Mary Margaret Truman, a singer, actress, radio and TV personality and mystery novelist, died on Jan. 29. Cause of death was not released. She was 83. The only child of former President Harry S. Truman, Margaret published an autobiography in 1956, a book on White House pets and a biography of her father. But she found a huge audience of readers by writing D.C.-based mysteries. Truman was married to journalist Clifton Daniel, who later became managing editor of The New York Times.

Robert Derrick Henry, an obituary writer for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, died on Jan. 29 of complications from an inoperable tumor. He was 58. Henry was hired in 1985 to be the newspaper's classical music critic. He later covered the religion and nonprofit beats before moving to the obit desk.