MORBID CURIOSITY: Celebrity Tombstones Across America      |   home January   |   February   |   March   |   April   |   May   |   June   |   July   |   August   |   September   |   October   |   November   |   December January Thursday, 1 January Harold Henning, pro golfer, after a long illness, 69. David Bale, an activist and the husband of feminist writer Gloria Steinem, has died at age 62. Friday, 2 January Etta Moten Barnett, actress ("Flying Down to Rio"), of pancreatic cancer, 102. Paul Hopkins, major-league baseball player (Washington), 99. Saturday, 3 January Rick Van Santen, a co-president of Goldenvoice, a Los Angeles concert promotion company that ushered punk rock from the fringes of the music scene to a wide audience, died Sunday at his home in Ventura County of flu-related complications, his Goldenvoice partner Paul Tollett said. He was 41. Beatrice Winde, a stage and screen actress and director, died January 3, 2004 two days short of her 80th birthday, at her home in New York, according to friends. The cause of death was cancer. The Chicago native, born Beatrice Lucille Williams, graduated from the Chicago Music Conservatory with hopes of pursuing a singing career. She attended Yale School of Music and toured with its "Colored Choir," then came to New York to study at Juilliard. Along the way, she began pursuing acting. Mixing acting and singing talents, Ms. Winde won the Theatre World Award and snagged a 1972 Tony Award nomination for Best Featured Actress in a Musical for Ain't Supposed to Die a Natural Death. In Ain't Supposed to Die she was the woman fervently yelling, "Hey, Doro-thy...!," to her lover, incarcerated somewhere within New York City's Women's House of Detention. In 1997, Ms. Winde co-starred with actors Rip Torn and Shirley Knight in Horton Foote's The Young Man From Atlanta, at Chicago's Goodman Theatre, where she earned a Joseph Jefferson Award. She and the staging transferred to Broadway. In 1997, Ms. Winde received the National Black Theatre's Living Legend Award. Her stage credits include A Lesson Before Dying, Dreaming Emmitt, One Last Look, and performances at Negro Ensemble Company, Manhattan Theatre Club, Signature Theatre, Playwrights Horizons, Frank Silvera Writers' Workshop, Henry Street Settlement, WPA, La Mama, Arena Stage, Long Wharf Theatre, Center Stage, Seattle Repertory Theatre, Capitol Repertory Theatre, McCarter Theatre, American Stage Company, Missouri Repertory Theatre, and elsewhere. Her credits also include many films, such as "Mickey Blue Eyes," "The Hurricane," "Simon Birch," "The Real Blonde," "She's the One," "Lone Star," "Dangerous Minds," and the TV serial "Guiding Light." Her theatre credits as a director include original works by playwrights Gertrude Greenridge, Steve Carter, Ed Bullins at Seattle's Black Arts West; LeBourgeois Gentilhomme at The Family Rep Inc. (also seen in Paris), Invitation to the Blues, The Dream Exchange, Zelda's Ghost Dance and Eddie 'Heartbreaker' Malone. She was cremated in New York City, and her ashes will be "set free," by her request, according to friends, at a special place in Chicago, following a memorial at the Church of the Good Shepherd. A memorial in New York is being planned. Sunday, 4 January Actress Dorothea Vida Ross, 103, of Rancho Mirage died Jan. 2, 2004, of natural causes. Ross was an actress for both silent and sound films, known on screen as Dorothea Hays. She began her career as a model and in the early 1920s began acting for the screen in "Wine," distributed by Universal Pictures. She made the transition to sound films in 1927 with "The Jazz Singer," where she appeared with Al Jolson. She was a member of the Theater Guild and active in the USO during World War II. She was born Oct. 1, 1900, to William R. and Amanda Shields Hays in Bloomington, Ind. She married Benjamin R. Ross in 1938. She is survived by her sister, Olive Gates, of Rancho Mirage. She was preceded in death by her husband, Benjamin R. Ross, in 1962. A service will be held at 10 a.m. Wednesday at Victory Christian Center of Rancho Mirage with Wiefels & Son Funeral Directors in charge of arrangements. The family suggests a donation be made to American Heart Association. Steven Dorfman, who for nearly two decades wrote questions — that is, answers — for the television game show "Jeopardy!," died on Sunday at his home in Los Angeles. He was 48. The cause was complications of colon cancer, his father, Neil, said. Allen Miner - Writer, director and producer best known for his work on TV on such series as "Wagon Train", "Perry Mason", "Route 66", "Mission Impossible" and "The Untouchables", who directed and produced several films including "The Naked Sea" in 1955 and "Black Patch" in 1957, and who wrote and directed the 1968 film "Chubasco", died January 4, 2004 in San Marcos, California at age 86. Miner also was a combat photographer in WWII who shot newsreel footage of beachhead battles in the South Pacific and recorded General Douglans McArthur's landing in the Philippines Monday, 5 January PHILADELPHIA - Tug McGraw, the zany relief pitcher who coined the phrase "You Gotta Believe" with the New York Mets and later closed out the Philadelphia Phillies only World Series championship, died Monday. He was 59. McGraw died of brain cancer at the home of his son, country music star Tim McGraw, outside of Nashville, according to Laurie Hawkins, a family spokesperson. He had been battling the disease since March when he underwent surgery for a malignant tumor. McGraw's illness came as a shock to fans and friends alike last spring. He was at Phillies' training camp in Clearwater, Fla., as a special instructor, looking fine and acting as funny as ever. On March 12, he was hospitalized and the tumor was discovered. He later said there had been signs something was wrong. For example, he mistakenly showed up at the ballpark on an off day. "We lost a part of Mets history tonight," Mets owner Fred Wilpon said. "Tug was a battler on and off the field. I know he fought the disease with every ounce of energy he had. We'll all miss him dearly." Especially former Phillies teammate and Hall of Famer Mike Schmidt. "He put up a gallant fight," Schmidt said. "Publicly, he never let on that he had gotten a raw deal. He was Tug through the entire thing. As he always said, `I front-loaded my life, just like my contract.' His passing is hard to take because his presence meant so much to people around him." Bob Boone, who was the Phillies' catcher from 1972-81, remained a close friend, too. "I was real pleased I was able to be with him a little bit the last couple of months," Boone said from his home in Anaheim, Calif. "All of a sudden it hit and he went real quick, which probably is a blessing. "I know he got more living out of his 59 years than anybody. What you saw was what Tug was. There was no phoniness at all. He loved people and loved life." McGraw participated in the closing ceremonies for Veterans Stadium, which will be demolished next month. During the program, he re-enacted his final pitch of the 1980 World Series, striking out Kansas City's Willie Wilson for the title. He popularized the phrase "You Gotta Believe" during the Mets' 1973 NL championship season and carried the slogan through his illness, vowing he'd be on hand next month to push the button to bring down the Vet. McGraw was known for charging off the mound, slapping his right hand on his thigh and tapping his chest after a close call. "Patting his hand on his heart after a guy hits a home run foul, who would do that in the heat of the battle?" said Phillies manager Larry Bowa, who played with McGraw on the 1980 championship team. "But it showed he had no fear. He was loose. That's how he played the game." A left-hander who threw a screwball, McGraw could be a bit of screwball himself. Once asked whether he preferred to play on a grass field or an artificial surface, he said, "I don't know. I never smoked any AstroTurf." McGraw's playful personality often overshadowed his talent. He was an outstanding big-game pitcher during his 19-year career. In 26 postseason games, he had a 2.23 ERA and was 3-3 with eight saves. McGraw was 96-92 with a 3.14 ERA and 180 saves, and was a two-time All-Star. He made his major league debut with the Mets in 1965 at age 20 and finished with the Phillies in 1984. After the 1974 season, McGraw was traded by the Mets to Philadelphia in a six-player swap that sent John Stearns to New York. With McGraw, the Phillies won five division titles, two NL pennants and one World Series. McGraw had 20 saves and a 1.46 ERA in 1980, helping put Philadelphia into the playoffs. After the Phillies got past Houston in a tight NLCS — McGraw pitched in every game of the best-of-five series — they faced the Royals in the World Series. In addition to his son Tim, McGraw is survived by sons Mark and Matthew McGraw; a daughter, Cari Velardo, and four grandchildren. Funeral arrangements were not immediately available. John Guerin, 64; Star Jazz and Pop Drummer John Guerin, a drummer who was best known as a founding member of the L.A. Express and for his contributions to an innovative Joni Mitchell recording, has died. He was 64. Guerin, who had a broad resume in both jazz and pop, died Monday, January 5, 2004 of heart failure at West Hills Hospital in West Hills. He had been battling a cold that led to pneumonia, but continued to perform as late as Dec. 30, when he accompanied singer Steve Tyrell at the Catalina Bar & Grill in Hollywood. Guerin was hospitalized the next day. As a performer, producer and arranger, he worked with a number of the leading figures in jazz and pop music in his four-decade career. In the world of jazz, that list included Thelonious Monk, George Shearing, Ella Fitzgerald and Roger Kellaway. Among pop and rock figures, besides Mitchell, Guerin played with Frank Sinatra, Frank Zappa, the Byrds, Lou Rawls and Linda Ronstadt. In 1975, Guerin was a founding member of the L.A. Express, a jazz fusion band made up of four studio musicians. Led by saxophonist Tom Scott, the top-flight roster included guitarist Robben Ford and bassist Max Bennett. The band started playing Tuesday-night gigs at the Baked Potato, a small jazz club in North Hollywood. After hearing the group play, Mitchell invited the combo into the studio when she was recording her "Court and Spark" album. The band later went on tour with her as the opening act. Guerin also collaborated with Mitchell on the title track of her album "The Hissing of Summer Lawns." "I'm very proud of that album," he told Down Beat magazine. "It's a portrait in sound of the American dream, marriage and suburbia, in a myriad of shapes and forms. The album has touched a lot of people where they didn't want to be touched. Joni has a way of articulating self-exploration in a very heartfelt way." Guerin was born in Hawaii but grew up in the San Diego area. By his early 20s, he was performing professionally with major figures such as clarinetist Buddy DeFranco. Guerin played with pianist Shearing in the mid-1960s and was off and running on an eclectic career that included work on film scores, notably those for Clint Eastwood's biography of Charlie Parker, "Bird," and the recent Diane Keaton-Jack Nicholson release, "Something's Gotta Give." Guerin is survived by his wife, Michelle Palombi Guerin, of Chatsworth; a son, Scott, of Los Angeles; a sister, Victoria Shoemaker, of Oakland; a