Steve Shickles

AP - A German-born businessman who owned a New York winery has died while swimming in the ocean off of Brazil, police said Friday.

AP - Austrian-born author Johannes Mario Simmel, whose books are said to have sold more than 70 million copies worldwide, died in the Swiss town where he lived, a local official said Friday. He was 84.

AP - Ret. Lt. Gen. Willard W. Scott Jr., who was superintendent of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point from 1981 to 1986, has died. He was 82.

AP - Edward D. Cartier, whose illustrations graced “The Shadow” and numerous other science fiction and mystery publications in a career that spanned several decades, has died at 94.

AP - Filmmaker George Butler wants his friends to know he’s very much alive, despite a premature obituary on “The Charlie Rose Show” this week.

AP - A British World War II hero who fought valiantly in North Africa despite severe wounds has died 68 years after he was “posthumously” awarded the nation’s highest combat honor by officials who thought he had been killed.

AP - In an obituary of singer-songwriter Delaney Bramlett, The Associated Press, relying on information from a publicist, reported erroneous information about recordings of the song “Superstar,” which Bramlett co-wrote. The Sonic Youth version of the song was included in a 1994 tribute album to The Carpenters. It was not the most recent recording of the song.

AP - Lark Previn, a daughter of actress Mia Farrow whose sister Soon-Yi Previn was at the center of Farrow’s messy breakup with Woody Allen, has died. She was 35.

AP - Christine Maggiore, an activist who vehemently denied that HIV causes AIDS, declined to take anti-AIDS drugs and sued Los Angeles County for stating that her 3-year-old daughter succumbed to AIDS-related pneumonia, has died. She was 52.

AP - Vincent Ford, a songwriter credited with composing the Bob Marley reggae classic “No Woman, No Cry,” has died in Jamaica. He was 68.