Lennart Bergelin, 83, who captained Sweden to its first Davis Cup title; Nov. 4, in Stockholm, of heart failure.
Jheryl Busby, 59, former president and chief executive of Motown Records who helped foster the careers of Boyz II Men and Johnny Gill; Nov. 4, in Malibu, Calif., either an accident or natural causes.
Michael Crichton, 66, best-selling author who made scientific research terrifying and irresistible in such thrillers as “Jurassic Park,” “Timeline” and “The Andromeda Strain”; Nov. 4, of cancer.
Madelyn Payne Dunham, 86, Barack Obama’s grandmother, whose personality and bearing shaped much of the life of the president-elect; Nov. 2, in Honolulu, after a battle with cancer.
Rodney Roemer, 81, founder of the X-ray, nuclear medicine and MRI technology programs at Triton College; Nov. 1, in Naperville, of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or Lou Gehrig’s disease.
William Stall, 71, Pulitzer Prize-winning Los Angeles Times journalist and former press secretary to California Gov. Jerry Brown; Nov. 2, in Sacramento, of pulmonary disease complications.
Cecil Stoughton, 88, White House photographer who shot the iconic image of Lyndon Johnson taking the oath of office aboard Air Force One; Nov. 3, in Merritt Island, Fla.
Yma Sumac, 86, Peruvian-born soprano who wowed international audiences in the 1950s with her stunning 4 1/2 -octave vocal range and later became a cult heroine; Nov. 1, in Los Angeles, of cancer.