brother, Michael, of Santa Rosa; and two grandchildren. Another son, Shaun, died last summer. The family suggests that donations be made to Guerin's favorite charity, the Nevada SPCA, 4800 W. Dewey Drive, Suite D, Las Vegas, NV 89118. Tuesday, 6 January NEW YORK - Fashion photographer Francesco Scavullo, who shot covers for Cosmopolitan magazine for more than 30 years, died Tuesday morning, January 6, 2004 of heart failure, his companion said. He was 81. Scuvullo was preparing for an assignment when he complained of feeling weak, and then collapsed, Sean Byrne said. Known for works ranging from enamel-on-canvas photo silkscreens to portraits of celebrities such as Grace Kelly and Elizabeth Taylor, Scavullo was also recognized for his photographs of children. One of the most famous was his 1975 portrait of a young Brooke Shields. Byrne said his partner's work was guided by his love of beauty and children — themes Scavullo himself cited in a 1985 interview with The Associated Press. "I have a passion for taking pictures of beautiful women," he said in the interview. "I was fascinated when my mother got done up. My mother made the transformation from Cinderella every day of her life." Born Jan. 16, 1921, on Staten Island, Scavullo was one of five children whose father owned the old Central Park Casino. As a youth he got a job assisting the fashion photographer, Horst, and learned much of his craft from him. He later worked for Vogue and Seventeen magazines before launching a lucrative and lengthy career that included photographing covers for Cosmopolitan, Harper's Bazaar and other magazines. At the peak of his career he commanded as much as $10,000 a sitting. "He was one of the most generous people I ever met in my life," Byrne said. "He helped a lot of needy people and never mentioned it." Thursday, 8 January Thomas Kindness, U.S. Congressman (R-OH, 1975-87), of cancer, 74. STOCKHOLM, Sweden - Ingrid Thulin, who with Greta Garbo (news) and Ingrid Bergman (news) was often cited as one of Sweden's best actresses, has died at the age of 76. Thulin died Wednesday at Karolinska Hospital in Stockholm, Swedish news agency TT reported. She had lived in Rome since the 1960s, but had returned to Sweden for treatment of an unspecified illness. Born Jan. 27, 1926, in Sollefteaa in northern Sweden, Thulin trained as a ballet dancer and attended Stockholm's Royal Dramatic Theatre. She worked in stage productions with legendary Swedish film director Ingmar Bergman (news) before moving to films, appearing in minor roles in the 1940s and 1950s. It was her film work with Bergman that eventually brought her fame, including a shared Cannes Film Festival (news - web sites) best actress award in 1958 with fellow Swedes Bibi Andersson and Eva Dahlbeck for their roles in "Brink of Life." In 1956 she was cast with Robert Mitchum (news) in "Foreign Intrigue," her first American starring role, according to the All Movie Guide. Her time in Hollywood was marred by her role in 1962's "The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse." Before the film came out, her lines were dubbed over by actress Angela Lansbury (news). Thulin also appeared on Broadway and on television productions, including a 1961 remake of "Intermezzo" on NBC and in "Moses, The Lawgiver" on CBS in 1975. After her first marriage to Claes Sylwander ended in divorce, she remarried in 1958 to Harry Schein, founder of the Swedish Film Institute. There was no information on survivors or funeral plans WOODLAND HILLS, Calif. (AP) — Paul W. Keyes, an award-winning television comedy writer and producer for shows including "Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In," died Jan. 2 of natural causes. He was 79. He was buried Thursday, a cemetery spokesperson said. Keyes won three Emmy Awards and was nominated for 10 during his long career that began in radio. He wrote and produced for "The Dean Martin Show" and later for presentations of the Emmys, the Grammy Awards and the People's Choice Awards. After starting out in radio production for the Yankee Network and Hearst Radio, Keyes moved to television, and by 1955 was a writer for NBC. In 1957, Keyes became head writer for "The Jack Paar Show," which he later produced. Keyes won an Emmy in 1968 for his writing on "Laugh-In," another in 1969 for producing the show, and another in 1974 for producing "The American Film Institute ( news -web sites ) Salute to James Cagney." He earned a Golden Globe Award and in 1994 was inducted to the Producers Guild of America Hall of Fame. Keyes forged a friendship with President Nixon, produced specials for Frank Sinatra and John Wayne, and oversaw a series of "All Star Parties" to raise money for Variety Clubs International by honoring celebrities. Songwriter and pioneering Music Row businesswoman Lorene Allen died Friday evening, January 9, 2004 at Alive Hospice after a long battle with cancer. She was 78. Her songs were recorded by such stars as Loretta Lynn, Sonny James, Charlie Louvin, Conway Twitty, Eddy Arnold, Ernest Tubb, Dottie West, Don Gibson, Marie Osmond and Pat Boone. She served as the general manager for Loretta Lynn Enterprises until her retirement in 1994. In September Ms. Allen was honored by the SOURCE organization at its inaugural banquet to salute the female pioneers of the Nashville music business. Born Lorene Linville Allen on Oct. 13, 1925, in Hominy, Okla., she began her professional career in the oil industry, eventually becoming the only female executive at DX Sun Oil in Tulsa. She moved to Nashville to pursue songwriting in 1966. In the late 1960s, Ms. Allen worked for the Grand Ole Opry duo The Wilburn Brothers, then at Capitol Records. She then became Lynn's office manager and oversaw her Coal Miner's Music publishing company. Lorene Allen's name was originally listed in the songwriter credits for The Pill,  one of Lynn's most famous and controversial recordings. Daughter Meredith Miller said yesterday that her mother frequently helped Lynn with other songs without taking credit. Among Ms. Allen's most notable compositions are Another Man Loved Me Last Night ,Let Me Go ,You're Hurtin' Me and If We Put Our Heads Together (Our Hearts Will Tell Us What to Do) , all recorded by Lynn in 1968-69. Lorene Allen was a communicant of the Cathedral of the Incarnation. She is survived by her husband, Harold Dee; two daughters, Theresa Cokes of Hot Springs, Ark., and Meredith Miller of Nashville; and two grandchildren. A brief service was held in her honor on Monday, January 12th in the south side mausoleum at Woodlawn Memorial Park. Saturday, 10 January Max Duane Barnes, country songwriter ("Chiseled in Stone"), of pneumonia, 67. David Lees, photographer ("Life"), of pneumonia, 86. Ewald Pyle, major-league baseball player (New York Giants), 93. Ripley, Author of 'Scarlett,' Dies at 71 RICHMOND, Va. - Alexandra Ripley, the prolific historical fiction writer best known for "Scarlett," the official sequel to "Gone With the Wind," has died. She was 71. Ripley died of natural causes January 10, 2004 at her Richmond home, her daughter, Elizabeth Lyon Ripley, said Sunday. The estate of "Gone With the Wind" author Margaret Mitchell picked Ripley to write "Scarlett." The 1991 novel was met by lackluster reviews, but ended up a best seller. Ripley had always wanted to be a writer, but "didn't get up the nerve" until after she had worked at several publishing houses, writing catalog and flap copy for books that had been accepted for publication, said the author's friend and former publicist, Lynn Goldberg. Her first novel, "Who's That Lady in the President's Bed?" was published in 1972 under the pseudonym B.K. Ripley. Ripley's "Charleston" became the first of the historical novels for which she was best known. It was followed by books including "On Leaving Charleston," "The Time Returns" and "A Love Divine." Part of Ripley's charm was her whole-hearted enjoyment of life, Goldberg said. She would regale her friends with stories about her adventures and misadventures with self-deprecating humor, she said. "Her recollections were the stuff of novels," Goldberg said. "She often said that if it hadn't happened to her, she wouldn't believe it, either. If asked if her life story was real, she could quote Marco Polo, saying, 'I did not tell half of what I saw.'" Ripley is survived by two daughters, Elizabeth Ripley and Merrill Ripley Geier, and a granddaughter, Alexandra Geier, all of Richmond. She was separated from John Graham of Charlottesville. Sidney Miller, 87, an actor, director and songwriter known for his touch with comedy and work with Donald O'Connor, died Jan. 10 in Los Angeles after a two-year bout with Parkinson's disease. Beginning as a child and juvenile actor, Miller appeared in about 100 films, most notably with Mickey Rooney in 1938's "Boys Town," which won an Oscar for Spencer Tracy as Father Flanagan, and the movie's sequel, "The Men of Boys Town." He had an important supporting role as "Slow-Burn" in Billy Crystal's 1988 film "Memories of Me." He also voiced several cartoon characters for children's television programs. As a director, Miller guided episodes of such television series as "The Ann Sothern Show," "The Real McCoys," "My Favorite Martian," "The Addams Family," "Get Smart," Marlo Thomas' "That Girl," and "The Mickey Mouse Club." Miller was comedy consultant, writer and sketch director for "The Donnie and Marie Osmond Show." He memorably appeared as a drunk on episodes of "Dragnet" and wrote the song "Foggy Night in San Francisco" for the Jack Webb series. Miller first paired with O'Connor for comedy sketches on the early 1950s television variety show "Colgate Comedy Hour," and nearly two decades later produced "The Donald O'Connor Show." He remained O'Connor's longtime partner, writing songs and sketches for the star's musical motion pictures and television specials. Sunday, 11 January Erle Jolson Krasna, an occasional actress who was the influential widow of both singer Al Jolson and Oscar-winning screenwriter and producer Norman Krasna, has died. She was 81. Krasna died Sunday, January 11, 2004 of cancer at her Century City home. Widowed by Jolson's death in 1950, she retained control over his recordings after marrying Krasna a year later. Jolson, whose signature song was "My Mammy," became a superstar in the first "talkie," "The Jazz Singer" of 1927. Krasna was portrayed by actress Barbara Hale in the 1949 "Jolson Sings Again," a sequel to the better-received 1946 biopic "The Jolson Story." When Jolson's remarkable life in entertainment was revisited in the 1999 stage musical, Krasna attended its premiere at the Pasadena Civic Auditorium before it ventured to Broadway as "Jolson & Co." The former Erle Chenault Galbraith, born Dec. 1, 1922, in Little Rock, Ark., was an X-ray technician at the Army and Navy General Hospital in Hot Springs, Ark., when she met Jolson, known for his tours to entertain troops. The singer, 36 years her senior, suggested that, pretty as she was, she should try Hollywood. The young woman signed a contract with Columbia, then went on to 20th Century Fox when Columbia declined to pick up her option. She had a few small roles showcasing her beauty, including one in a Phil Silvers comedy, but never earned major recognition. On March 24, 1945, she married Jolson in Quartzsite, Ariz., becoming his fourth wife. Upon his death five years later from a heart attack in