Erudite, supple and understated, his analysis was the reverse of hysterical pontificating, even as it noted combustible elements: “energy-hungry powers” such as the United States, China and India buzzing about the oil-rich Middle East and the political and social discontent seething under repressive Arab governments.

She had complications from breast cancer, said her mother, Jane Rager.

No cause of death was reported.

Mr. Lindsey was the beanie-wearing Goober on “The Andy Griffith Show” from 1964 to 1968 and its successor, “Mayberry RFD,” from 1968 to 1971. He played the same jovial character — a service station attendant — and other roles on “Hee Haw” from 1971 until it went out of production in 1992.

He also had an alternate persona.

His death was announced by Dinamo Moscow, his longtime club. The club’s statement said Mr. Vasilyev died of a serious illness but did not elaborate. Other reports said he had heart and kidney ailments.

He had complications from renal failure, said his son Edmund Resor.

The death was confirmed by his son, Peter.

Before World War II, she studied with the Imperial Russian Ballet. She was a dancer with the troupe that would become the Royal Ballet of England. She danced at Austria’s Imperial Palace in Vienna and on other venerable ballet stages.

Physicians who treated the president confirmed to the Associated Press that he died after a heart attack. The government of Malawi issued a statement saying that Mr. Mutharika was pronounced dead at a military hospital in South Africa. Reports from Malawian news media suggested that a succession struggle was imminent.