Milestones

DIED It took five shots to Daniel Driver's head to make Ellie Nesler a national symbol for vigilante justice. She killed Driver at a California hearing where he faced charges of molesting Nesler's son and several other boys. A judge overturned her 10-year sentence after three years served. Nesler later went to prison on drug charges. She was 56.

• Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Duke Ellington and Charlie Parker are just a few of the people Robert Graham honored in his bronze sculptures. Graham would work for years at a time on his pieces, some of which stood upwards of 18 ft. (5 m) high. He possessed an "obsessive focus," said fellow artist Tony Berlant, on the female form, often depicting women as nude or headless statues. He was 70.

• In 1958, trumpeter Freddie Hubbard traveled from Indianapolis to New York City to begin a Grammy-winning jazz career that crisscrossed with those of other legends such as Thelonious Monk and Miles Davis. He was 70.

• Samuel Huntington, a lauded Harvard political-science professor, gained notoriety in the '90s when he argued that cultural and religious differences would cause a "clash of civilizations" throughout the world. He was 81.

• Known for her femme fatale role in the 1945 B movie Detour, Ann Savage acted in a slew of '50s westerns and musicals. Director Guy Maddin coaxed her out of retirement to play his mother in 2008's acclaimed My Winnipeg. She was 87.