San Francisco, after a tour to entertain soldiers in the Korean War, she also became his widow. At age 28, she was in control of nearly half of his $4-million estate and, more important, his musical legacy. The couple had adopted a son and named him after Jolson, who was born Asa Yoelson in Lithuania. Young Asa, also called Albert Jolson Jr., has been known most of his life as "Jolie." The youthful widow met Krasna, 13 years her senior, the summer after Jolson's death and just after the writer's five-day engagement to actress Betty Hutton had ended. The couple married Dec. 7, 1951. Norman Krasna, originally a New York journalist and playwright, had won an Academy Award in 1943 for his script to "Princess O'Rourke" starring Olivia de Havilland and was nominated for Oscars for three other screenplays — "The Richest Girl in the World" in 1934, Fritz Lang's "Fury" in 1936 and "The Devil and Miss Jones" in 1941. By the time he married Erle Jolson, he was also a producer and executive helping to run RKO. The Krasnas later spent 20 years as residents of Switzerland. He died in 1984. In addition to Jolie, Krasna is survived by three children from her marriage to Norman Krasna, Beth, Emily and David; and three grandchildren. A service is scheduled for 1 p.m. Friday at All Saints Episcopal Church, 504 N. Camden Drive, Beverly Hills. Monday, 12 January Randy Van Warmer, pop singer ("Just When I Needed You Most"), of leukemia, 48. William T. Young, racehorse owner, 85. Philip Crosby , one of Bing Crosby's twin sons and the last of the four sons from the legendary crooner's first marriage has died of natural causes. He was 69. Philip was found dead in his Woodland Hills home on Tuesday. Philip Crosby, one of Bing Crosby's twin sons — and the last of the four sons from the legendary crooner's first marriage — has died. He was 69. Crosby was found dead in his Woodland Hills home on Tuesday, according to Crosby family attorney Ed O'Sullivan. The Los Angeles County coroner's office said Crosby died of natural causes. Crosby's four sons from his marriage to former jazz singer-actress Dixie Lee, who died of cancer in 1952, were Gary, Lindsay and twins Philip and Dennis. All four entered show business as young men and had varying degrees of success. In the late '50s, the four brothers formed a nightclub act called the Crosby Boys and performed in Las Vegas and elsewhere, including on their father's TV specials. But the young Crosbys were known for getting into trouble with drinking and other problems, and Gary dropped out of the Crosby Boys in 1959 after a dressing-room brawl with his brothers in Montreal. He then launched a solo act, and his brothers continued performing as a trio. Philip Crosby, who made some recordings and had small roles in films such as "Robin and the Seven Hoods" and "None but the Brave," both starring Frank Sinatra, had a relatively short-lived show-business career. In 1983, he told People magazine that he hadn't performed in a year and that his last gig was at an Elks Club party in Burbank. By then he had been married four times, the first three to Las Vegas showgirls. He had also been arrested several times for drunk driving in 1980 and, despite 18 months of Alcoholics Anonymous, he told the magazine, "I don't drink anymore — but I don't drink any less." Each of the Crosby brothers, according to the magazine article, received four-figure monthly checks from a trust fund established by their mother. Born in Los Angeles in 1934, Philip Crosby and his brothers grew up in a 20-room mansion in the Holmby Hills neighborhood on the Westside, where they became fodder for their father's publicity machine and posed for pictures in matching outfits. The National Father's Day Committee once honored Bing Crosby as "Hollywood's Most Typical Father." But his image as the easygoing, all-American father was shattered decades later with the publication of Gary Crosby's 1983 memoir "Going My Own Way." In the book, the eldest Crosby son portrayed Bing as a cold, aloof and abusive father who frequently beat his sons. Both parents were strict disciplinarians. When Philip hid his bacon and eggs under a rug instead of finishing his breakfast, Gary Crosby wrote, their mother found the food and forced him to eat it, "dirt, hairs and all." And the punishment for not putting away their underwear was to tie the underwear in a string and wear it around their necks until bedtime. But it was Bing's job to provide the whippings for the most serious offenses and Gary, reportedly the most rebellious of the four brothers, received the most beatings. As soon as their father got home and learned of the day's offense, he told People, "I'd get bent over and my pants taken down and beat until I bled." Gary Crosby's book provoked what the magazine characterized as "a high-powered fraternal feud." "Gary is a whining … crybaby, walking around with a 2-by-4 on his shoulder and just daring people to nudge it off," Philip Crosby said at the time. Dennis Crosby called the book "Gary's business," while brother Lindsay sided with Gary. "I'm glad he did it," he said. "I hope it clears up a lot of the old lies and rumors." Philip Crosby disputed many of the revelations in his brother's book but did not deny that his father believed in corporal punishment. "We never got an extra whack or a cuff we didn't deserve," he told People. After attending a strict, Jesuit-run boarding school south of San Francisco, he served a stint in the Army in the mid-1950s and attended what is now Washington State University in Pullman, where he was a guard on the football team. Chuck Morrell, the team's star fullback who shared a house with Crosby at the time, recalled that when Philip needed a car in college, his father had a driver deliver him a brand-new Chevrolet. "He wasn't snooty or anything," Morrell, who remained lifelong friends with Crosby, told The Times on Friday. "He was a good, friendly guy and everybody liked him. You wouldn't know he was Bing Crosby's son." Bing Crosby died in 1977 at age 73. Lindsay Crosby committed suicide in 1989, as did Dennis Crosby two years later. Gary Crosby died from complications of lung cancer in 1995. Philip Crosby is survived by four children: Mary Elizabeth Crosby, Dixie Lee Crosby, Flip Crosby and Philip Crosby Jr.; and three half-siblings from Bing Crosby's second marriage, to Kathryn Grant: Harry Crosby, Mary Frances Crosby and Nathaniel Crosby. A funeral Mass will be held at 7 p.m. Monday at Church of the Good Shepherd in Beverly Hills. NASHVILLE, Tenn. (Reuters) - Country music songwriter Max Barnes, who wrote hits for such stars as George Jones (news) and Merle Haggard (news), has died, hospital officials said on Monday. Barnes, 67, suffered complications from pneumonia and died on Sunday, a Baptist Hospital spokesman said. Barnes was best known for the hits "Chiseled in Stone," written with singer-songwriter Vern Gosdin (news) and nominated for a Grammy, "Look At Us," and "Who's Gonna Fill Their Shoes?" a major hit for Jones. He also co-wrote numerous songs with Haggard and other performers and won numerous Country Music Association awards. Barnes was elected to the Nashville Songwriters Association Hall of Fame in 1992. Born in Hardscratch, Iowa, he worked as a carpenter and truck driver before moving to the country music capital of Nashville in 1973. His first hits were "Don't Take It Away" and "Redneckin' Love Makin' Night," recorded by Conway Twitty (news). NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Randy VanWarmer, who recorded the pop hit "Just When I Needed You Most" and then had a successful career as a songwriter, has died. He was 48. Randy VanWarmer VanWarmer died Monday night in Seattle at the University of Washington Medical Center, where he was being treated for leukemia. He had been ill for about a year. "Just When I Needed You Most" reached No. 4 on Billboard's pop chart in 1979. VanWarmer, also a guitarist, had written it when he was 18. More recently, VanWarmer wrote "I'm in a Hurry (And Don't Know Why)," a No. 1 hit by the country group Alabama in 1992, and "I Guess It Never Hurts to Hurt Sometimes," No. 1 by the Oak Ridge Boys in 1984. "A lot of people think he disappeared after 'Just When I Needed You Most,' but he had a good run as a songwriter," Jeff Pearson, a close friend and fellow songwriter, said Tuesday. "I've seen audiences mesmerized by him when he performed," Pearson said. "His voice, in one word, was angelic." VanWarmer was born March 30, 1955, in Indian Hills, Colo., and spent much of his childhood in Cornwall, England, after his father died. As a young man he lived in New York City and then Los Angeles before moving to Nashville in 1985. VanWarmer had recently recorded a duet with country singer Razzy Bailey, "Sandcastles," due to be released this spring Tuesday, 13 January David N. Henderson, U.S. Congressman (D-NC, 1961-77), 82. V. J. Lovero, sports photographer ("Sports Illustrated"), of lung cancer, 44. Arne Naess, shipping executive (Norwegian), in a fall while mountain climbing, 66. Wednesday, 14 January Jack Cady, science fiction writer ("The Hauntings of Hood Canal"), of bladder cancer, 71. Uta Hagen, Broadway actress ("Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?"), after a lengthy illness, 84. Ron O'Neal, actor ("Superfly"), of cancer, 66. LOS ANGELES - Actor Ron O'Neal, best known for starring in two "Superfly" blaxploitation movies in the 1970s, has died. O'Neal, who was 66, died Wednesday night at Cedars Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles after a long battle with cancer, his wife said. O'Neal played a cocaine dealer named Youngblood Priest in "Superfly" and the sequel, "Superfly TNT," which he also directed. Though known for his work as a street tough character in the films, O'Neal also was a stage actor. In fact, it was his performance in Joseph Papp's Public Theater production of "No Place To Be Somebody" that brought O'Neal to the attention of the producers of "Superfly." Following the "Superfly" films, O'Neal had a long career as a character actor on television and in movies, appearing in low-budget films like "Mercenary Fighters" in 1987 and "Up Against the Wall" in 1991, which he also directed. In 1996, he joined Jim Brown (news), Fred Williamson, Richard Roundtree (news) and Pam Grier (news) in a reunion of blaxploitation superstars in the film "Original Gangstas." O'Neal capped his career two years ago with a performance in "On The Edge," teaming again with Fred Williamson and Ice-T. LONDON (AFP) - Family doctor Harold Shipman, who murdered more than 200 patients to become one of the worst serial killers of all time, hanged himself in his prison cell, on the eve of his 58th birthday, prison officials said. "He was found hanging in his cell" at Wakefield prison, Yorkshire, a spokeswoman for the prison service told AFP as his body was removed for a post-mortem examination. Shipman, who became known as "Doctor Death", was sentenced to life imprisonment in January 2000 for the murder of 15 female patients between 1975 and 1998, and faced no prospect of parole. Two years later, an inquiry concluded that he was responsible for the deaths by lethal injection of at least other 200 mostly female and elderly patients at his practice in Cheshire. A prison source, speaking on condition of anonymity, said Shipman "used a bedsheet as a ligature from the bars on his windows" to take his