Sam McDowell, Pitching Ace Who Battled Addiction #obitpix #sammcdowell #baseball #clevelandindians #pitcher

Cheikh Hamidou Kane, Author of Seminal Anticolonial Novel #obitpix #cheikhhamidoukane #writer #inkwash #portrait

Jim Bakker, Television Preacher Felled by Sex and Financial Scandals #obitpix #jimbakker #tvevangelist #brushdrawing #illustration

Peppino Mazzullo (Mr. Mazzullo in the 1970s with Topo Gigio and the puppet’s designer, Maria Perego), Voice of Topo Gigio For Decades #obitpix #peppinomazzullo #italian #actor #penandinkdrawings

Lucien Lazare, Jewish Resistance Fighter in Occupied France #obitpix #lucienlazare #historian #teacher #brushdrawing

The Mighty Sparrow, Trinidadian Titan of Calypso #obitpix #themightysparrow #calypo #brushdrawing #illustration

Chuck Varga, Husband of My Friend Bambi and Cofounder of GWAR #obitpix #chuckvarga #gwar #watercolourpainting #illustration

Bob Pettit, N.B.A. Great for the Hawks #obitpix #bobpettit #basketball #nba #brushdrawing

Byron Sher, Early Environmental Warrior in California #obitpix #byronsher #environmentprotection #lawmaker #brushdrawing

Victor Miller, Screenwriter for ‘Friday the 13th’ #obitpix #victormiller #screenwriter #fridaythe13th #brushdrawing

Judy Gumbo, Who Found Freedom as a Yippie #obitpix #judygumbo #yippie #brushdrawing #illustration

P.C. Vey, Long-Time New Yorker Cartoonist #obitpix #pcvey #thenewyorker #nationallampoon #brushdrawing

Catherine Ringer, French Pop Icon of Eclectic Style #obitpix #catherineringer #lesritamitsouko #brushdrawing #watercolor

Bob Mackie, Designer Who ‘Dressed Every Spangly Woman in Show Business’ #obitpix #bobmackie #costumedesigner #fashionsesigner #brushdrawing

Elaine Mokhtefi (with Eldridge Cleaver, a leader of the Black Panther Party, at the National Liberation Front headquarters in Algiers in 1969), American Witness to Algeria’s Revolution #obitpix #elainemokhtefi #journalist #brushdrawing #illustration

Oliver Jones, ‘Greatest Living Jazz Musician in Canada’ #obitpix #oliverjones #jazz #pianist #brushdrawing

Joseph Rice (center), Lowcountry Lawyer Who Took On Big Tobacco #obitpix #josephrice #lawyer #penandinkdrawing #watercolor

Annie Dillard, Meditative Author of ‘Pilgrim at Tinker Creek’ #obitpix #anniedillard #writer #brushdrawing #illustration

Gregor Benko (right, in 1976, with John Steinway, vice president of the piano company Steinway & Sons, left, and Anton Hofmann, a son of the pianist Josef Hofmann), Who Resurrected a Vanished Musical World #obitpix #gregorbenko #pianohistory #penandink #drawing

Peter Max, Trippy Artist of Counterculture Era and Beyond #obitpix #petermax #artist #watercolor #painting