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John Morris, Composer for Mel Brooks’s Films, Dies at 91

Mr. Morris’s long list of movie, theater and television credits included the melodies to the songs “Springtime for Hitler” and “Blazing Saddles.”

Morris J. Kramer, Pioneer in Deal Law, Dies at 71

Mr. Kramer, a longtime partner at the law firm Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, helped revolutionize the mergers and acquisitions business and prodded Skadden to expand overseas.

Hamish Maxwell, Philip Morris Empire Builder, Dies at 87

Mr. Maxwell’s acquisitions helped Philip Morris become a consumer products giant.

Jeannie Morris, Trailblazing Chicago Sportscaster, Dies at 85

She was a rare woman in broadcast sports journalism when she began her career in the late 1960s, but she helped pave the way for the many women who followed.

Jan Morris, Celebrated Writer of Place and History, Is Dead at 94

In more than four dozen books, Morris explored foreign lands, her own Britain and her experience as a transgender woman.

Sylvia Jukes Morris, Biographer of Clare Boothe Luce, Dies at 84

She spent 33 years on the two-volume biography, examining 460,000 items at the Library of Congress that stretched 319 linear feet.

Edmund Morris, Reagan Biographer Who Upset Conventions, Dies at 78

The author of an acclaimed biography of Theodore Roosevelt inserted himself as a fictional narrator in his book on Reagan, a device that some critics scorned.

Robert Morris, 87, Dies; Founding Minimalist Sculptor With Manifold Passions

He pioneered a style of radical simplification and wrote influential essays about it. But he also restlessly went beyond it, taking in performance, earthworks and more.

Notable Deaths 2017: John G. Morris

John Morris, Composer for Mel Brooks’s Films, Dies at 91

Mr. Morris’s long list of movie, theater and television credits included the melodies to the songs “Springtime for Hitler” and “Blazing Saddles.”