life in his single-occupant cell. Most of Shipman's victims died suddenly, without having experienced any life-threatening symptoms. His motivation for the murders was never known, though the judge who headed the inquiry said it was possible he was addicted to killing. "I am not sorry he has gone, but it brings it all back and it stirs it all up for us again," said Kathleen Wood, whose 83-year-old mother Bessie Baddeley died in 1997 at Shipman's hands. "I just wish he had been forthcoming and admitted he had done those things," Wood said. "It would have put a lot of people's minds at rest." Home Secretary David Blunkett ruled in June 2002 that Shipman should never be released from jail -- joining a select few prisoners in Britain who have been told they would remain in prison until their dying day. Shipman's lawyer Giovanni di Stefano told Sky News television that his client had been intending to lodge an appeal against his murder conviction. "Dr Shipman had never ever accepted his guilt and he's never ever admitted culpability in any of the murders that he's convicted of," Di Stefano said. "Something is not really quite right there." In a statement, the prison service said: "Mr Shipman was found hanging in his cell at 6:20 am (0620 GMT) and despite the best efforts of staff who immediately attempted resuscitation he was pronounced dead by a doctor at 8:10 am." The statement said that since arriving at Wakefield on June 18, 2003, Shipman had never been on a suicide watch and had been treated like other inmates. Prisons minister Paul Goggins announced that a full investigation into the death would be carried out by prisons ombudsman Stephen Shaw. The independent inquiry beginning Wednesday will look into whether warning signs that Shipman was planning suicide had been missed by jail authorities. A prisons spokeswoman said Shipman had been behaving "utterly normally" and shown no signs of suicidal tendencies, even down to a telephone conversation with his wife Primrose on Monday night. Brian Caton, general secretary of the Prison Officers Association, the union that represents Britain's prison guards, said Shipman "held the curtains around himself so that no one could see him". "It would appear that Shipman settled in well at Wakefield," he said. "He hadn't been on a suicide watch at all and wasn't on a suicide watch at the time that he took his life. Caton added: "Whilst it's a loss of a human life, it's a loss of one of the vilest humans in the country." In a July 2002 report, Dame Janet Smith, the senior judge who chaired the inquiry into the kind-looking bearded physician, said it was "possible" that Shipman "was addicted to killing". "He betrayed (patients') trust in a way and to an extent that I believe is unparalleled in history," Smith said. Most of Shipman's victims were from the greater Manchester area, where he practiced. They were, by and large, elderly women who died after being given a lethal injection, usually of morphine, while Shipman visited them in their homes. At the former premises of Shipman's practice on Tuesday, in the town of Hyde, the word "justice" was seen scrawled 12 times across the metal shutters. The Smith inquiry looked into a total of 887 deaths, and concluded that he had killed 200 people on top of the 15 for whom he had been convicted. It also told of a "real suspicion" that Shipman may have been responsible for an additional 45 deaths, although the evidence was not clear enough to reach a positive conclusion. Bindman and Partners, a law firm representing the Shipman family, said in a statement: "Neither the family nor their solicitors have any other comment at the moment on his death." Thursday, 15 January Alex Barris, game show panelist (Canadian), of complications from a stroke, 81. Olivia Goldsmith, novelist ("The First Wives Club"), of complications from a heart attack during plastic surgery, 54. James Lawrence, guitarist (Hope of the States), hanged (apparent suicide), 26. Gus Suhr, major-league baseball player (Pittsburgh Pirates), 98. SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Gus Suhr, who played more games at first base for the Pittsburgh Pirates than anyone else, has died. He was 98. Suhr died at his home Thursday, January 15, 2004, said his son, Gus Suhr Jr. Suhr set the NL record of 822 consecutive games played, a streak that ended in 1937 when he attended his mother's funeral. The mark stood until Stan Musial broke it in 1957. "It's a long life. It was a healthy life and it was a good life," his son said Friday. "Everybody should have such a life." Suhr hit .279 with 84 home runs and 818 RBIs in the majors from 1930-40. He spent the first 8 1/2 seasons with the Pirates and finished with the Philadelphia Phillies. Suhr was a hit from the start, batting .286 with 17 homers and 107 RBIs as a rookie. He posted three 100-RBI seasons overall. An All-Star in 1936, Suhr played 1,339 games at first base for the Pirates. In 2002, the Pirates honored him at PNC Park as one of 17 former Pittsburgh All-Stars. Suhr was promoted to the majors after starring for the San Francisco Seals of the PCL. He hit .381 with 51 home runs and 177 RBIs in 1929. Friday, 16 January Robert Dryden, radio actor ("CBS Radio Mystery Theater"), of Parkinson's disease, 86. Kalevi Sorsa, Finnish prime minister (1972-87), cause not reported, 73. Saturday, 17 January Harry Brecheen, major-league baseball player (St. Louis), 89. BETHANY, Okla. (AP) — Former St. Louis Cardinals pitcher Harry "The Cat" Brecheen, who won three games in the 1946 World Series, died Saturday, January 17, 2004 the funeral home said. He was 89. Brecheen was a two-time All-Star during his 12-year career. He had a 133-92 record with a 2.92 ERA in 11 seasons with the Cardinals and one with the St. Louis Browns. He had a career record of 4-1 in the World Series, and is one of only 11 pitchers to win three games in a World Series since 1905. In 1946, he beat the Ted Williams-led Boston Red Sox three times to help the Cardinals win the championship in seven games. He pitched complete games in Games 2 and 6, and came on in relief to win Game 7. Brecheen also pitched in the 1943 and the 1944 World Series for the Cardinals. Brecheen's best season came in 1948 when he went 20-7 and led the National League with a 2.24 ERA, 149 strikeouts and seven shutouts. He finished second in the league with 21 complete games Ray Stark, film producer ("The Way We Were"), after a lengthy illness, 88 LOS ANGELES (AP) - Ray Stark, a publicist and actors' agent who became a Hollywood power broker and producer of such movies as "Funny Girl,""The Way We Were," and "The Sunshine Boys," died Saturday after a long illness. He was 88. Stark died at his home, longtime friend Warren Cowan said. Stark was considered the last of the great independent producers, following the pattern of Samuel Goldwyn and David O. Selznick. Like them, he made films that were often based on best-selling books or hit plays, rich in production value and cast with major stars. But unlike Goldwyn and Selznick, who thrived on publicity, Stark preferred to remain out of the limelight. He gave only a handful of interviews during his career, and then only if he had an ax to grind. He issued only a few details in his official biography and was even sketchy about his age. He indicated his birth date was 1914, but gave no month or day. A news release from Stark's family Saturday said he was born Oct. 3, 1915. Stark's career as producer was notable for his association with Barbra Streisand. The son-in-law of Fanny Brice, Stark had long desired to dramatize the life of the great Broadway singer and comedienne. He put together a stage musical, "Funny Girl." To play Fanny he chose Streisand, then establishing herself as a dynamic singer with Broadway and television appearances. "Funny Girl" and Streisand became the hits of Broadway with the show's premiere in New York on March 24, 1964. Stark converted it into a glittering movie, Streisand's debut film. For director he chose William Wyler, a three-time Oscar winner who had never directed a musical. Herbert Ross staged the musical numbers. "Funny Girl" won Streisand an Oscar as best actress (shared in a tie with Katharine Hepburn for "The Lion in Winter"). She made three more films under her contract with Stark - "The Owl and the Pussycat,""The Way We Were" and "Funny Lady." Even after they parted, they remained friends. Stark films also won Academy Awards for George Burns ("The Sunshine Boys"), Richard Dreyfus ("The Goodbye Girl") and Maggie Smith ("California Suite"). As a producer, Stark maintained long-term relationships with directors, writers and stars, some of whom he had represented as an agent. He made 10 films with Neil Simon, eight with Herbert Ross, five with Jackie Gleason, four with Streisand, four with John Huston and three with Sydney Pollack. In 1980, Stark received the Motion Picture Academy's highest prize for a producer: the Irving G. Thalberg Award for consistent high quality of production. Referring to the legendary MGM production head, presenter Kirk Douglas remarked: "Ray does what Irving used to do." Stark replied: "Thank you, Kirk, I couldn't have said it better myself." Stark also enjoyed his reputation as a film industry power broker. Company heads and financiers often sought his advice and counsel. For many years, he was one of the biggest stockholders in Columbia Pictures, and he was influential in company policy. When he was upset over how the new production head, David Puttnam, was running the studio, he reportedly pulled strings and had Puttnam fired. When Coca-Cola bought Columbia for $750 million in 1982, Stark played a behind-the-scenes role in the sale. He took his Columbia holdings in Coke stock; by 1987 he had shares worth $44 million. In 1984, Forbes magazine estimated his net worth at at least $175 million. Stark was educated at Rutgers University in New Jersey and first worked as a reporter and publicist. After World War II, he entered the agency business, starting with radio writers as clients, then moving up to authors such as John P. Marquand, Thomas Costain and Ben Hecht. In Hollywood, he joined Charles Feldman's agency, Famous Artists, and learned the ins and outs of movie deals. Among the clients: William Holden, John Wayne, Richard Burton, Kirk Douglas and Marilyn Monroe. In 1957, Stark and Eliot Hyman formed Seven Arts Productions, which supplied television and feature movies. While there, Stark produced "The World of Suzie Wong" (William Holden), Tennessee Williams'"The Night of the Iguana" (Richard Burton, Ava Gardner) and "Reflections in a Golden Eye" (Marlon Brando, Elizabeth Taylor). Stark left Seven Arts in 1966 to form Rastar Productions. His first film: "Funny Girl." Other Rastar films include: "Fat City,""Murder by Death,""The Cheap Detective,""Chapter Two,""The Electric Horseman,""Annie,""Brighton Beach Memoirs,""Nothing in Common,""Smokey and the Bandit,""Peggy Sue Got Married,""Biloxi Blues,""Steel Magnolias,""Revenge." In 1993, he ventured into television, making the docudrama "Barbarians at the Gates" for HBO. Stark was long married to Frances Brice. They had two children, including a son who died of a drug overdose. Stark owned a horse farm where he raised thoroughbreds for his racing stable, and he and his wife accumulated one of the most impressive art collection in the film community. In a rare public statement, Stark