Trip Gabriel

He was the first Black officer to lead a Marine Corps infantry company into combat. He later became an Alabama state lawmaker and an assistant secretary of the Air Force.

After an academic career spent in near obscurity, he became an internet phenomenon during the pandemic by uploading talks he had given three decades earlier.

He found success on the rugby pitch and in boardrooms, building a media empire and boosting Heinz’s profits. He declared bankruptcy after his ventures buckled in the global financial crisis.

His clients included antiwar protesters and Black Panthers. His practice “not only defended needy people, it propelled social movements,” a colleague said.

His photograph of five young people lounging on the Brooklyn waterfront as smoke engulfed Manhattan mesmerized viewers...

Most record companies didn’t think “The First Family,” which he and his writing partner created, was a good idea. It went on to become the fastest-selling album of the pre-Beatles era.

As a counselor, he embraced an alternative to “zero tolerance” disciplinary policies that are disproportionately meted out to Black students.

Covering notorious trials, she offered readers an unvarnished view of the sordid side of celebrity, told through many of the country’s most riveting legal dramas.

His book, “American Ramble,” lyrically recounted a 330-mile trek from Washington, D.C., to New York City while he was in remission from cancer.

When he and his wife opened the Beginning With Children school in Brooklyn to offer more educational opportunities to children, they set off a national trend.