Angelo Falcon, 66, board member of National Hispanic Media Coalition, died Thursday. He was also on the boards of the National Hispanic Leadership Agenda and the National Latino Council on Alcohol and Tobacco Prevention and was a founding member of the Defend the Honor campaign, a national coalition of Latino organizations and activists that pressured PBS and Ken Burns to include the Latino experience in their World War II documentary series, The War, in 2007. No information on survivors was immediately available.

Byron St. Clair, 93 and a well-known low-power broadcast advocate and past National Translator Association president, died Sunday in Denver of brain cancer. He's credited with helping bring low-power TV and FM to rural areas with little terrestrial service in the West to extend broadcasters' reach, and he headed NTA for 19 years, where at death he was president emeritus. He belonged to various broadcast committees and other groups. St. Clair is survived by wife, daughter, brother and two grandsons. A memorial gathering is being planned for June. Contributions can be made to the St. Clair Memorial Scholarship Fund: afcce.org/scholarships.

James (Jim) Tulley, 51, Sony Electronics vice president and 28-year veteran of the company, died suddenly Saturday at his Algonquin, Illinois, home of undisclosed causes. Tulley began his Sony career in customer service and rose through the ranks to regional manager, director and vice president. Sony Electronics President Mike Fasulo praised Tulley as “a constant inspiration” who will be remembered “for his enthusiasm, optimism, generosity, humor and visionary ideas.” Tulley’s “significant contributions to Sony, our industry and society at large are irreplaceable,” said Fasulo. Tulley’s wife and four children survive.

Wayne Huizenga, 80, onetime Blockbuster Video owner, died of cancer Friday at his Fort Lauderdale home. Huizenga bought Blockbuster in 1987 and helped build it into a $4 billion business with 3,700 stores in 11 countries. He sold Blockbuster to Viacom for $8.5 billion in stock in 1994, and founded AutoNation, from which he retired as chairman at the end of 2002. He also founded Waste Management before buying Blockbuster. “Huizenga's lifelong commitment to our community, his philanthropy and his entrepreneurial spirit ensure that the Huizenga family legacy will live on in South Florida,” said Vincent Viola, owner of the NHL’s Florida Panthers, one of three professional sports franchises Huizenga owned or founded. Survivors include four children.

House Rules Committee ranking member Louise Slaughter, D-N.Y. and 88, died Friday, her office said. Slaughter had fallen at her Washington home last week and in recent days was hospitalized. She was co-chairwoman of the Congressional Arts Caucus and in recent years had taken an interest in music licensing, accessible communications and FCC regulation of wireless mics (see 1609290041, 1701110065, 1705010053 and 1705100057). House Commerce Committee Chairman Greg Walden, R-Ore., was among lawmakers mourning Slaughter’s death.

Ray Baum, 62 and a longtime telecom expert and regulator who was House Commerce Committee staff director, died from complications of prostate cancer Friday at Suburban Hospital in Bethesda, Maryland. He spent "many years fighting cancer" and died surrounded by his family, said committee Chairman Greg Walden, R-Ore. Officials who worked with Baum on Capitol Hill and elsewhere offered condolences, with FCC Chairman Ajit Pai among them. A lawyer, Baum was a longtime Oregon official, including a state legislator and regulator at the Oregon Public Utility Commission, where, Walden noted, "as the lone Republican, he was named" chairman. Baum also worked for the House Communications Subcommittee when Walden was its chair, and in Washington worked for NAB. Baum is survived by his wife, six children and many grandchildren. Funeral is 1 p.m. Feb. 17 in his hometown of La Grande, Oregon, at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints Stake Center.

Paul Otellini, 66, former Intel CEO, died in his sleep Monday, the company said. In eight years at the helm starting in 2005, the chipmaker got Apple's PC business and focused on "security, software and mobile communications." Otellini, a four-time CES keynoter, was "an incredible leader and visionary," said CTA President Gary Shapiro. Otellini is survived by his wife, son and daughter. Other details weren't available.

William Potts, a longtime communications lawyer and past FCBA president, died July 10 at age 87 at home in Glen Echo, Maryland, after a brief illness, according to a death notice. He worked at the Haley, Bader & Potts law firm for many years. Funeral was Monday at Church of the Little Flower in Bethesda, Maryland. Potts is survived by his wife, daughter, three grandchildren and as many great-grandchildren, and a brother and a sister. Donations in Potts' memory can be sent to St. Ann's Center for Children, Youth and Families, 4901 Eastern Ave. NE., Hyattsville, Md. 20782.

Roger Ailes, who helped start Fox News and led it to become a ratings juggernaut before he resigned last summer amid multiple sexual harassment allegations (see 1607210025), died at age 77. Chairman Rupert Murdoch of 21st Century Fox, who took over Fox News Channel after Ailes left, confirmed the death. Earlier Thursday, Fox News reported Ailes died that morning. Ailes is survived by his wife, Elizabeth, and son, Zachary. Other details weren't available.

Roy Stewart, 78, a longtime broadcast regulator, died Monday at Fairfax Hospital, Fairfax, Virginia, according to an announcement, his family and officials at the Fairfax Memorial Funeral Home. After military service, the lawyer joined the FCC in 1965, where he worked in roles including bureau chief until retiring in Dec. 31, 2009, as the No. 2 Media Bureau official (see 0912240140). For decades, he was a go-between for the FCC and broadcasters, answering industry questions and speaking at trade shows and after retirement attending some events, said broadcast lawyers. He is survived by his wife, two daughters and a granddaughter. Friends may call at the funeral home at 9902 Braddock Rd. in Fairfax on Monday noon- 2 p.m., with interment immediately afterward at Fairfax Memorial Park.