Jack Kleinsinger, a lawyer by day who in his evening hours indulged his passion for music by creating and running Highlights in Jazz, one of New York’s longest-running concert series, for which he arranged and hosted more than 300 shows over a 50-year run. Mr. Kleinsinger died on June 11 at his home in Manhattan. He was 88. He once said he never intended to leave a legacy. He just wanted to hear good jazz, [...]

Mortimer Matz, a New York public relations impresario who was credited with introducing the raincoat as an essential fashion accessory so that recently arrested defendants could hide their handcuffs from photographers, and who co-founded a gluttonous annual hot dog eating contest to promote Nathans of Coney Island, died on June 26 at his home in Manhattan. He was 100. Sometimes likened to an upscale version of the unsavory press agent Sidney Falco in the 1957 [...]

Richard Greenberg, who won frequent praise for his sharp-witted plays about the manners and mores of urbane New Yorkers, and who received a Tony Award in 2003 for “Take Me Out,” his play about a gay baseball player, died on July 4 in Manhattan. He was 67. Mr. Greenberg rose to theater fame in the 1980s with a string of scripts that delved into the interior lives of young urban professionals (yuppies). In addition to [...]

Alan Bergman, who teamed with his wife, Marilyn, to write lyrics for the Academy Award-winning songs “The Way We Were” and “The Windmills of Your Mind” and for some of televisions most memorable theme songs: The gospel-like themes for the comedy series “Maude” and “Good Times” and the breezy intro to “Alice,” died July 17 at his home in Los Angeles. He was 99. The Bergmans were among the favored lyricists of stars like Frank [...]