in 1999 answered a Los Angeles Times request for his philosophy about film making. In his essay, Stark deplored the trend toward homogenization of movies: "Films work best when they're specific; oddly enough, the more specific, the more universal the story. For example: check those artists who've had an impact on films: Orson Welles, Chaplin, Bergman, Hitchcock, John Ford, and writers like Neil Simon, Ben Hecht, Tennessee Williams. They never tailored their works for the largest audience possible. Instead, the largest audience came to them." Saturday, 17 January Noble Willingham, actor (C.D. Parker on "Walker, Texas Ranger"), of natural causes, 72. PALM SPRINGS, Calif. - Noble Willingham, who worked steadily as a supporting actor over the last 30 years and left his role as a saloon owner on the series "Walker, Texas Ranger" to run for Congress, has died. He was 72. Willingham died Saturday, January 17, 2004 at his Palm Springs home, his manager, Sandy Josephs, said Tuesday. He died of natural causes, according to the Riverside County coroner's office. He played barkeep C.D. Parker on "Walker, Texas Ranger" from 1993-99. His character was a former Texas Ranger who provided advice on cases to Ranger Cord Walker, played by series star Chuck Norris. Willingham was the 2000 Republican nominee for a congressional seat in eastern Texas, but lost to Democrat Max Sandlin. Willingham's "distinctive voice and warmly gruff manner" helped him bring authority figures to life, Josephs said. He was among the local Texans hired when "The Last Picture Show" (1971) was filmed on location by director Peter Bogdanovich. His other film credits included "Paper Moon" (1973); "Chinatown" (1974); "Good Morning, Vietnam" (1987); City Slickers" (1991); "Ace Ventura: Pet Detective" (1994) and "Up Close and Personal" (1996). A native of Mineola, Texas, Willingham pursued his dream of acting after earning a master's degree at Baylor University and working as a teacher. He returned to acting after his failed congressional campaign, filming "Blind Horizon" with star Val Kilmer in 2002. The movie is scheduled to be released this year. A visitation was planned for Wednesday, with another to be held Thursday. Sunday, 18 January John Hechinger, retailer (The Hechinger Co.), of respiratory failure, 84. Monday, 19 January Harry Claiborne, U.S. federal judge (Las Vegas), shot (suicide), 86. J.J. "Bad Boy" Jones, 77, a blues guitarist and composer who performed in Los Angeles clubs for more than 40 years, died Monday of a heart attack in Los Angeles, according to his manager, Diem Van Groth. Jones had been visiting a friend in Los Angeles and died on his way to his regular Monday night performance at the Gaslite in Santa Monica, according to Dennistine Lyle, a friend and ex-wife. Born Esserlaine Jones in Baton Rouge, La., he began playing the guitar at age 5 and singing in a Baptist church choir soon after. At 16 he took a job as a long-haul truck driver and started to compose lyrics as he drove. He quit his day job after undergoing back surgery in 1996, Lyle said. He was almost 70 at the time. Small in stature with a powerful voice, Jones arrived in Los Angeles in the late 1950s and began performing in local clubs and bars. He was faithful to the blues music he grew up with in the South, playing songs made popular by a number of his friends, particularly Albert King; King's brother, B.B. King; Stevie Ray Vaughn; and Jones' cousin, Eddie "Guitar Slim" Jones. Jones' friends called him the "bad boy" of blues guitarists as a sign of respect, and he was dubbed J.J. by Albert King as a compliment suggesting his own legendary brother. With his band, "The Bad Boys," Jones regularly performed at Harvelle's Blues Club in Santa Monica, B.B. King's Club at Universal City and Babe's and Ricky's Inn in Los Angeles. "J.J. was a fixture in the Los Angeles blues scene," said Jan Garfinkle, who played keyboard with Jones' band for many years. "He played traditional blues and he was an excellent guitarist, even in his 70s." Jones recorded three albums. The best-known, "Ashes in the Wind" (Aries Records), was released in 1998. A memorial service is planned for today at 6 p.m. at Pete's Cafe & Bar, 400 S. Main St. in downtown Los Angeles. Tuesday, 20 January Italia Pennino Coppola, 91; Mother of Director, Actress Italia Pennino Coppola, the mother of director Francis Ford Coppola and actress Talia Shire, has died at age 91. Coppola, who had been ill for some time, died Tuesday, January 20, 2004 at her home in Los Angeles, said Kathleen Talbert, publicist for the director. A native of Brooklyn, N.Y., Coppola was the daughter of a composer of popular Italian songs who also was a motion picture theater owner. She appeared in two of her son's films, "The Godfather Part II" and "One From the Heart," and was the author of a cookbook, "Mama Coppola's Pasta Book." Her husband, flutist Carmine Coppola, who was an Academy Award-winning Hollywood composer and conductor, died in 1991. In addition to her son and daughter, Coppola is survived by another son, August Floyd Coppola; eight grandchildren, including actor Nicolas Cage and director Sofia Coppola; and three great-grandchildren. Manuel Vega, Creator Of 'Toucan Sam' Icon Manuel R. Vega, who created the cereal salesman "Toucan Sam" before guiding generations of Brentwood art students, died Tuesday, January 20, 2004 in his home after a bout with pancreatic cancer. He was 71. Vega was born in Manhattan and graduated from Pratt Institute in 1954 with a bachelor of fine arts degree in illustration. He worked in advertising for the next eight years, in the early 1960s drawing the famous fowl with a prodigious beak and a hankering for Kellogg's Froot Loops. "Follow your nose. It always knows," the character sang during television commercials, though friends said Vega wasn't particularly boastful of his creation. "It wasn't something that he bragged about, or that he used to introduce himself with," said Scott Hartman, a director of programs and policies at the Brentwood district who knew Vega more than 20 years. "I think he was proud of his other paintings, the ones that were heritage-like. Scenes of Spain, those were important to him." Though friends said "Manny" could have written his own ticket as a commercial illustrator, he decided instead to continue his studies and earn a master's degree in art education from New York University. In 1961, he became an art instructor at Brentwood High School, with a desire to teach in the blue-collar community. "He basically devoted his life to Brentwood," Hartman said. "He wanted to work with a more underprivileged group of students." Vega, who spoke Spanish and English, felt a special connection to the many Latino students in the area, Hartman said. In 1967, Vega became the district coordinator of art and created the annual district arts fairs. More than 30 years later, the fairs still display the talents of Brentwood students every spring. In 1984, Vega was promoted to district curriculum coordinator, a position he held until retiring in 1993. Hartman said Vega painted throughout his career as an educator, his works part of modest exhibitions throughout the world. His realistic images depict the land and seascapes of Long Island, American Indian culture and life in Galicia, a province in northwest Spain where his parents were born. Vega is survived by his uncle, Joseph Fernandez of Bay Shore, and cousins in Spain. A scholarship is being established in Vega's name for a Brentwood High School student pursuing a future in the visual arts. Mass is 10 a.m. today at St. Lawrence Roman Catholic Church in Sayville, followed by burial at Pinelawn Memorial Park in Pinelawn. Roberta Garfield Cohn, who endured the blacklisting and early death of her husband, actor John Garfield, has died. She was 89. Cohn died Tuesday at a nursing center in Los Angeles, according to her daughter, Julie Garfield. She had Alzheimer's disease and Parkinson's disease. Born on New York City's Lower East Side to parents who were politically active, Roberta Garfield became interested in leftist causes. She demonstrated for unions, opposed the Spanish Civil War and, for a brief time, joined the Communist Party. But according to her daughter, she quit after less than a year when she became disenchanted with the party and Stalinism. She met Garfield at a block party in 1932 and they were married in 1935. They had a tempestuous relationship, their daughter said, marked by fights and separations but with a strong bond beneath the turmoil. John Garfield, the star of such memorable films as "The Postman Always Rings Twice," "Body and Soul" and "Force of Evil," was also politically active and drawn to leftist causes. "He had been involved in Russian cultural exchanges," his daughter told The Times. "He signed political documents without thinking and he was against the Spanish Civil War." These factors made him the focus of scrutiny by the House Un-American Activities Committee during its investigation of Communists in the entertainment industry. He was called to testify before the House committee April 23, 1951, and refused to identify Communists. The committee questioned some points of his testimony and turned his case over to the FBI for investigation of possible perjury. After his appearance, his daughter said, the FBI called him in and asked him to confirm his wife's involvement in the Communist Party. He responded with profanity and left. Garfield, who received an Academy Award nomination for best actor for "Body and Soul," never worked in films again. He died of a heart attack May 19, 1952, at the age of 39. Roberta Garfield was never called to testify before any panel investigating Communists in the United States. After her husband's death, she retreated from the public spotlight and raised her daughter, but was bitter. Julie Garfield, who narrated and participated in making a documentary on her father, "The John Garfield Story," for Turner Classic Movies last year, told the Orlando Sentinel that her mother believed studio executives had used Garfield as a scapegoat to take attention from others in Hollywood because he had "formed his own production company and they felt threatened by him." "My mother was so angry at Hollywood," Julie Garfield told The Times last year. "She conveyed this very mixed message to me … if you were an actor you could easily get destroyed. My mother never pursued anything," not even getting a star on Hollywood Boulevard for Garfield. In 1954, Roberta Garfield married Sidney Cohn, a prominent motion picture attorney and labor lawyer. He died in 1991. In addition to her daughter, she is survived by three grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. Don Shinnick, who played 13 years as linebacker for the Baltimore Colts and was the first player from UCLA to play in a Super Bowl, died Tuesday at a rest home in Modesto of a degenerative brain disease. He was 68. Shinnick had 37 career interceptions with the Colts from 1957 to 1969, still an NFL record for a linebacker. He played on the Colts' championship teams of 1958 and 1959. The 1958 game, in which the Colts defeated the New York Giants, 23-17, in sudden-death overtime, is considered by many to be the greatest game in NFL history. After retiring as a player, he served as an assistant coach with the Chicago Bears, St. Louis Cardinals, Oakland Raiders and New England Patriots, retiring