Deaths of note from around the world:

Vladimir Krutov, 52. One of the Soviet Union’s all-time great ice hockey players and part of the national team’s formidable KLM Line. With Igor Larionov and Sergei Makarov formed one of the most potent scoring lines that hockey has ever seen, and led the Soviet team to gold in the 1984 and 1988 Olympics. Died Wednesday in Moscow. The Russian Hockey Federation did not give a cause of death.

William Lee Miller, 86. Historian and ethicist whose work examined the rocky landscape where religion, morality and American political leadership meet. Taught many years at the University of Virginia. Known for books about the roiling national debate over slavery. Died May 27 in New York City of congestive heart failure.

Prince Tomohito of Mikasa, 66. Cousin of Emperor Akihito of Japan and the eldest son of Prince Mikasa. Sixth in line to the Chrysanthemum Throne. Known for writing books that went beyond norm of Imperial family. Died Wednesday of cancer in Tokyo.