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A former refugee from Nazi-held Austria, he fought successfully in New York for gay marriage, legalizing marijuana and, in a signal moment, abortion rights.
An accomplished painter (and memoirist) in her own right, she was long his lover until she did what no other mistress of his had ever done: She walked out.
A sociologist, he advised U.S. presidents and other Western leaders while fathering communitarianism, a political middle ground between the left and the right.