after the 1990 season. Born in Kansas City, Mo., Shinnick grew up in San Pedro, graduating from San Pedro High. He played on UCLA's 1954 national championship team and was a second-round draft choice of the Colts in 1957. He was the first Bruin to play in a Super Bowl, when the Colts lost to Joe Namath and the New York Jets in 1969. Shinnick was inducted into the California Community College Sports Hall of Fame in 1995 for his playing and coaching at Los Angeles Valley College. For the last six years, he had been struggling with frontal lobe dementia, a condition similar to Alzheimer's disease. Shinnick is survived by his wife, Marsha, and sons Joel, Josh, Peter, Adam and Chris. Funeral arrangements were pending. Jerry Nachman, journalist (MSNBC), of gall bladder cancer, 57. NEW YORK (Reuters) - Award-winning newsman Jerry Nachman, the editor-in-chief of cable television network MSNBC and a former chief editor of the New York Post, has died of cancer, MSNBC said on Tuesday. He was 57. Nachman, the recipient of a Peabody Award, an Edward R. Murrow Award and an Emmy Award, died overnight at his home in Hoboken, N.J., the network said. The outspoken New Yorker was also known for his work in front of the camera as host of MSNBC's "Nachman" show. He had told viewers of the political talk show last January that he had been diagnosed with cancer. "Jerry was well-informed, candid, witty, and charming. He was also a gifted newsman and executive, and his passing is a loss not just to NBC but to the entire profession," said Bob Wright, NBC chairman and CEO and vice chairman of General Electric . MSNBC is co-owned by NBC and Microsoft and NBC is owned by GE. Nachman spent years as a news director in stints with two local New York television stations and also worked as general manager of radio and television stations in Washington. He was editor in chief of the New York Post from 1989 to 1992. He also worked in late 2001 as a staff writer for the NBC television series "UC: Undercover" and was a staff writer and executive producer at "Politically Incorrect with Bill Maher." "Jerry Nachman will be remembered not only for what he brought to the news -- insight, context and a relentless search for the truth -- but also for what he brought to the newsroom -- integrity, tenacity and a refreshing splash of humor," said NBC News president Neal Shapiro. Bernard Punsly, actor ("Dead End Kids"), 80. Thursday, 22 January Los Angeles -- Ann Miller, the raven-haired, long-legged actress and dancer whose machine-gun taps won her stardom during the golden age of movie musicals, died Thursday of lung cancer. She was 81. Miller died at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, said Esme Chandlee, her longtime friend and former publicist. A onetime childhood dance prodigy, she reached the peak of her film career at MGM in the late 1940s and early '50s with "On the Town," "Easter Parade" and "Kiss Me Kate." She remained a dazzling tapper in her 60s and earned millions on Broadway and touring with Mickey Rooney in "Sugar Babies," a razzmatazz tribute to the era of burlesque. "At MGM, I always played the second feminine lead; I was never the star in films," she once recalled. "I was the brassy, good-hearted showgirl. I never really had my big moment on the screen. "'Sugar Babies' gave me the stardom that my soul kind of yearned for." Rooney said Thursday that Miller "was a great talent. She is a great talent. I'll never think of her as being gone." "She told me the last time I spoke to her she wasn't feeling too well, and I said, 'Keep your head up, kid.' I'm just very sad." Miller's legs, pretty face and fast tapping (she claimed the record of 500 taps a minute) earned her jobs in vaudeville and night clubs when she first came to Hollywood. She adopted the stage name of Anne Miller. Her early film career included working as a child extra in films and as a chorus girl in a minor musical, "The Devil on Horseback." An appearance at the popular Bal Tabarin in San Francisco won a contract at RKO studio, where her name was shortened to Ann. Her first film at RKO, "New Faces of 1937," featured her dancing. She next played an acting hopeful in "Stage Door," with Katharine Hepburn, Ginger Rogers, Lucille Ball and Eve Arden. Most of her RKO films were low-budget musicals and comedies. A contract at Columbia Pictures started impressively with the role of the would-be ballerina in Frank Capra's Oscar-winning "You Can't Take It with You." Then she was cast in a series of wartime B musicals with titles like "True to the Army," "Priorities on Parade" and "Hey Rookie." When Cyd Charisse broke a leg before starting "Easter Parade" at MGM with Fred Astaire, Miller replaced her. That led to an MGM contract and her most enduring work. She was teamed with Gene Kelly and Frank Sinatra in "On the Town," Red Skelton in "Watch the Birdie," and Bob Fosse in "Kiss Me Kate." Other MGM films included: "Texas Carnival," "Lovely to Look At," "Small Town Girl," "Deep in My Heart," "Hit the Deck" and "The Opposite Sex." The popularity of musicals declined in the 1950s, and her film career ended in 1956. Miller remained active in television and the theater, dancing and belting songs on Broadway in "Hello, Dolly" and "Mame." In later years, she astounded audiences in New York, Las Vegas and on the road with her dynamic tapping in "Sugar Babies" when. The show, starring her and Rooney, opened on Broadway in 1979 and toured for years. In 1990, she commented that "Sugar Babies" had made her financially independent. Before each performance, she practiced for an hour. "Honestly, I have had to live like a high priestess in this show," she remarked in a 1984 interview. "It is a very, very lonely life. When you work the way I work -- that means hard -- there's no time for play." She was born Johnnie Lucille Collier in Chireno, Texas, the first name dictated by her father, who had wanted a boy. After her parents divorced, she was called Annie, for reasons she never knew. Growing up in Houston, Annie suffered from rickets, and dancing lessons helped straighten her legs. Her mother was almost totally deaf and could not find work. By the age of 12, Annie was almost full grown at 5 feet 5, and she danced to support her mother and herself. While her career in Hollywood prospered, Miller became a regular figure in the town's night life, and she caught the eye of Louis B. Mayer, all-powerful head of MGM. They began dating and could be seen on the dance floors of Ciro's and Mocambo. "I think one reason Mr. Mayer fancied himself in love with me was that he was lonely," she wrote in her 1972 autobiography, "Miller's High Life." Another reason: "He knew or reasoned that I was as virginal as the day I was born." She declared that Mayer pleaded for marriage, but her ever-watchful mother would not allow it. She decided to accept the offer of marriage from steel heir Reese Milner. It was a mistake. After giving birth to a daughter who died three hours later, she divorced Milner. Marriages to oilmen William Moss and Arthur Cameron also ended in divorce. GLENDALE, Calif. (AP) — Milt Bernhart, a big band trombonist known for his solo on Frank Sinatra's "I've Got You Under My Skin," has died, his son David said. He was 77. Bernhart died Thursday, January 22, 2004 of of complications of congestive heart failure. During his three-decade career, Bernhart played in bands led by Benny Goodman, Henry Mancini and others. He was performing in Howard Rumsey's Lighthouse All-Stars when Marlon Brando arranged for the band to play in the 1954 film "The Wild One." Bernhart then became an in-studio musician for Columbia and other film and television studios, and in 1956 added a memorable solo to Sinatra's "I've Got You Under My Skin." Born in Valparaiso, Ind., Bernhart was drafted into the Army and was to be sent overseas during World War II before he was transferred to the service's band. After his music career wound down in 1973, he bought Kelly Travel Service in Los Angeles. He created the Big Band Academy of America in 1986 and planned to retire as the organization's founding president in March. French comedic actor Ticky Holgado died January 22, 2004 at age 68. Mr. Holgado appeared in nearly 80 films during the last 20 years. He may be best known to American audiences for his work in the films of Jean-Pierre Jeunet. Those include the delightful "Amelie ," the disturbing "The City of Lost Children" and the bizarrely hilarious "Delicatessen." Among Mr. Holgado's other credits are "Les Miserables ," Claude Berri's "Manon of the Spring," Claude LeLouch's "And Now...Ladies and Gentlemen" and "Let There Be Light." Mr. Holgado was nominated for two Cesar's as Best Supporting Actor for the films "French Twist" and "Wonderful Times." Billy May, 87; Musician Worked With Frank Sinatra, Peggy Lee Billy May, a 1950s bandleader, composer and arranger with a highly distinctive style who worked with such leading recording artists as Frank Sinatra and Peggy Lee, died of a heart attack Thursday, January 22, 2004 at his home in San Juan Capistrano. He was 87. May began his career as a trumpeter with the Charlie Barnet Band in 1938. He soon was contributing arrangements characterized by what the New Grove Dictionary of Jazz described as "wailing, 'scooping' saxophones voiced in thirds." The best-known of his arrangements for Barnet was for the hit recording of "Cherokee," the Ray Noble song that became a standard of the swing era and Barnet's signature tune. In 1939, May joined the Glenn Miller band, where his arrangements included "Take the 'A' Train" and "Serenade in Blue." With Miller, he was perhaps best-known for his trumpet playing, notably on "I dreamt I dwelt in Harlem" in 1941 and "American Patrol" in 1942. During the 1940s, May also wrote arrangements for the Les Brown, Woody Herman and Alvino Rey orchestras and worked in studios and for NBC. During the 1950s, he led his own band, which scored successes with his arrangements of "All of Me," "Lulu's Back in Town," "Charmaine," "When My Sugar Walks Down the Street," "Lean Baby" and "Fat Man Boogie." The latter two were his own compositions. During the 1950s and 1960s, he also worked as arranger-conductor for a number of artists, including Sinatra on the singer's famous "Come Fly With Me" album in 1958. He was associated with Sinatra for three decades after meeting the singer in a New York saloon in 1939. His television work included composing, with Milton Raskin, the theme song for "Naked City," the popular ABC police drama that aired from 1958 to 1963, and music for the Red Skelton and Ozzie and Harriet Nelson shows. May is survived by his wife, Doris; daughters Cynthia May, Laureen Mitchell, Joannie Ransom and Sandra Gregory; and a brother, John. Charlotte Zwerin, who was in the vanguard of American documentary filmmaking for four decades as an editor and director and who collaborated with David and Albert Maysles on the landmark "Gimme Shelter," has died. She was 72. Zwerin, whose documentaries frequently focused on visual artists and jazz legends, died of lung cancer Jan. 22 at her home in Manhattan. Zwerin's talent for structuring narratives in the editing room earned her a co-director credit after she edited the Maysleses' documentaries "Meet Marlon Brando" and "A Visit with Truman Capote" (both 1966). "When it comes to editing documentary material, she was the best by far," Albert Maysles told The