Obituaries

Robert "Bob" Moses led Black voter registration drives in the South during the 1964 Freedom Summer effort and later, founded a math training program to educate students in underfunded public schools. Rogelio V. Solis/AP hide caption

Robert "Bob" Moses, who was an organizer for the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) questions about Freedom Summer in 1964, during a national youth summit hosted by the Smithsonian in Jackson, Miss. Rogelio V. Solis/AP hide caption

Vocalist and violinist Robert E. "Robby" Steinhardt, pictured at the 30th Santa Barbara International Film Festival Montecito Award ceremony in 2015, died on Saturday because of complications from pancreatitis. He was 71. Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP hide caption

Gloria Richardson, then the head of the Cambridge Nonviolent Action Committee, pushes a National Guardsman's bayonet aside as she moves among a crowd of African Americans to convince them to disperse in Cambridge, Md., in 1963. Richardson, whose determination not to back down while protesting racial inequality, died Thursday in New York, according to her family. She was 99. AP hide caption

Biz Markie, in an undated photo from the early years. Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images hide caption

Esther Bejarano, who survived former Nazi concentration camp Auschwitz, performs a hip-hop song during an Auschwitz-Committee event to commemorate the liberation of Auschwitz in 2010 in Hamburg, Germany. Heribert Proepper/AP hide caption

Writer and director Robert Downey Sr.'s anti-establishment ethos and experimental streak would go on to influence a new generation of filmmakers, including directors like Paul Thomas Anderson and Jim Jarmusch. Bob Peterson/Getty Images hide caption

Veteran Bollywood actor Dilip Kumar, shown here in 2008, died Wednesday in a Mumbai hospital after a prolonged illness. He was 98. Gurinder Osan/AP hide caption

The late Armenian composer and musician Jivan Gasparyan, performing in New York in 1994. Jack Vartoogian/Getty Images hide caption

Composer Louis Andriessen Francesca Patella/Nonesuch Records hide caption

Former Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld, pictured in February 2011, has died, his family announced on Wednesday. Mark Wilson/Getty Images hide caption

Delia Fiallo in her home in 2018. The Cuban writer moved to Miami with her family in 1966. Leila Macor/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

A memorial near the Champlain Towers South disaster site holds photos of missing persons in Surfside, Fla. Gerald Herbert/AP hide caption

Shoppers browse at a Williams Sonoma in Chicago, Ill., on May 22, 2003. Scott Olson/Getty Images hide caption

In this Dec. 15, 2013, file photo, former Indian athlete Milkha Singh, with, and Bollywood actor Bipasha Basu waves to the participants during the Delhi Half Marathon in New Delhi, India. Tsering Topgyal/AP hide caption

Actress Lisa Banes attends the opening night gala world premiere of Gone Girl during the 52nd New York Film Festival in 2014. The Gone Girl and Cocktail actor has died after being injured in a hit-and-run accident in New York. Evan Agostini/Invision/AP hide caption

Actor Ned Beatty, shown here in 2003, died on Sunday. He was 83. Gino Domenico/AP hide caption