Dr. Fontein served from 1975 to 1987 as director of the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston.

Swedish actor Michael Nyqvist, who starred in the original “The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo” films and often played villains in Hollywood movies like “John Wick,” died of lung cancer.

Mr. Burstein’s research into the photoionization of impurities in silicon helped pave the way for the development of silicon semiconductors.

Rabbi Zlotowitz took a small wedding-invitation print shop and turned it into a leading publisher of Orthodox Jewish books.

Mr. Kush compiled a 176-54-1 record while coaching the Sun Devils from 1958 to 1979.

The scholarship of Mr. Leiken, a Harvard graduate, shaped the national debate and policy decisions during Nicaragua’s war of the 1980s.

Mr. Pressman covered major news events, from the 1956 sinking of the Andrea Doria to the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.

Judge Johnson was the first African-American to serve as first justice in Malden.

Dr. Rogoff, of Newton, was also a former Massachusetts Psychiatric Society president.

Mr. Zukofsky grew up to be one of the finest violinists of his time, renowned as an interpreter of contemporary music.

Mr. Nelson conceived of the design for the telescope, which allowed scientists to peer farther into the universe than ever before.

Mr. Fromkin traced the roots of conflict in the Middle East to the creation of unsustainable nations there in the early 1920s.

Nas, who is also from Queens, N.Y., called Prodigy a ‘‘king’’ in an Instagram post.

Mr. Grantham was an original member of the New York Titans franchise, which became the Jets in 1963 after three seasons.

Ms. Ramey was the first redhead to win the Miss America title and the first to be photographed in color.

Mr. DiCicco also led the women’s soccer team to the gold medal at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics.

Mrs. Knatchbull, titled Countess Mountbatten of Burma and known as Lady Patricia, was the elder daughter of the British World War II military leader Lord Louis Mountbatten.

Mr. Dana, from the Boston area, was a comedy writer and performer who achieved stardom in the 1950s and ’60s.

Limone, who won millions in a lawsuit against the FBI, died Monday after a five-year battle with cancer.

Mr. Beal, of Lincoln, taught English for many years at the Rivers School and the Fenn School.

Dr. Wolfe founded one of the country’s first medical practices devoted to ailments incurred in travel.

Mr. Furst played the naive fraternity pledge in the 1978 hit movie.

Ms. Dunmore was a British poet and historical novelist whose widely praised books were known for their gothic plots.

Dr. Sladen’s work on migratory birds of North America was the basis of the 1996 movie “Fly Away Home.”

Mr. Sullivan also spent time as public relations director for the Red Sox and at Suffolk Downs.

Mr. Avildsen also directed “The Karate Kid,” another dark-horse, underdog favorite.

Mr. Kohl reunified Germany after 45 years of Cold War division but ended his political career in disgrace over a party fund-raising scandal.

Mr. Thacker, an electrical engineer, played a central role in some of the most important ideas in personal computing and computer networking.

Mr. Verbruggen oversaw the worldwide spread of a sport often tainted by doping.

Mr. Morgan‘s quest to build flawless fly fishing rods continued long after he was paralyzed by multiple sclerosis.

Ms. Sorrels drew on her own tempestuous life in songs of struggle and heartache that inspired a generation of rising folk musicians.

Mr. Hogan also served a retired Massachusetts District Court judge.

Anita Pallenberg, a model and actress who had children with Keith Richards and served as a muse for The Rolling Stones, has died. She was 75.

The work of Ms. Shiffert, an American, was profoundly influenced by the half-century she spent in Japan.

Mr. Gurney dissected the fading folkways of the Northeast’s traditional white Anglo-Saxon Protestant society, of which he was a member.

Ms. Cosindas was praised for creating rich photos that resembled paintings.

Mr. Cook was widely saluted as the first tenure-track black professor appointed by a predominantly white university in the South since Reconstruction.

Mr. Hanning died a year after he was sentenced to five years in jail as an accessory to 170,000 murders during the time he worked at the camp.

Mr. Lee ran the now-shuttered Korean restaurant in New Orleans, known for operatic waiters and performances by Mr. Lee and other musicians.

Mr. Gordon’s cerebral novels about radical politics challenged readers with biblical parables and ethical dilemmas.

The German-born biochemist and lifelong contrarian’s nearly 50 years of advocacy led to a federal government ban on the use of trans-fatty acids in processed foods.