Deaths of note from around the world:

Michael B. Katz, 75: Influential historian and social theorist who challenged the prevailing view in the 1980s and ’90s that poverty stemmed from the bad habits of the poor, marshaling the case that its deeper roots lay in the actions of the powerful. Died Aug. 23 in Philadelphia.

Andrew V. McLaglen, 94: British-born director whose work in American Westerns on television and in the movies starred such notable screen cowpokes, gunslingers and lawmen as John Wayne, Clint Eastwood, James Arness and James Stewart. Died Saturday at his home on Friday in Harbor, Washington.

Charles Bowden, 69: Author and journalist acclaimed for his vivid, unsparing and often lyrical portrayals of life in the Southwest, particularly the brutality on the border between the United States and Mexico. Died Saturday in Las Cruces, New Mexico.

— From wire reports