Deaths of note from around the world:

Gary David Goldberg, 68: Television producer and writer who created the sitcom “Family Ties,” which made a star of Michael J. Fox as a briefcase-toting Republican teenager in frequent and affectionate confrontation with his hippie parents; Fox and Goldberg reunited in 1996 for “Spin City,” a sitcom starring the actor as deputy mayor of New York City. Died Saturday in Montecito, Calif., of a brain tumor.

Michael Baigent, 65: Co-author of the 1982 nonfiction book “The Holy Blood and the Holy Grail,” which explores theories that Jesus married Mary Magdalene and had a child; sued author Dan Brown, contending that “The Da Vinci Code” stole his ideas. Died June 17 in Brighton, England.

Rena Price, 97: A reluctant figure at the center of the Los Angeles Watts riots that resulted in the deaths of 34 people in 1965; the arrest of her son put her in the spotlight. Died of natural causes June 10 in Los Angeles.

Stephen Marriott, 54: Eldest son of the founder of the Marriott chain of hotels and once considered an heir to the empire; held the title of executive vice president for culture for years, in which he helped employees with training and job promotion opportunities. Died Sunday after a long battle with a degenerative mitochondrial disease.

Chet Flippo, 69: One of the deans of pop music journalism, whose profiles of artists like Dolly Parton, Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings and Tanya Tucker for Rolling Stone magazine in the 1970s heralded vast new popularity for country music among mainstream audiences in the United States. Died Wednesday in Nashville, Tenn.