Sam Bixler, a Denver native who lived in Cambridge, Massachusetts, died Feb. 14, 2018, after a struggle with complications of brain trauma caused when he was struck by a car while walking home on the morning of Jan. 13. He was 29.

The pedestrian hit by a car last month – beloved high school history teacher and Cambridge resident Sam Bixler, 29 – died Wednesday after a struggle with the complications of brain trauma.

A celebration of life for Albert J. Gowan – in the words of the organizers, “Designer. Teacher. Writer. Singer. International man of mischief. Player of the long game. Uncle to all” – will be held Feb. 11 at the Massachusetts College of Art and Design in Boston.

The film community in Cambridge and Boston dimmed Monday when Harvard Film Archive programmer David Pendleton, 52, passed away after a long battle with cancer.

Peter Sheinfeld, a longtime election commissioner, has died at 67. In addition to his work on the commission, Sheinfeld was active in the local taxi industry and maintained a weekly AM radio show for nearly four decades.

City officials reported the death of Brian Murphy, assistant city manager for community development and a former city councillor, in a message Thursday.

In place of the traditional black limousine-style hearse, the sendoff for Robert Nelson Wilson used an elegant horse-drawn carriage.

Seth Teller, a neighborhood activist and professor of computer science and engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, died Tuesday.

Judith Ann Lippard (née Drezner), 70, of Cambridge, died Monday evening, Sept. 9, 2013, at the De Rham House after a brave battle with cancer.

Celia Thaxter Hubbard of Cambridge and Brewster, Mass., a painter, nationally respected gallery owner and leading figure in Boston’s art community in the 1960s, died peacefully Monday.