Lerner was a founding member of NOW and created the nation's first graduate program in women's history
"Last of the Mohicans" star who helped lead the 1973 uprising at Wounded Knee died from throat cancer
He was a life-long liberal who tried to unseat Nixon, "the most corrupt president in history"
The "Green Mile" star passed away after complications from a heart attack Monday morning
Chris Lighty, manager of famous acts such as Mariah Carey, Busta Rhymes and 50 Cent, died on Thursday
"People invited me to parties only because they knew I would supply some laughs," she said in 1965. "They still do"
The British filmmaker launched careers and showcased stars like Robert De Niro, Tom Cruise and Denzel Washington SLIDE SHOW
The NYT's Gore Vidal obit mistakes fascism for Nazism and sleeping for sex
A feminist who crafted old-fashioned romances -- and a famous fake orgasm -- Ephron changed more than the movies
The erudite dean of American film critics -- Pauline Kael's rival and promoter of the "auteur theory" -- dies at 83
Robin Gibb, one-third of the Bee Gees, becomes the second disco-era star to die within a week
With the death of Adam Yauch, music loses a generational touchstone -- and an endlessly irreverent wit
