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 [...]

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 [...]