Times this week. Zwerin's most notable collaborations with the Maysles brothers as co-director were "Salesman" (1969), a feature-length chronicle about four Boston-based door-to-door Bible salesmen; and "Gimme Shelter" (1970), a feature-length documentary on the Rolling Stones' 1969 American tour. The tour ended with the Stones' notorious free concert at Altamont Speedway in Livermore, Calif., where members of the Hells Angels, serving as security guards, brawled with out-of-control fans in the crowd of 300,000 and stabbed a black teenager to death after the youth charged the stage with a gun. After learning that the Rolling Stones wanted to view footage of the concert, Zwerin suggested to the Maysleses that they film the Stones' reactions to what they were viewing in the editing room and use that sequence as a structuring device for the documentary. "It gave us a way to let the audience know right away that what they were about to see was something very disturbing and not just a music documentary," she told the New York Times last year. Stephen Lighthill, one of the cameramen for the film, said in an interview with Salon.com in 2000 that Zwerin had been "the real hero of the making of the film." "I was stunned with what she got out of my footage," Lighthill said. "She compressed it and gave you a sense of a buildup of the tragedy that you otherwise wouldn't have." Zwerin told the New York Times that using the teenager's death to her professional advantage had caused her many sleepless nights. "But what happened, happened, and, yes, you're taking advantage of it. But as a filmmaker, you can't just walk away from something like that," she said. Among the other films Zwerin co-directed with the Maysleses are two on the artist Christo: "Running Fence" (1978) and "Islands" (1987). Zwerin told the New York Times that she had quit working with the Maysleses because they would not let her produce. "They cast an awful long shadow, and it came time for me to get out of it," she said. Among Zwerin's solo films are "De Kooning on de Kooning" (1981) about the abstract expressionist painter Willem de Kooning; and "Sculpture of Spaces: Noguchi" (1995), a look at sculptor Isamu Noguchi's gardens, playgrounds and other public spaces. Tapping her lifelong love of music, she made, among others, "Thelonious Monk: Straight, No Chaser" (1989), a portrait of the eccentric and enigmatic jazz pianist; and "Ella Fitzgerald: Something to Live For" (1999), a biography of the legendary First Lady of Song that was originally shown as part of the PBS "American Masters" series. "She was definitely the filmmaker I wanted for that film," said Susan Lacy, creator and executive producer of "American Masters." "She was a great storyteller, a great editor and she really knew and loved jazz: It was her world. I think she made one of our best films ever." Describing Zwerin as "very laconic, witty and wise," Lacy said Zwerin was a pioneer woman in the documentary field and "a mentor to many women filmmakers." "I adored Charlotte," Lacy said. "She was a great person and a great loss to the filmmaking world." Born in Detroit in 1931, Zwerin fell in love with film and music at an early age. Her passions for both were fueled when her mother took her to downtown Detroit to see what was billed as "Big Band and a Movie" — a live band performance that preceded the feature film. After attending Wayne State University, where she launched a film society, she moved to New York City in the mid-'50s. There she became the librarian for the CBS documentary series "The 20th Century." She was later promoted to assistant film editor but left, she told the New York Times last year, because women were expected to wear hose and heels and fill subsidiary roles. She joined Drew Associates, whose founder, Robert Drew, was a pioneer of cinema verite, or direct cinema, in which documentary filmmakers used hand-held cameras and unobtrusive techniques to capture reality on film. She met the Maysles brothers there. Zwerin, who also worked early in her career as a film editor for ABC and NBC, returned to NBC in 1984 as a producer for the magazine show "First Camera." Last spring, the Museum of Modern Art in New York City presented a retrospective of her work. She leaves behind an unfinished portrait of a fellow Detroit native, jazz pianist Tommy Flanagan. Zwerin, who was divorced from jazz critic Michael Zwerin, is survived by her brother, Charles Mitchell, and sister, Margaret Tesone, both of Detroit. Friday, 23 January Bob Keeshan, Captain Kangaroo, Dies at 76 MONTPELIER, Vt. - Bob Keeshan, who gently entertained and educated generations of children as television's walrus-mustachioed Captain Kangaroo, died Friday, January 23, 2004 at 76. Keeshan, who lived in Hartford, Vt., died of a long illness, his family said in a statement. Keeshan's "Captain Kangaroo" premiered on CBS in 1955 and ran for 30 years before moving to public television for six more. It was wildly popular among children and won six Emmy Awards, three Gabriels and three Peabody Awards. The format was simple: Each day, Captain Kangaroo, with his sugar-bowl haircut and uniform coat, would wander through his Treasure House, chatting with his good friend Mr. Green Jeans, played by Hugh "Lumpy" Brannum. He would visit with puppet animals, like Bunny Rabbit, who was scolded for eating too many carrots, and Mr. Moose, who loved to tell knock-knock jokes. But the show revolved about the grandfatherly Captain Kangaroo, whose name was inspired by the kangaroo pouch-like pockets of the coat Keeshan wore. "I was impressed with the potential positive relationship between grandparents and grandchildren, so I chose an elderly character," Keeshan said. In a statement issued by his son Michael, Keeshan's family said: "Our father, grandfather and friend was as passionate for his family as he was for America's children. He was largely a private man living an often public life as an advocate for all that our nation's children deserve." Keeshan, born in Lynbrook, N.Y., became a page at NBC while he was in high school. He joined the Marine Corps in 1945. His first television appearance came in 1948, when he played the voiceless, horn-honking Clarabell the Clown on the "Howdy Doody Show," a role he created and played for five years. Later he played Corny the clown, the host of a noontime cartoon program in New York City. "Captain Kangaroo" debuted on Oct. 3, 1955, and Keeshan remained in that role until 1993. Keeshan, who moved to Vermont in 1990, remained active as a children's advocate, writing books, lecturing and lobbying on behalf of children's issues. He was critical of today's TV programs for children, saying they were too full of violence. And he spoke wherever he went about the importance of good parenting. "Parents are the ultimate role models for children," he said. "Every word, movement and action has an effect. No other person or outside force has a greater influence on a child than the parent." When Fred Rogers, the gentle host of "Mister Rogers' Neighborhood," died last year, Keeshan recalled how they often spoke about the state of children's programming. "I don't think it's any secret that Fred and I were not very happy with the way children's television had gone," Keeshan said. In 1987, Keeshan and former Tennessee Gov. Lamar Alexander ( news -web sites ) co-founded Corporate Family Solutions, an organization that provided day-care programs to businesses around the country. Keeshan believed children learn more in the first six years of life than at any other time and was a strong advocate of day care that provides emotional, physical and intellectual development for children. "Play is the work of children. It's very serious stuff. And if it's properly structured in a developmental program, children can blossom," he said. Keeshan's wife, Jeanne, died in 1990. He had three children. LOS ANGELES - Acclaimed photographer Helmut Newton was killed in a car crash Friday, police said. He was 83. Newton, a fashion photographer whose work appeared in magazines such as Playboy, Elle and Vogue, was best known for his stark, black-and-white nude photos. Newton lost control of his Cadillac while leaving the Chateau Marmont hotel in Hollywood and crashed into a wall across the street, said Officer April Harding, a police spokeswoman. Before hitting the wall, the car brushed an Associated Press photographer who was arriving at the hotel on an unrelated assignment. Newton was taken to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, where he died a short time later, Harding said. Newton, who was Jewish, fled Germany for Singapore in December 1938, a month after Nazi-led pogroms. He eventually settled in Australia and became a citizen, then took up residence in Monte Carlo. Saturday, 24 January Leonidas da Silva, soccer player (Brazilian), of Alzheimer's disease, 90. Actor Albert Henderson has died at age 88. Mr. Henderson played in a number of notable films during his career. He often played cops. Mr. Henderson appeared in two films by action director Don Siegel: "Madigan" and " Coogan's Bluff." Other film credits include "Serpico," "Cops and Robbers," "The Super Cops" and the TV movie "Serpico: The Deadly Rage." He also played a police officer in the erotic supernatural thriller "The Reincarnation of Peter Proud." Other credits include Bob Rafelson's version of "The Postman Always Rings Twice," "Barfly," "Big Top Peewee" and "Trancers 2." Mr. Henderson may be best known for the role Seaweedhead Greaser in Robert Downey Sr.'s over the top religious parody "Greaser's Palace." Sunday, 25 January Fanny Blankers-Koen, track athlete (Dutch), 85. Ronald Fredianelli, aka Ronnie Gaylord, pop singer (The Gaylords), of cancer, 73. TANNY MCDONALD Stage and film actress Tanny McDonald died Sunday, January 25, 2004 of melanoma at age 67. While Ms. McDonald was primarily a stage actress, she did appear in several TV shows and films. Her credits include the TV mini series "Kennedy" where she played Lady Bird Johnson. Other credits include Arnold Schwartzenegger's debut film " Hercules in New York," "General Hospital," "Kate and Allie" and "Revolution #9." Ms. Tanny appeared in a number of Broadway productions including "Medea," "Macbeth" and "Man of La Mancha." She made her Broadway debut in "Fiddler on the Roof" with Zero Mostel. Ms. McDonald played Margarethe Bohr in the touring company of "Copenhagen." Monday, 26 January J. Frank Diggs, news editor ("U.S. News & World Report"), of pneumonia, 86. Fred Haas, pro golfer, 88. Tuesday, 27 January Jack Paar, TV host ("The Tonight Show"), of a lengthy illness, 85. NEW YORK - Jack Paar (news), who held the nation's rapt attention as he pioneered late-night talk on "The Tonight Show," then told his viewers farewell when still in his prime, died Tuesday. He was 85. Canadian Press Slideshow: 'Tonight Show' Host Jack Paar Dies Related Links•Jack Paar Paar died at his Greenwich, Conn., home as a result of a long illness, said Stephen Wells, Paar's son-in-law. "Jack invented the talk show format as we know it: the ability to sit down and make small talk big. I will miss him terribly," Merv Griffin (news) said. "Not only was he a great friend, he was my beginning, just as he was everyone else's." Paar's years on NBC enlivened an otherwise "painfully predictable" TV landscape, wrote The New York Times' Jack Gould in 1962. "Mr. Paar almost alone has managed