Obituaries

A sailor kisses a woman in New York's Times Square to celebrate the end of World War II. The sailor, identified later as George Mendonsa, has died at 95. Victor Jorgensen/AP hide caption

Wallace Broecker, a professor at Columbia University in New York, speaking during the Balzan Prize ceremony in Rome in 2008. Broecker, a climate scientist who popularized the term "global warming," died Monday. Gregorio Borgia/AP hide caption

Bruno Ganz said of his signature role as an angel in Wings of Desire, "In some way I became an angel, and who except me has experienced that in his lifetime?" Andrew Medichini/AP hide caption

Lyndon LaRouche speaks at a press conference in Washington, D.C. in 1988. He ran for president eight times. Joel Richardson/The Washington Post/Getty Images hide caption

In this file photo, U.S. Rep. Walter Jones, R-N.C., stands in front of photos of fallen soldiers along a hallway leading to his office on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. Jones, a once-fervent supporter of the 2003 invasion of Iraq who later became an equally outspoken Republican critic of the war, died Sunday. Andrew Harnik/AP hide caption

Albert Finney as Tom Jones in the 1963 movie Tom Jones. Woodfall/Kobal/REX/Shutterstock hide caption

Mourners transport the flag-draped coffin of Iraqi archaeologist Lamia al-Gailani, seen in the poster, for burial during her funeral procession in the National Museum in Baghdad on Jan. 21. Iraq is mourning the loss of a beloved archaeologist who helped rebuild her country's leading museum in the aftermath of the U.S. invasion in 2003. Khalid Mohammed/AP hide caption

James Ingram is seen at the 2014 Ebony Magazine Power 100 Gala at the Avalon Hollywood. Ingram died at the age of 66. Brian Dowling/Invision/AP hide caption

Joseph Walker, a U.S. Air Force veteran, was honored with a full military burial on Monday. After officials warned that he might be buried without anyone in attendance, a huge crowd responded. Texas General Land Office hide caption

French composer Michel Legrand arrives at the opening ceremony of the 6th Lumiere Festival in 2014. Legrand died Saturday. Laurent Cipriani/AP hide caption

Oliver "Tuku" Mtukudzi during an interview conducted in Jan. 2018. A portrait of his son — Sam Mtukudzi, who died in a 2010 car crash — can be seen over his shoulder. Jekesai Njikizana/AFP/Getty Images hide caption

Jonas Mekas, seen in 2015 in Venice, Italy, where the filmmaker's digital works were exhibited at the same time as the Venice Biennale. Mekas died Wednesday at the age of 96. Awakening/Getty Images for Zuecca Project Space hide caption

Pulitzer Prize-winning author and humorist Baker has died at age 93. His son, Allen Baker, says his father died from complications after a fall. Alex Brandon/AP hide caption

Alfred K. Newman, a Navajo Code Talker, died at age 94. Courtesy of Kevin Newman hide caption