HELMUT N. FRIEDLAENDER, 95

Collected rare books, manuscripts

Helmut N. Friedlaender, a book-loving lawyer and financial advisor whose quietly assembled collection of early printed books and illuminated manuscripts caused a stir in bibliophilic circles when it went to auction, died Tuesday in Yarmouth, Maine. He was 95 and lived in Manhattan.

AL BURT | 1927-2008

Herald reporter, columnist once shot by U.S. Marines

Al Burt was a legendary reporter who wrote books, won awards and got shot by Marines.

• Sign the guest book for Al Burt

ANDREW J. MCKELVEY, 74

Entrepreneur started Monster.com

Andrew J. McKelvey, a serial entrepreneur who in his early 60s jumped into Internet commerce as the executive who built Monster.com into the leading job recruitment website, died on Thursday at his home in Manhattan. He was 74.

SIDNEY WYNN, 84

Shortstop, warmhearted park worker

After playing in the Negro Leagues, Sidney Wynn brought his love for all sports to Miami-Dade's Park and Recreation Department.

• Sidney Wynn remembered

WILLIAM GIBSON, 94

Playwright wrote `The Miracle Worker'

(AP) -- Playwright William Gibson, whose The Miracle Worker has thrilled audiences for nearly a half-century with the true story of the deaf-blind Helen Keller's rescue from a world of ignorance, has died. He was 94.

BETTY JAMES, 90

Named the Slinky toy

Betty James, who came up with the name Slinky for the stair-walking spring that has delighted children for more than 60 years and who ran the toy company after her husband, the inventor, left it and his family in 1960, died Thursday in Philadelphia. She was 90 and lived in Hollidaysburg, Pa., where the company, James Industries, is located.

RICHARD HICKOX, 60

Emphasized music of fellow Britons

Richard Hickox, a conductor who championed the works of his fellow Britons, recorded prodigiously and was most recently music director of Opera Australia, died Sunday in Wales. He was 60.