CHERYL DENELLI RIGHTER b. 1957

The donor for a very unusual transplant.

From Marinda Snow RighterCheryl Denelli Righter in Colorado, 1978.

By Robin Marantz Henig

On Feb. 12, while making breakfast, Cheryl Denelli Righter had a massive stroke. She was rushed to the University of

PETER KAPLAN

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In his long career, Peter Kaplan was perhaps best known for the 15 years he spent as editor in chief of The New York Observer.

Meredith Littlejohn b. 1994

This picture was taken just a day after my sister found out that her leukemia had returned. I’ll never forget how devastated she was when she called me from the doctor’s office that Tuesday morning. Few ever have to face such

Toby Shussin Levin , b. 1918

This is our mother on her lunch hour in June 1939. It was taken by a "street photographer" at 5 Nicolette Avenue in Minneapolis. Always stylish, she never ventured out without gloves and hat. She worked as a "movie booker" for 20th Century Fox at the time (she was 20). She married nine years later, raised six children with my father in Marengo, Ill., and worked in our store until she was 94. She died last April. This photo is on permanent file at the Hennepin County Public Library to document the famous commercial street.

The Lives They Loved: Submit Your Memories

We are once again inviting readers to contribute to The Lives They Lived, the magazine’s celebration of people who died in the past year. We would like photographs that illustrate a moment in the life of someone close to you who died in 2013. This is not a place for eulogies or obituaries, but for stories. (View submissions from 2012 and 2011.)

Your submission may run on The New York Times website or in the issue of the magazine that comes out on Dec. 29, 2013. If you would like to be featured in the magazine, it is especially important to provide working contact information and submit a high-resolution image (at least 300k or 300 d.p.i.), and that we receive your submission no later than Dec. 15. Submit by Dec. 27 to be considered for publication in the online feature.

Please understand that we can publish only a selection of all of the submissions.

We appreciate your willingness to share your stories and photos with us

Audrey Chiarello b. 1930

A goofy moment from my grandparents' wedding that perfectly embodies my grandmother's beauty, grace and biting sense of humor. She was a class act through and through, loved deeply by her husband and family. My mom and I both inherited her killer eye-roll and a very low tolerance for anything less than the best.

Chin Yew Loi b. 1927

My grandfather died in October. I'll always remember him as a car man. From selling car spare parts on the back of his bicycle as a teen to racing in the Malaysian Formula One team, cars were always a big part of his life. My fondest memories were driving with him in his big black Volvo that was built like a tank. He would always tell me, this is the safest car in the world, and I believed him. Up till five months before he passed away, he was still driving his favorite car and refused to give up his right to drive, even if it was at a snail's pace — much to the dismay of the Malaysian public. I'm sure that he's still driving around all his beloved cars, somewhere in that great big highway up the