Jimmy Caesar; Versatile Nightclub Impersonator

Jimmy Caesar, 63, an impersonator who opened for Milton Berle, Norm Crosby and Bob Hope. Caesar’s impersonations led him across the country, working clubs and showrooms while opening for some of the best in entertainment. Stan Laurel, Boris Karloff and John Wayne were among his long list of his comedic repertoire. Caesar is survived by his wife, three daughters, seven grandchildren, one great-grandchild, five sister and three brothers. Funeral services are pending. On Friday in Las Vegas.

George W. Davis; Oscar-Winning Production Designer

George W. Davis, 84, who won Academy Awards for art direction and set decoration for the films “The Diary of Anne Frank” in 1959 and “The Robe” in 1953. Davis, who was nominated 17 times for an Oscar and twice for an Emmy, began his film career at Warner Bros., according to his family. Services will be held Wednesday at 10 a.m. at Forest Lawn Memorial-Park in Glendale. He is survived by a son and a daughter, five grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren. Memorial donations may be made to the American Film Institute, 2021 N. Western Ave. Los Angeles, 90068. On Oct. 3 in Santa Monica of kidney failure.

Robert Lewis Taylor; Pulitzer-Winning Novelist

Robert Lewis Taylor, 88, a Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist who wrote witty profiles for the New Yorker. Taylor won the Pulitzer Prize in 1959 for “The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters,” a novel about a 14-year-old boy and his father who trek West during the Gold Rush. Working for the New Yorker from 1939 to 1961, Taylor profiled New York City characters from bodybuilder Charles Atlas to the circus ape Gargantua. He zeroed in on curious characteristics and in a few sentences, pinned them down with often wicked precision. Taylor’s most popular biography was “W.C. Fields: His Follies and Fortunes.” Survivors include a son, a daughter and five grandchildren. On Sept. 30 in Southbury, Conn.

Federico Zeri; Art Expert, Getty Museum Trustee

Federico Zeri, 77, a prolific writer who was one of Italy’s most distinguished art critics and historians. An expert in Italian paintings from the 14th to 16th centuries, Zeri was also an art advisor to J. Paul Getty and a trustee of the Getty Museum in Malibu from 1975 to 1984. In 1995, he became the only Italian to be awarded foreign membership in France’s Academy of Fine Arts. No funeral plans have been announced. On Monday in Mentana, outside Rome, of a heart attack.