Lehrer, who died July 26, wrote numerous satirical songs, including "Pollution" and "The Vatican Rag." In the latter half of his life, he also taught math at Harvard and MIT.

Over a career that spanned 70 years, Jimenez' playing came to define Tex-Mex music and carried the tradition-drenched conjunto sound all over the world and across genres.

Chicago Cubs legend and Hall of Famer Ryne Sandberg has died after battling cancer. The second baseman was a Cub's fan favorite who earned a reputation as one of the best all-around players in the game.

An influential poet has died at the age of 61. Thomas Sayers Ellis was the founder of a community of Black poets, as well as a musician, photographer and bandleader.

Ryne Sandberg, a Hall of Fame second baseman who became one of baseball's best all-around players while starring for the Chicago Cubs, has died. He was 65.

In the mid-'70s, Jack McAuliffe co-founded the first microbrewery in the U.S. since Prohibition. He died earlier this month at the age of 80.

The songwriter and math professor found a following with his satirical political songs.

An appreciation of Dame Cleo Laine, a jazz singer whose evocative phrasing and four-octave range made her among the most celebrated voices in the world.

London's Sunday Times once called Laine "quite simply the best singer in the world."

With his beard, long hair and brown felt fedora, the jazz flugelhorn player and composer cut an unforgettable figure in American culture.