Joel Brinkley, a Times Washington and Mideast Reporter, Dies at 61

Mr. Brinkley won a Pulitzer Prize for The Louisville Journal-Courier and had an admired career as a correspondent for The New York Times.

    



Bill McLaughlin, CBS News Correspondent, Dies at 76

In a 27-year television career, he covered the shooting of Pope John Paul II and conflicts in the Middle East and Vietnam, among other pivotal events.

    



Matthew Power, Wide-Roving Journalist, Dies at 39

Mr. Power, who wrote for Harper’s Magazine, GQ and The New York Times, was on assignment in Uganda when he was overcome by the heat.

    

Bill Adler, Author, Editor and Compiler, Dies at 84

Mr. Adler collected and published letters children had written to President John F. Kennedy and helped popularize novels written by political, entertainment and sports celebrities.

    



Garrick Utley, a Mainstay at NBC News, Dies at 74

Mr. Utley was one of a rare breed in television news, a full-time foreign correspondent. He reported from some 75 countries in a career that included 30 years at NBC.

    



Bill Thomas, 89, Dies; Editor Guided Los Angeles Times to 9 Pulitzers

Under his leadership, The Times greatly expanded its range, opening six more foreign bureaus and six more domestic ones, often concentrating on big projects.

    



Paul Ash, Who Made Music Store a Chain, Dies at 84

Mr. Ash and his brother, Jerome, developed the music shop their father founded into a chain of 46 stores nationwide.

    



Shirley Temple Black, Hollywood’s Biggest Little Star, Dies at 85

Mrs. Black, who rose to the height of Hollywood stardom as a precocious little girl in the 1930s, returned to the spotlight in the surprising role of a diplomat in the 1960s.

    



Marty Plissner, 87, Is Dead; Led Political Coverage at CBS

Mr. Plissner was a reporter and writer known for his ability to cultivate sources and for a dexterity in covering primaries that contributed to increased competition among television networks.

    



Ralph Kiner, Slugger Who Became a Voice of the Mets, Dies at 91

Kiner led the National League in home runs every year from 1946 to 1952, spent half a century broadcasting Mets games and was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1975.

    



Gloria Leonard, Publisher and Pornography Star, Dies at 73

Ms. Leonard was a pornographic film star, and, later, a publisher of High Society magazine and a spokeswoman for the industry.

    

Thomas M. Sherak, Head of the House of Oscar, Dies at 68

During a three-year term as president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, Mr. Sherak sought younger and more diverse members and began a drive to build a museum of world film.

    



Ed Hookstratten, Lawyer and Agent to Stars, Dies at 83

Mr. Hookstratten was an unapologetically aggressive lawyer and agent for entertainers and sports figures including Elvis Presley, Johnny Carson, Tom Brokaw and the football coach George Allen.

    



Chet Curtis, Half of Married News Team, Dies at 74

Mr. Curtis and his wife and co-anchor on WCVB, Channel 5, Natalie Jacobson, delivered the news nightly to Bostonians for 18 years before they split up.

    



Bill Conlin, Sportswriter Who Quit After Molestation Claims, Dies at 79

Mr. Conlin was honored by Baseball’s Hall of Fame in 2011, the same year a newspaper article detailed several accounts of sexual abuse he was accused of committing.

    



Larry Speakes, Public Face of Reagan Era, Dies at 74

He became the press spokesman for President Reagan after his boss, the press secretary James Brady, was wounded in an attempt on the life of the president.

    



Donald H. Forst, Feisty Newspaper Editor, Dies at 81

Mr. Forst was the former top editor of New York Newsday, The Village Voice and The Boston Herald.

    



Richard N. Cohen, 90, Dies; Was Director of Times Co.

Mr. Cohen, who worked in the insurance industry, was on the board of The New York Times Company from 1960 into the early 1970s.

    

Run Run Shaw, Chinese-Movie Giant of the Kung Fu Genre, Dies at 106

Mr. Shaw and his older brother, Run Me, were movie pioneers in Asia, producing and sometimes directing films like “Five Fingers of Death.”

    

George Goodman, Who Demystified the World of Money, Dies at 83

Mr. Goodman was probably best known as the amiable but intellectually rigorous host of “Adam Smith’s Money World,” seen on PBS from 1984 to 1997.