He learned to dance expressively long after his legs were amputated. A premier disabled performer on stages around the world, he opened the 2012 London Paralympics.
Author: RICHARD SANDOMIR
Ken Robinson, Who Preached Creativity in Teaching, Dies at 70
Dance, he said, is just as important as math. He was knighted for his work, and his TED Talk on schools and the arts was the most viewed of all time.
Larry Pardey, Mariner Who Sailed the World Engineless, Dies at 80
With his wife, Lin, he circumnavigated the world twice on wooden boats he had built. And they always took their time.
Paul Farnes, Last R.A.F. Ace of Battle of Britain, Dies at 101
He was one of the last of “The Few,” the Royal Air Force airmen who defended Britain against the powerful Luftwaffe.
George Sakheim, Interpreter at Nuremberg Trials, Dies at 96
A German refugee, he translated during the interrogations of Nazi leaders like Hermann Göring and Rudolf Höss, the commandant at Auschwitz.
Jake Burton Carpenter, Who Ushered in Snowboarding as a Sport, Dies at 65
After his fascination with the Snurfer, a crude version of a snowboard created in the 1960s, he built the first successful snowboard company.
Marcelle Ninio, Spy for Israel Imprisoned in Egypt, Dies at 89
She was the only woman in an espionage ring of about a dozen Egyptians that engineered bombings. Their mission did not go well.
John Mbiti, 87, Dies; Punctured Myths About African Religions
A theologian and an Anglican priest, he argued that traditional African religions deserved the same respect as Christianity, Islam, Judaism and Buddhism.
Frederic Pryor, Player in ‘Bridge of Spies’ Case, Dies at 86
Arrested and jailed on an espionage charge in East Berlin in 1961, Mr. Pryor, an economics student, became part of a famous prisoner exchange.
Sogyal Rinpoche Dies; Tibetan Buddhist Lama Felled by Abuse Accusations
A friend of the Dalai Lama’s, he wrote a popular book about life, death and the afterlife that updated “The Tibetan Book of the Dead.”