Hasta La Creative!

Mr. Grant, long a dominant voice on the airwaves, took advantage of the repeal of the Fairness Doctrine and thrived on the radio despite racist remarks.

Initially making her mark as a secretary at Sports Illustrated who knew horses, Ms. Ryan was among the first women to lead major publications.

Mr. Lujack was a longtime disc jockey whose curmudgeonly attitude influenced current radio personalities like Rush Limbaugh and Howard Stern.

Mr. Brooks’s tenure and prolific output on New York’s first all-news radio station made him one of the most recognized voices on the radio for more than 40 years.

Mr. Goldstein, the publisher of Screw magazine, was first to present sex to his audience without the slightest attempt at classiness or subtlety.

Mr. Camping, who founded the Family Radio network, repeatedly prophesied the date of the apocalypse, and apologized when it turned out to be wrong.

In his 15 years as editor, Mr. Kaplan was credited with making The New York Observer both pertinent and impertinent as it gleefully chronicled the every move and shake of the city’s movers and shakers.

Mrs. Miller, the last surviving child of Walt Disney, co-founded a museum dedicated to the memory of her father as a human being rather than a brand.

Mr. Mitgang, a longtime reporter and editor for The New York Times, told of mountains of F.B.I. and C.I.A. records squirreled away on America’s most well-known writers.

Mr. Kimball successfully sued the federal government after he discovered that secret files had identified him as a national security risk.