M. Scott Peck, the psychiatrist and author whose best-selling book "The Road Less Traveled" offered millions of readers an inspirational prescription of self-discipline, died on Sunday at his home in Warren, Conn. He was 69.

World famous Nazi hunter Simon Wiesenthal died early Tuesday at the age of 96 due to multiple internal organ failure at his Viennese home, the Vienna Jewish Community said.

Robert W. Funk, founder of the controversial Jesus Seminar, which called into question New Testament miracle stories and the authenticity of many of the statements attributed to Jesus, died Saturday at his home in Santa Rosa. He was 79.

Bhakti Tirtha Swami, a Clevelander who became a world leader in the International Society of Krishna Consciousness, died June 27 at Gita Nagari, a spiritual farm community in Port Royal, Pa. He was 55. He had been diagnosed with melanoma cancer last year.

Tyndale House Publishers founder Kenneth N. Taylor, whose translation of the King James version of the Bible into simple, conversational language became the nation's best-selling book from 1971 to 1974, died Friday at his Wheaton home. He was 88.

About 300 people saw Neal Frisby off to eternity in a funeral in which the evangelist, who died recently at age 71, was hailed as a miracle worker and man of God.

Santa Rosa teacher was known for his scholarly work on Jesus

Billy James Hargis, who died on Saturday aged 79, founded an interdenominational movement called the Christian Crusade and built up a huge broadcasting empire with outspoken attacks on Communism; but he distinguished himself by becoming the first American television evangelist to be brought down by allegations of sexual misconduct.

Influential sociologist who offered new and enduring insights into sects and religions

Bryan Wilson, who has died aged 78, was one of the world's leading sociologists of religion; his scholarly interests ranged over many fields, and his studies of secularisation and religious sects have already become classics.

Betty Hill, whose tale of being abducted by aliens launched her to fame and became the subject of a best-selling book and television movie, has died. She was 85.

LONDON - John Maynard Smith, a leading evolutionary biologist widely credited with taking the radical step of applying game theory to the subject, has died at the age of 84.

WATERTOWN, Wis. (AP) -- Theologian Carl F.H. Henry, the first editor of Christianity Today and a leading voice in the evangelical movement, has died. He was 90.

REDDING, Calif., Nov. 29 — Florence Curl Jones, a renowned Native American healer and the spiritual leader of the Winnemem band of Wintu Indians in Shasta County, died at home last Saturday, according to the Shasta County Coroner's office. She was 95.

Margaret Thaler Singer, one of the world’s leading experts on cults and brainwashing – who served as an expert witness in numerous high-profile court cases, including testifying for the defense in the 1976 bank-robbery trial of kidnapped newspaper heiress Patricia Hearst – has died. She was 82.

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