to preserve the possibility of surprise." Johnny Carson (news) took over "The Tonight Show" in 1962. Paar had a prime-time talk show for three more seasons, then retired from television in 1965. Carson said he was "very saddened" to hear of Paar's death. "He was a unique personality who brought a new dimension to late night television." Paar had taken over the flagging NBC late-night slot in July 1957; Steve Allen (news) had departed some months earlier. Allen's show was a variety show; Paar's a talk show. "Like being chosen as a kamikaze pilot," Paar wrote in "I Kid You Not," a memoir. "But I felt sure that people would enjoy good, frank and amusing talk." They did. Viewers loved this cherubic wiseguy, someone once referred to as "like Peter Pan, if Peter Pan had been written by Mickey Spillane." Soon, everyone was staying up to watch Paar, then talking about his show the next day. Even youngsters sent to bed before Paar came on parroted his jaunty catch phrase, "I kid you not," with which he regularly certified his flow of self-revealing stories. Just why he walked away from such a breakthrough career at age 47 would become an enduring source of conjecture, possibly even for Paar. His explanation would have to suffice: that he was tired and ready to do other things. He stayed true to his word, other than a brief return in 1975 as one of several hosts on a rotating late-night roster at ABC. Since the mid-1960s, Paar had kept mostly out of the public eye, engaging in business ventures and indulging his passion for travel. Off the air, as on, Paar never stopped doing the thing he did best: talk. "The only time I'm nervous or scared is when I'm NOT talking," he told The Associated Press in 1997. "When I'm talking, I know that I do it well." Paar played host to Muhammad Ali when he was still known as Cassius Clay, to a pleasantly pickled Judy Garland (news), and to the outrageous pianist-composer Oscar Levant (news). Entertainers Paar championed included Jonathan Winters, Bob Newhart (news), Carol Burnett (news), Woody Allen (news) and Bill Cosby (news). Paar's circle of guests included leading politicians. During the 1960 presidential campaign, John F. Kennedy made a triumphant appearance — so much so, that a few days after the election, Paar got a letter from Joseph P. Kennedy, the proud father, gushing, "I don't know anybody who did more, indirectly, to have Jack elected than your own good self." A man of boundless curiosity and interests, Paar was charming, gracious and famously sentimental: He could shed tears, as he put it, just from "taking the Coca-Cola bottles back to the A&P." He could also be volatile, pettish and confounding. And never so much as in February 1960, when, making headlines, he emotionally told his thunderstruck audience that he was leaving his show. It was the night after a skittish NBC executive had judged obscene, and edited out, a story by Paar where the initials "W.C." were mistaken for "wayside chapel" instead of "water closet." A month later, the network managed to lure Paar back. Returning on the night of March 7, he was greeted with generous applause as he stepped before the cameras. Then he began his monologue on a typically cheeky note: "As I was saying, before I was interrupted ... " Born in Canton, Ohio, in 1918, Jack Harold Paar left school at 16 for a job as a radio announcer, and soon found success on various stations as a comic-disc jockey. Then, in the U.S. Army special services during World War II, he entertained troops in the South Pacific as a standup comedian. His specialty was poking fun at officers for an appreciative audience of enlisted men. ("I don't care what you think of the colonel," he would chide, "stop using your thumbs when you salute.") H. B. Haggerty, pro wrestler/actor ("Paint Your Wagon"), of natural causes, 78. "Hard-Boiled" Haggerty, 78; Wrestler, Stuntman, Actor He was big .He was bald, and, maybe because he snarled so much, he appeared ugly. Size alone set him apart. His cultivated persona, coupled with genuine athletic and acting ability, earned him a living and even brought him a little fame. Don "Hard-Boiled" Haggerty, a wrestler and stuntman who made his memorable film-acting debut in "Paint Your Wagon" with Clint Eastwood and Lee Marvin, has died. He was 78. Haggerty died of natural causes January 27, 2004 at his Malibu home. At 6 feet, 2 inches and 255 muscular pounds, Haggerty was difficult to ignore, whatever he did. In the 1969 musical of the California Gold Rush, "Paint Your Wagon," he stood out as horse doctor, blacksmith and dentist Steve Bull, who offered a gold-filled poke to a Mormon mother for the privilege of holding her baby. Under the name H.B. Haggerty, he went on to perform in 22 motion pictures, more than 100 television shows, three dozen commercials and several print advertisements. The names of his characters pretty much describe what he was hired to do: the Turk, a sadistic bouncer bashing Anthony Quinn in "A Dream of Kings" in 1969; Redneck in "Who Is Killing the Stuntmen?" in 1977; Tigerman in "Buck Rogers in the 25th Century" in 1979; and Awful Abdul in "Million Dollar Mystery" in 1987. He portrayed any menacing character a director needed — bartender, pool player, masseur, jailer, lumberjack, cop. "It's easy," he once told The Times darkly, "to play my own, rotten self." On television series such as "The Incredible Hulk" and "Mr. Belvedere," he played a wrestler, a role he had rehearsed thoroughly before paying crowds. Born Don Stansauk in Los Angeles to a Lithuanian family, he took drama classes as a student at Franklin High School in Highland Park. During World War II, he served aboard the battleship New Jersey. He studied drama at Denver University, Texas Christian University and John Muir College, where he also competed on collegiate football teams. He had a short run in the National Football League on the Green Bay Packers and the Detroit Lions, billing himself not as the fastest, strongest or best, but simply as the largest player in the NFL. Next came professional wrestling. He doubled his $5,000 annual pro football salary when he entered the ring, and multiplied that to $60,000 after he saw the light, took on a new moniker and "went hard-boiled." Nice guys, he learned, attract little following in wrestling. "I like to jerk 'em, and snap 'em and watch 'em fall over," he snarled appropriately for The Times, demonstrating the persona he was carefully honing. "It's therapy to me … busting a guy in the nose without getting arrested for it." Haggerty learned to outrage his fans, earning lucrative jeers in rings around the world through the 1950s and 1960s. He aroused such ire that he was shot in the leg in Louisville, Ky., had his arm broken by a mob in Vancouver, Canada, and was forced by angry wrestling fans to jump out a second-story window in Duluth, Minn., when the temperature was minus 18 degrees. Little wonder he was happy to get into the movie business — whether acting or performing stunts. The athletic Haggerty did so well at the latter that he was inducted into the Stuntmen's Hall of Fame. Haggerty is survived by his daughter, Donna Brown of Cathedral City, and two granddaughters. Services were held at 2:30 p.m. Tuesday, February 2nd at Forest Lawn Hollywood Hills, with a reception that followed at the Sportsmen's Lodge in Studio City. Wednesday, 28 January Elroy "Crazy Legs" Hirsch, NFL football player (Los Angeles Rams), 80. Timothy Ling, oil company executive (Unocal), cause not reported, 46. Russell Walseth, college basketball coach (University of Colorado), of cancer, 77. Peter(Dino) Dines, keyboard player with T.Rex (1974 – 1977) died from a suspected heart attack on Wednesday 28 January at the age of just 59. Thursday, 29 January Mary-Ellis Bunim, TV producer ("The Real World"), of breast cancer, 57. Janet Frame, writer ("Owls Do Cry"), of leukemia, 30. Dick Hawley, TV newscaster (Memphis, TN), of heart disease, 79. Louie B. Nunn, governor of Kentucky (R, 1967-71), of a heart attack, 79. Ed Sciaky, radio broadcaster (Philadelphia), cause not reported, 55. LOS ANGELES (AP) - Rose Marie Zappa, the mother of the late musician Frank Zappa, died Thursday. She was 91. She died at a Burbank convalescent hospital, said daughter Patrice Zappa. Zappa was born in the United States, the daughter of Italian immigrants. She and her husband married in Baltimore in 1939 and moved to San Diego 15 years later. Frank Zappa, who started out with the 1960s group the Mothers of Invention, recorded dozens of solo albums until his death from prostate cancer in 1993 at age 52. M. M. Kaye, author ("The Far Pavillions"), 95. Friday, 30 January Frank Mantooth, jazz musician, of natural causes, 56 NEW YORK - Robert Harth, who became the head of Carnegie Hall days after the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks and led America's premier classical music venue into an adventurous new era, has died. He was 47. The hall's executive and artistic director was found dead Friday evening at his apartment near Carnegie Hall, said Ann Diebold, a spokeswoman at the hall. She said he suffered a heart attack. Harth had planned to announce the hall's new season on Tuesday, including the second year of programs at the Judy and Arthur Zankel Hall, the $72 million, 644-seat hall that sealed Harth's reputation as a cutting-edge arts administrator. Harth spearheaded an eclectic blend of programming at Zankel, from new classical compositions, jazz and rock to avant-garde theater that drew a wider audience than usually attends Carnegie performances. During the two-week festival inaugurating Zankel Hall in September, a beaming Harth could be seen every night in a balcony seat. "We want the widest possible audience to experience the hall — a window through which to explore the wonders of different musical genres," Harth told The Associated Press. "We're stepping out of our comfort zone in Zankel Hall. We're being adventurous!" Harth arrived in New York on Sept. 8, 2001, and was soon planning a Concert of Remembrance in the wake of the terrorist attacks. Metal detectors were installed at Carnegie's front entrance to screen spectators arriving for concerts. That month, former Carnegie Hall president and famed violinist Isaac Stern died. "For us at Carnegie Hall his death, so close to the September 11 attacks, stacked grief on top of grief," Harth wrote in the September-October 2002 issue of Symphony magazine. "Baptism by fire? Absolutely," Harth wrote of his new job. During his tenure, a proposed merger between Carnegie Hall and the New York Philharmonic was planned and later abandoned, mainly because of schedule and space conflicts. Harth took over at Carnegie Hall after serving as president and CEO of the Aspen Music Festival and School in Colorado. The Louisville, Ky., native was a trained violinist, flutist and composer. He began his career at the Ravinia Festival in 1975 as production manager of the Chicago Symphony's summer series. He then served as general manager of the Los Angeles Philharmonic, also overseeing the Hollywood Bowl. Harth is survived by his companion, Stacey Buck; his parents, Sidney Harth and Teresa Testa Harth; sister Laura Harth Rodriguez; and his son, Jeffrey Curtis and former wife Melanie Harth. Ernest Burke, Negro Leagues baseball player (Baltimore Elite Giants), of kidney cancer, 79. Eleanor Holm, swimmer (1932 Olympics), of kidney failure, 90 or 91.