Ibrahim Nasir, 82, Maldives President, Is Dead. Mr. Nasir led the Maldives’ movement for independence from the British and became the nation’s first president.

MC Breed, 37, Rapper With Midwest Roots, Is Dead. MC Breed, who began his career in Flint, Mich., was one of the first commercially successful and nationally recognized rappers from the Midwest.

He Relit Broadway: Gerald Schoenfeld Dies at 84. The chairman of the powerful Shubert Organization was one of the most influential figures in American theater.

Francis C. Grevemberg, Gambling Foe, Is Dead at 94. Mr. Grevemberg, a former state police superintendent, led a sledgehammer-swinging crackdown against illegal gambling in Louisiana in the 1950s.

Sandy Ruby, Co-Founder of Tech Hifi, Dies at 67. Mr. Ruby was a mathematician turned entrepreneur who co-founded a business in a dorm room and built it into Tech Hifi, a popular electronics retailer.

William Gibson, Playwright, Dies at 94. Mr. Gibson was a playwright who had a gift for creating strong, popular female characters and wrote “The Miracle Worker.”

Frank Cieciorka, Designer for the Left, Is Dead at 69. Mr. Cieciorka was a graphic artist, art director and watercolorist whose woodcut rendering of a clenched-fist salute was the model for the New Left’s most ubiquitous emblem.

Ennio De Concini, Oscar-Winning Writer, Dies at 84. Mr. De Concini had won an Academy Award for the internationally popular comedy “Divorce — Italian Style,” released in 1961.

Cecil H. Underwood, Record-Setting Governor by Age, Dies at 86. Mr. Underwood was a high school teacher who went on to become both the youngest and later the oldest governor of West Virginia.

Andrew J. McKelvey, 74, Builder of Monster.com, Dies. Mr. McKelvey jumped into Internet commerce as the executive who built Monster.com into the leading job recruitment Web site.

Edwin E. Salpeter, Leader in Astrophysics Study, Dies at 83. Dr. Salpeter was an astrophysicist known for his studies of chain reactions in stars and as a developer of the “Salpeter-Bethe equation” describing how helium changes to carbon.

V. P. Singh, a Leader of India Who Defended Poor, Dies at 77. Mr. Singh was a former prime minister of India who was considered the father of coalition politics there and who stirred controversy by championing the rights of the country’s poorest citizens.

Richard L. Fortman, a Champion at Checkers, Dies at 93. For seven decades Mr. Fortman was considered one of the game’s foremost players, analysts and authors.

Jorn Utzon, 90, Dies; Created Sydney Opera House. Mr. Utzon was an architect who designed one of the world’s most recognizable buildings — the Sydney Opera House — but never saw it finished.

Doris Dungey, Prescient Finance Blogger, Dies at 47. Ms. Dungey wrote under the pseudonym Tanta for Calculated Risk, the finance and economics blog.

H. N. Friedlaender, Bibliophile, Dies at 95. Mr. Friedlaender was a book-loving lawyer and financial adviser whose collection of early printed books caused a stir in bibliophilic circles when it went to auction.

George Docherty, Pastor Who Influenced Pledge, Dies at 97. Mr. Docherty was credited with helping to push Congress to insert the phrase “under God” into the Pledge of Allegiance.

Bill Drake, 71, Dies; Created a Winning Radio Style. Mr. Drake transformed radio programming with a syndicated format that delivered more music, fewer commercials and high-energy “Boss Jocks.”