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Spencer Davis, Whose Band Helped Power the Sound of the ’60s, Dies at 81

Hits like “Gimme Some Lovin’” and “I’m a Man” made the Spencer Davis Group, based in Britain, famous worldwide and launched the career of its lead singer, Steve Winwood.

Elizabeth Spencer, Author of ‘The Light in the Piazza,’ Dies at 98

A writer of novels and short stories, many set in her native South, she was best known for a 1960 novella, set in Italy, that was adapted for film and stage.

In ‘Quick Millions,’ a Young Spencer Tracy Knocks ‘Em Dead

A restoration of the 1931 gangster film is being shown at the Museum of Modern Art in March. And it is as fast as it is flavorsome.

Notable Deaths 2017: Spencer Johnson

Spencer Johnson, ‘Who Moved My Cheese?’ Author, Dies at 78

Mr. Johnson wrote pithy best-sellers, including one about the benefits of embracing change and another defining effective management.

Spencer Hays, Business Magnate and Art Collector, Dies at 80

Mr. Hays, who once worked as a Bible salesman, arranged last year to leave his and his wife’s more than 600 masterwork paintings to France.

Susan Spencer-Wendel, Memoirist About Living and Losing Life, Dies at 47

After learning she had an incurable muscle-wasting disease, she wrote “Until I Say Good-Bye: My Year of Living With Joy” mostly on a smartphone with one thumb.

Spencer Cox, AIDS Activist, Dies at 44

A member of the Treatment Action Group, Mr. Cox helped push antiretroviral drugs forward, leading to the first effective medical protocols to combat AIDS.

Virginia Spencer Carr, Literary Biographer, Dies at 82

Ms. Carr, a literary scholar whose book “The Lonely Hunter” remains the standard biography of Carson McCullers, also wrote about John Dos Passos and Paul Bowles.

Edson W. Spencer, Who Turned Honeywell’s Attention to the Skies, Dies at 85

Mr. Spencer began his career at Honeywell as an aeronautical engineer and ended it with a long tenure at the top, shifting the company away from computers and toward aeronautics.