Obituary

His sinister, surreal vision of America made him a leading counterculture auteur — with movies such as Blue Velvet, Wild at Heart and Mulholland Drive, and the groundbreaking TV series Twin Peaks.

She experienced horror and persecution as a child growing up in Poland, where she was separated from her family and sent to Auschwitz. She wrote a book about her experiences and shared her message of resiliency with thousands of young people.

Every year, we remember some of the writers, actors, musicians, filmmakers and performers who died over the past year, and whose lifetime of creative work helped shape our world.

Bob Fernandez was a 17-year-old sailor on board the USS Curtiss during the Dec. 7, 1941, attack that propelled the U.S. into World War II.

A public visitation and a rosary will take place on Dec. 18th at San Fernando Cathedral. A funeral Mass at the Tobin Center will begin at 2 p.m. on Dec. 19 and will be followed by a celebration of her life.

The poet and activist was a leading figure of the Black Arts Movement. Giovanni was working on her upcoming book of poetry, set to publish in the fall.

Anyone strolling, running or biking down a trail in the San Antonio area can largely thank the man who made building trails a centerpiece of his two terms in the mayor's office, from 1997 to 2001.

His parents, Cruz and Pedro, started their legacy restaurants in 1941 with the purchase of a small, three-table restaurant in Market Square.

A man of second acts, Marcus started Home Depot after getting fired from another retailer. He then became a philanthropist, a Republican megadonor and an evangelist of capitalism.

He was a songwriter, a singer and an actor, known to many Texans for his part in the “outlaw country” movement of the ’70s and ’80s.