Deaths of note from around the world:

Alvin Lee, 68: British rock guitarist and founder of the band Ten Years After, who burst to stardom with a memorable Woodstock performance. Died Wednesday in Spain.

Joseph Frank, 94: Longtime professor of literature whose five-volume biography of the 19th-century Russian novelist Fyodor Dostoevsky is considered a landmark of historical and literary scholarship. Died Feb. 27 at his home in Palo Alto, Calif.

Mohammad Mashayekhi, 99: Iranian educator and university president who was active in efforts to democratize his country’s school system in the years before the Islamic revolution. Died Feb. 14 at his home in Washington.