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Jerry Wolman, 86. He owned the NFL’s Philadelphia Eagles team from 1963 to 1969. Died Aug. 6. Karen Black, 74. The U.S. actress best known for her performances in “Five Easy Pieces,” “Easy Rider” and “Nashville.” Died Aug. 8 of cancer. Lorraine Lodge, 52. She was a convertible bond specialist during a career in New York and London at Merrill Lynch, ING Barings and Nomura Holdings Inc. Died Aug. 8 of ovarian cancer in New York, where she lived. Lee Quo-wei, 95. The former chairman of Hong Kong’s Hang Seng Bank Ltd. and in 1969 was part of the group that created the Hang Seng Index, the city’s benchmark stock gauge. Died Aug. 10. Eydie Gorme, 84. American pop music singer best known for her 1963 hit “Blame It on the Bossa Nova,” and for nightclub and television performances with her husband, Steve Lawrence. Died Aug. 10. Friso van Oranje, 44. A member of the royal family in the Netherlands, he gave up his place in line for the throne to marry the woman he loved. Died Aug. 12 of complications from brain damage suffered in a skiing accident in February 2012. John H. Laporte, 68. He worked at Baltimore-based T. Rowe Price Group Inc. from 1976 until retiring in 2012 and was named mutual fund manager of the year in 1995. Died Aug. 12 of complications from lymphoma. Louis V. Gerstner III, 41. The son of Louis Gerstner Jr., the former CEO of International Business Machine Corp., and president of the Gerstner Family Foundation. Died Aug. 14 after choking while dining in a New York restaurant. Elmore Leonard, 87. Known as the “Dickens of Detroit,” Leonard was the best-selling author of crime novels and Westerns, many of which were made into movies, including “Get Shorty” and HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_013293