Amisha Padnani

The series, which recalls the lives of extraordinary people in history whose deaths were not noted by The Times, is seeking your nominations.

She appeared in dozens of movies and television shows in a career of more than 30 years. The police said they believed she died in a drowning accident.

A woman’s identity in the world is more than a one-dimensional story about honorifics.

He was best known for playing a suburban father who lives with a furry alien. But he preferred the stage, and he said he had been “hugely eager” for the show to end.

Woods was the most prolific black inventor at the turn of the 19th century, but when he died, he was all but forgotten, buried in an unmarked grave.

The ragtime master Scott Joplin and the blues singer Gladys Bentley are among many black men and women whose deaths The New York Times overlooked — until now.

Deep under the New York Bay near Brooklyn, there is the start of a tunnel with the potential to change the lives of thousands of New York City commuters. So why hasn’t it happened?

She broke the barrier in 1954, a feat — like women’s distance running in general at the time — that was not recognized by the track and field establishment.

Ms. Williams, who was dyslexic, didn’t read her first novel until she was 23. Then she landed a $1 million contract to write a mystery series.

It all began when I stumbled upon a reference to the woman who introduced tennis to America — and found she had not received a Times obit.