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Peter B. Lewis, 80. The billionaire chairman of Progressive Corp., one of the biggest U.S. auto insurers, and a supporter of the medical use of marijuana. Died Nov. 23 of a heart attack at his home in Coconut Grove, Florida. Robin Leigh-Pemberton, 86. He was Bank of England governor from 1983 to 1993. Died Nov. 24. Matthew Bucksbaum, 87. The co-founder of General Growth Properties Inc., the second-biggest U.S. owner of shopping malls. Died Nov. 24 of respiratory failure. Alfred Feld, 98. The longest-serving employee at Goldman Sachs, who joined the firm in 1933 and rose from office boy to private- wealth manager. Died Nov. 25. Peter W. Kaplan, 59. The former editor of the New York Observer, which under his leadership chronicled the lives of New York’s power elite and ran the column, “Sex and the City,” which inspired a hit television series. Died Nov. 29 of cancer. Paul Walker, 40. A Hollywood actor best-known for appearing in the “Fast and Furious” action movies. Died Nov. 30 of injuries as a passenger involved in a car crash. December Nelson Mandela, 95. The anti-apartheid freedom fighter, who endured 27 years in prison to become South Africa’s first black president, then united the country and won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1993. Died Dec. 5 following a recurring lung infection. Lawrence McCarthy, 49. Before becoming a senior managing director at Cantor Fitzgerald, he worked at Wasserstein Perella & Co., where he advised clients to sell Enron prior to its collapse, and at Lehman Brothers, where he warned colleagues in 2007 that the bank had taken on “far, far too much risk” by betting on the U.S. housing market. Died of an aneurysm on Dec. 11 in New York. HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_013301