Actress Debbie Reynolds dies a day after daughter Carrie Fisher Reynolds, who launched a decades-long career in the film "Singin' in the Rain," was married to the popular Jewish singer Eddie Fisher.
Chicago filmmaker, activist David Steiner dies in Uganda bus crash He was active in Ameinu and Americans for Peace now, and was studying to be a rabbi.
Astronomer Vera Rubin, who helped find evidence of dark matter, dies at 88 National Geographic called Rubin a "gifted scientist as well as a nurturing mentor and an inspiration to those still working their way up the academic ladder."