Deaths Elsewhere

Published 12:00 am Sunday, March 4, 2018

Deaths of note from around the world:

Charles Wilson, 88: Pioneering and virtuosic San Francisco neurosurgeon who used operating rooms like stages, sometimes performing as many as eight surgeries a day, all while building a leading brain tumor research center. Died Feb. 24 at a nursing home in Greenbrae, California, of a heart problem.

Barbara Lekberg, 92: Sculptor who infused her welded-metal works with motion and grace in a career that spanned more than 60 years. Died Feb. 14 of Alzheimer’s disease at a nursing home in the Bronx.

Richard Weinstein, 85: Architect who helped redefine urban planning in New York and Los Angeles by coupling private profit with public benefit to make cities more livable. Died Feb. 24 of Parkison’s disease complications in Santa Monica, California.

— From wire reports