Deaths Elsewhere

Published 12:00 am Sunday, July 19, 2015

Deaths of note from around the world:

Van Miller, 87: Voice of the Buffalo Bills from the team’s earliest days in the AFL. Died Friday. He place of death was not reported.

Lezly Ziering, 82: Professional dancer who in midlife set his art on wheels, reinventing himself as a skater, teacher, coach and promoter and achieving the fame of a guru within New York City’s roller-skating subculture. Died Thursday at his home in Manhattan.

Duane Barnes, 55: Michigan International Speedway employee who survived a 2012 explosion and fire at the Daytona 500. Died Tuesday at his home in Addison, Michigan,

Helen F. Holt, 101: Led the federal government’s effort to establish and standardize modern long-term care facilities for the elderly in the pre-Medicare era. Died July 11 at her home in Boca Raton, Florida, from heart failure.

— From wire reports