Deaths of note from around the world:

Muslum Gurses, 59: Popular Turkish singer nicknamed “Muslum Baba,” or “Papa Muslum,” who recorded more than a dozen albums and was best known for his mournful tunes blending Turkish folk instruments with Arabic melodies. Died of heart failure Sunday at Istanbul’s Memorial Hospital.

Nancy Cooke de Herrera, 90: Pioneering meditation teacher who studied in India in 1968 alongside Mia Farrow and the Beatles and taught the practice for the remainder of her life. Madonna, Sheryl Crow, Judd Apatow and Paula Abdul were among the students who learned Transcendental Meditation techniques at de Herrera’s home in Beverly Hills, Calif. Died Feb. 28.

Marie-Claire Alain, 86: Master French organist and teacher with admirers and distinguished former students around the world whose interpretations of Bach, Francois Couperin and Dieterich Buxtehude — precise yet engaging and colorful — were widely considered authoritative. Died March Feb. 26 in a retirement home in Le Pecq, outside Paris.

Rabbi Menachem Froman, 68: An Israeli settler known for his efforts to promote coexistence between Arabs and Jews, Froman served as the rabbi of the West Bank settlement of Tekoa, had ties to many Palestinian leaders and was an outspoken opponent of attacks by Jewish settlers on mosques. Died Monday after a long illness.

John Wilpers, 93: The last known surviving member of a team of Army intelligence officers who captured the Japanese prime minister, Hideki Tojo, after World War II, foiling his attempted suicide so he could be brought to trial for his role in the attack on Pearl Harbor and other war crimes. Died Thursday in Silver Spring, Md.

Mary Ellen Moore-Richard, 58: A member of the American Indian Movement during the 1970s, she married one of the group’s leaders, Leonard Crow Dog, and gave birth to their first child during AIM’s violent occupation of Wounded Knee, South Dakota, which began in February 1973. She later wrote a well-received memoir, “Lakota Woman,” under the name Mary Crow Dog. Died Feb. 14 in Crystal Lake, Nev.

Roy Brown Jr., 96: Defiantly proud designer of the Ford Edsel, the chrome-encrusted, big-grilled set of wheels that went down as one of the worst flops in automotive history, but that generates deep nostalgia among auto enthusiasts for a bygone era of American motoring. Died Feb. 24 at a hospice in Ann Arbor, Mich., of complications from pneumonia and Parkinson’s disease.