Businessman donated millions for the arts

• OBITUARY: Lawyer Richard Tonkin widely admired

  Retired trial lawyer Richard Tonkin garnered the respect and admiration… Full story on Freep.com

• Levi-Strauss' theories altered anthropology

  Paris -- Claude Levi-Strauss, widely considered the father of modern… Full story on DetNews.com

• OBITUARY: Audrey Swann relished joys of being a mother

  The joys of parenting were as numerous as they were… Full story on Freep.com

• Engineer motivated by deep love of sports

  Whether he was coaching his children's teams, playing hockey and… Full story on DetNews.com

• Bill Hoover Sr.: Grosse Pointe teacher had personal touch

  Grosse Pointe --Mechanical things fascinated Bill Hoover Sr., but respect… Full story on DetNews.com

• Sports advocate coached kids

  Tim Doyle was so dedicated to overseeing parks and recreation… Full story on DetNews.com

• OBITUARY: PR expert Frederick Marx focused on clients, family

  Frederick Marx, a metro Detroit public-relations dynamo who co-founded a… Full story on Freep.com

• PR marvel Frederick Marx dies of heart failure

  Frederick Marx, a metro Detroit public relations dynamo who cofounded… Full story on Freep.com

• Fred Marx, of Marx Layne public relations firm, dies at 67

  Farmington Hills -- Fred Marx, co-founding partner of the Marx… Full story on DetNews.com

• Nick Counter, Hollywood studios' negotiator, dies

  LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Nick Counter, a longtime negotiator for Hollywood producers who led the studios through two grueling writers' strikes last year and in 1988, has died. He was 69.... Full story

• Cardiologist and Boston Sci exec Baim dies at 60

  NATICK, Mass (AP) -- Dr. Donald Baim, a renowned cardiologist and medical device executive, died Friday following surgery to treat a form of cancer, his family said in a statement. He was 60.... Full story

• NYC's Village Gate club owner, Art D'Lugoff, dies

  NEW YORK (AP) -- Art D'Lugoff (Duh-LOO'-guhf), who owned the famed Village Gate nightclub in New York City, has died. He was 85.... Full story

• Former Panamanian leader Manuel Solis dies at 91

  PANAMA CITY (AP) -- Manuel Solis, who served briefly as president during Manuel Noriega's military regime, died Friday. He was 91.... Full story

• Czech director Krejca dies at 87

  PRAGUE (AP) -- Otomar Krejca, a renowned theater director in the Czech Republic, has died at the age of 87.... Full story

• Boxing Hall of Famer Lou Filippo dies at 83

  LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Lou Filippo, a World Boxing Hall of Famer who judged 85 world champion fights and had small roles in the "Rocky" movies, has died. He was 83.... Full story

• Founder of San Diego Comic-Con dies at 76

  SAN DIEGO (AP) -- Sheldon Dorf, who founded the world famous Comic-Con International comic book convention, has died. He was 76.... Full story

• Anthropology giant Claude Levi-Strauss dead at 100

  PARIS (AP) -- After weeks crossing the high seas, Claude Levi-Strauss breathed in his first lungful of the New World, a perfume tinged with pepper or tobacco. The sensory awakening was the start of a journey that turned a young Parisian scholar into a founder of modern anthropology.... Full story

• NH WWII pilot who sought his lost wings dies at 90

  CONCORD, N.H. (AP) -- Bernerd Harding, a World War II pilot from New Hampshire who went on a quest to find his buried pilot's wings in Germany 65 years after his B-24 bomber was shot down, died Tuesday at age 90.... Full story

• Spanish intellectual Francisco Ayala dies aged 103

  MADRID (AP) -- Francisco Ayala, a novelist, sociologist and one of Spain's leading scholars, died Tuesday at age 103 after outliving the dictatorship that led him to flee into exile.... Full story