Nathan Silver, an architect whose 1967 book, Lost New York, offered a history lesson about the many buildings that were demolished before the city passed a landmarks preservation law that might have saved them, died on May 19 in London. He was 99. Mr. Silver’s book was a photographic guide to what had vanished over many decades. “While cities must adapt if they are to remain responsive to the needs and wishes of their inhabitants, [...]

Rosalind Fox Solomon, a photographer whose black-and-white portraits shot in the American South, Israel and diverse spots around the globe earned her the admiration of critics and a place in the world’s most prestigious museums, died on June 23 in Manhattan. She was 95. Ms. Fox Solomon came to realize that “something is different about me when I’m taking pictures,” she said. “I connect with something in myself that’s different than when I’m in social [...]

Daniel Abraham, an entrepreneur who turned a tiny family business into a giant that dominated the weight-loss industry with popular brands like Slim-Fast and Dexatrim, died on June 29 in Manhattan. He was 100. Mr. Abraham built his fortune on a pharmaceutical company that his father, a dentist, bought for $5,000 in 1947 after spotting it in an advertisement in the trade publication Drug Store News. He expanded the company into an empire that included [...]

In a long career as a psychoanalyst, Anna Ornstein, who was deported to Auschwitz when she was 17 and experienced unspeakable horror in her youth, embraced a school of psychotherapy that stresses empathy — a belief that all people, even those who seem the most vile, contain a spark of humanity. Dr. Ornstein died on July 2 at her home in Brookline, MA. She was 98. She and her husband, also a Holocaust survivor, emigrated [...]