Deaths of note from around the world:

Skip Lowe, 85: Hosted a weekly celebrity talk show in Los Angeles for more than 35 years in which he persuaded several well-known personalities to appear on the TV program, usually in the twilight of their careers. Died Monday at an assisted living facility in Hollywood.

Guinter Kahn, 80: A South Florida dermatologist credited with helping develop Rogaine, the first baldness remedy recognized by the U.S. Died Sept. 17 at a Miami hospice. His health had been declining since a stroke eight years ago.

Stephen Lorenzetti, 54: Spent his career with the National Park Service and rose to the top executive ranks overseeing a restoration of the Washington Monument as well as planning and construction of the National World War II Memorial and other sites. Died Sept. 21 at a hospital in Rockville, Washington. He was 54.

Christopher Hogwood, 73: Conductor who pioneered the performance of music by 18th-century composers such as Bach and Handel on historically authentic instruments.Died Wednesday at home in Cambridge, England.

Alastair Reid, 88: Scottish-born, insistently peripatetic poet, translator and essayist who wrote of far-flung places (among other things) for The New Yorker over more than half a century. Died Sunday in New York.

George Sluizer, 82: Dutch filmmaker who directed River Phoenix’s last movie, “Dark Blood.”

— From wire reports