Deaths Elsewhere

Published 12:00 am Sunday, June 28, 2015

Deaths of note from around the world:

Walter Shawn Browne, 66: An aggressive, animated chess grandmaster and six-time U.S. champion who dazzled spectators with his world-class ability at speed chess. Died Wednesday in Las Vegas, where he had been competing in the 50th National Open.

Red Mascara, 92: New Jersey’s most persistent lobbyist who made a 55-year bid to make a ditty he had written the official song of the state of Sinatra and Springsteen. Died June 20 at his home in Phillipsburg, New Jersey.

— From wire reports