Deaths of note from around the world:

James Vaught, 86: Retired Army lieutenant general who was a decorated combat veteran and was best known for leading an unsuccessful attempt to rescue 53 U.S. hostages held in Iran in 1980. Died Sept. 20 in Conway, S.C.

Jutta Levy, 86: Washington wholesale costume jeweler whose childhood diary of her family’s flight from Germany on the eve of the 1938 Kristallnacht pogrom became the basis of a children’s book written by her daughter. Died Sept. 4 at her home in Rockville, Md.

Mario Montez, 78: Performer whose glamour and poise in drag elevated him to the heights of avant-garde theater and cinema in the 1960s and made him a fixture in films by Andy Warhol. Died Sept. 26 in Key West, Fla.