Trip Gabriel

Considered the founder of molecular epidemiology, he worked with Frederick P. Li to identify a hereditary disorder that increased the risk of developing cancer at a young age.

In reviews and at festivals, he played a key role in introducing English-speaking audiences to directors like Wong Kar-wai, Jia Zhangke and Bong Joon Ho.

As savvy as he could be volatile, he advised Nancy Pelosi and Dianne Feinstein, ran for mayor of San Francisco and bought The San Francisco Examiner.

An author and sportsman, he helped create the game of paintball and wrote the book and movie that made Arnold Schwarzenegger a household name.

Sent away as a baby, she remained loyal to her famous father, translating his poetry while fighting to distinguish his literary legacy from his fascist politics.

After 20 years in the C.I.A., he emerged as an outspoken critic of the agency and as a leader of the election-denial movement in Pennsylvania.

With his brother, he presided over a family empire that includes the world’s largest cane sugar refiner and the Domino and C&H brands.

Known as the dean of American sailing historians, he wrote a chilling firsthand account of a deadly 1979 race and influenced safety standards.

Carlo Borlenghi, who elevated yacht racing photography into an art form, shooting sailboats from startling angles and framing breathtaking compositions of sea and sky, died Aug. 3 in Lecco, Italy. He was 70.

A former executive in the weapons industry, he led the Air Force amid reports of sexual assault at its service academy and a multibillion-dollar procurement scandal.