband-and-wife publishing team which also helped vastly expand the market for science fiction and other genres.

Ms. Levy’s novel “Small Island” won accolades for her story about the Windrush generation of immigrants that came to Britain from the Caribbean.

Dr. Gunderson spent his career at McLean Hospital and Harvard Medical School.

Starting in 1962, Mr. O’Leary was a track coach and physical education teacher at Weymouth and later the former Weymouth North high schools.

Mr. LaRouche built a political organization often likened to a cult and ran for president eight times, once while in prison for mail fraud.

Ms. Reich and her husband helped pioneer the charter school movement in New York City.

Mr. Miller was involved in many projects at his father-in-law’s company between 1957 and 1984, but his time as chief executive was tumultuous and ended with his removal.

Dr. Peck taught at the Harvard School of Dental Medicine, and collected Dutch and Flemish Old Master drawings.

Mr. Mujadidi was Afghanistan’s first president following the withdrawal of Soviet troops and the collapse in 1992 of Kabul’s pro-communist government.

Mrs. Reich helped turn the musicological spotlight on female composers.

Mr. Eigen was credited with helping to reveal the intimate details of chemical reactions that occur within time periods so brief as to seem all but nonexistent.

Mr. Clavijo guided the Revolution to its first playoff victory in the team’s five-year history.

Tomi Ungerer, puckish artist and award-winning children’s writer, dies at 87

Mr. Nanterme’s eight-year run as chief executive greatly increased the company’s value.

Dr. Zigler, a psychologist, advised every president from John F. Kennedy to Barack Obama.

He held Dick Cheney in particular contempt for his role advocating the Iraq invasion.

Mr. Williams, an ‘‘incomparable leader’’ at Vanderbilt, died Friday, hours before his retirement party.

Mr. Yursky, a renowned Russian film and stage actor, has been widely recognized as one of the most talented actors of his generation.

Dr. Munk was sometimes called the “Einstein of the oceans” for his pioneering work in the study of waves, ocean circulation, tides, and irregularities in the Earth’s rotation.

Mr. Wahl’s work over many decades was illustrated by eminent artists like Maurice Sendak, Norman Rockwell, and Edward Gorey.

Ms. Abiodun was charged in the deadly botched robbery of a Brink’s armored truck in 1981 and then spent decades as a fugitive, a hero to would-be revolutionaries and a criminal to many others.

Ms. Siperstein died two days after a law bearing her name went into effect granting New Jerseyans the right to amend the gender on their birth certificates without proof of surgery.

Mr. Young in 1961 presented the first New York concert by a young Bob Dylan.

Mr. Kawamoto interrogated enemy prisoners on islands of the South Pacific and tried to persuade Japanese soldiers holed up in fortified caves to surrender.

The British stage and film actor defined an era’s rage and frustration in dramas of blue-collar realism and social revolt.

Mr. Joyce was a high school dropout and served as a police officer before bringing the chain to prominence.

Mr. Dingell, a Michigan Democrat, pushed landmark legislation and exposed corruption in government.

Mr. Marsh served as a conservative Democratic congressman from Virginia and later became the nation’s longest-serving secretary of the Army.

Mr. Klein met the future King of Rock ‘n’ Roll in high school, and they remained friends until Presley’s death.

Ms. Kay had a strong hand in shaping prizewinning articles and investigative projects and helped conceive “Portraits of Grief,” a celebrated series of remembrances about the victims of the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001.

Mr. Robinson became a racial pioneer as the first black manager in the major leagues, nearly three decades after Jackie Robinson broke modern baseball’s color barrier playing for the Brooklyn Dodgers.

For decades, she was known as the terrorized swimmer in the 1954 cult classic.

Mr. LaPierre was often the first to tell Greater Boston radio listeners about everything from presidential elections to when they could stay home from school on stormy days.

Mr. Nykanen’s personal life was affected by alcohol problems.