Theo Bell, 52, former NFL receiver who won two Super Bowl rings with the Pittsburgh Steelers; June 21, in Tampa, of complications from kidney disease and scleroderma.
Yitzhak Ben-Aharon, 99, Israeli trade union leader and pioneer of the kibbutz movement; May 19, in Kibbutz Givat Haim, Israel.
Manny Cortez, 67, longtime president of the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority who signed off on the marketing slogan “What happens here, stays here”; June 18, in Las Vegas, of a heart attack.
Hubertus Czernin, 50, Austrian journalist whose research helped a woman recover five Gustav Klimt paintings looted from her family by Nazis; June 10, of a rare cell disorder.
Evelyn Dubrow, 95, organized labor’s most prominent lobbyist at the time of its greatest power in her four decades with the nation’s largest apparel union; June 20, in Washington.
Barbara Epstein, 76, founder and co-editor of The New York Review of Books who was involved in editing “The Diary of Anne Frank” early in her career; June 16, in New York, of lung cancer.
Marcus Gumz, 77, Wisconsin farmer who tangled with authorities over land rights and became a perennial political candidate under the slogan “Stick with Gumz”; June 16, in Fairfield, Wis.
Tim Hildebrandt, 67, half of the Hildebrandt Brothers studio, known for its illustrations and posters for “The Lord of the Rings” and “Star Wars”; June 11, in New Brunswick, N.J., of diabetes complications.
Rute Medenis, 84, pediatrician at the University of Illinois at Chicago Medical Center, consultant for the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services; June 15, in Chicago, of a heart attack.
Bill Moffitt, 88, father of tennis star Billie Jean King and former major-league pitcher Randy Moffitt; June 16, in Prescott, Ariz.
Shirley Muehlhausen, 86, founding member of the Elmhurst Symphony Auxiliary and professional soloist; June 17, in Elmhurst.
Charles Herman Older, 88, Los Angeles Superior Court judge who presided over the murder trial of Charles Manson; June 17, in Los Angeles, of complications from a fall.
Vincent Sherman, 99, Warner Bros. filmmaker who directed–and romanced–Bette Davis, Rita Hayworth and Joan Crawford during the 1940s and ’50s; June 18, in Los Angeles.
Claydes Charles Smith, 57, co-founder and lead guitarist of Kool & the Gang; June 20, in Maplewood, N.J., after a long illness.
Richard Stahl, 74, actor whose more than 40-year career stretched from New York theater to film and television comedies such as “Laverne and Shirley”; June 18, in Los Angeles, of Parkinson’s disease.
George Washington, 79, trainer who handled some of boxing’s top names, including Riddick Bowe and Mark Breland; June 11, in New York, of congestive heart failure.
Arthur Wood, 93, Sears, Roebuck & Co. executive who oversaw the completion of the company’s tower in Chicago; June 18, in Lake Forest, of pneumonia complications.
