Deaths Elsewhere

Published 12:00 am Saturday, December 27, 2014

Deaths of note from around the world:

Joe Macko, 86: Former minor league baseball player who hit 306 home runs in nearly 2,000 games before a long career as a clubhouse manager with the Texas Rangers. Died Friday at an assisted living center in Fort Worth, Texas.

James Edwards, 87: Dentist turned Republican politician whose victory in the 1974 race for governor of South Carolina pivoted the statehouse away from longstanding Democratic control, and who went on to serve as President Ronald Reagan’s first energy secretary. Died Friday in his home in Mount Pleasant, South Carolina.

James Martin, 99: World War II and Korean war veteran who dodged death three times. He was a lieutenant colonel. Died Dec. 18 in Clearwater, Florida.

— From wire reports