Died August 2013

Author Elmore Leonard, who died a year ago this week at 87, wrote more than 40 books during his prolific career. To honor Leonard, whose characters will never die, we …

Frost is best remembered for his interviews with President Nixon in 1977.

He gained global recognition as Ireland’s greatest poet since William Butler Yeats.

She bought a seat on the New York Stock Exchange in December 1967.

She won a record five Tony Awards for best actress in a play.

She was a popular nightclub and television singer as a solo act and as a team with her husband, Steve Lawrence.

Black often portrayed women who were quirky, troubled or threatened.

She played one of the “sleepy head” kids and wore a flowerpot on her head in the movie.