National Obituaries

Kenneth Sims, a standout at Texas who became the No. 1 overall draft pick in the NFL draft in 1982, has died. He was 65. The University of Texas said Sims died on March 21 at his home.

LONDON (AP) — Former England fast bowler Peter Lever, a member of the triumphant 1970-71 Ashes side, has died at 84. His former Lancashire club made the announcement on Thursday.

HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — Zimbabwe is mourning Geoffrey Nyarota, one of the country’s most prominent journalists best known for exposing government corruption and launching what became the country’s most popular and critical independent newspaper.

TORONTO — Kevan Staples, the co-founder of the groundbreaking avant-garde Toronto rock band Rough Trade, has died at 75 years old.

CHICAGO (AP) — Hank Steinbrecher, who helped revive the U.S. Soccer Federation during a decade in charge as its women's team became the world's dominant power, died Tuesday at his home in Tucson, Arizona. He was 77.

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Han Jong-Hee, a senior Samsung Electronics executive credited with elevating the company's television business, died Tuesday, the company said. He was 63.

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Former U.S. Rep. Mia Love of Utah, a daughter of Haitian immigrants who became the first Black Republican woman elected to Congress, died Sunday. She was 49. Love's family posted news of her death on Love's X account.

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Famously tough All Blacks loose forward Alex (Grizz) Wyllie who went on to coach New Zealand to 25 wins in 29 tests has died. He was 80.

BROOKLINE, Mass. (AP) — Kitty Dukakis, the wife of former Massachusetts governor and Democratic presidential candidate Michael Dukakis, who spoke openly about her struggles with depression and addiction, has died. She was 88.

LONDON (AP) — Oleg Gordievsky, a Soviet KGB officer who helped change the course of the Cold War by covertly passing secrets to Britain, has died. He was 86. Gordievsky died March 4 in England, where he had lived since defecting in 1985.