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DEATHS John Phillips, 65, leader of the '60s folk-pop group the Mamas and the Papas, of heart failure, March 18, in L.A. (See Legacy on page 68).... Actress Ann Sothern, 92, who began her career as the showgirl in MGM's Maisie flicks and ended it with an Oscar-nominated turn in 1987's The Whales of August opposite Bette Davis, of heart failure, March 15, in Ketchum, Idaho. She also starred on TV's The Ann Sothern Show in the late '50s and was the voice of My Mother the Car in the '60s.... Country fiddler Benny Martin, 72, of congestive heart failure, March 13, in Madison, Tenn. Martin, who invented the eight-string fiddle, played with such legends as Roy Acuff and toured briefly with Elvis Presley.... Sportswriter Phil Berger, 58, who scripted last year's boxing film Price of Glory, of colon cancer, March 12, in Jackson Heights, N.Y.... Former NBC TV president Robert T. Howard, 73, who oversaw the debut of Little House on the Prairie and Saturday Night Live, of heart disease, March 11, in New York City.... Emmy-winning composer Richard Stone, 47, whose frantic scores enlivened cartoons like Animaniacs, of pancreatic cancer, March 9, in L.A.... Singer Glenn Hughes, 50, the leather-clad biker in the original Village People, of lung cancer, March 5, in New York City. Hughes was buried in his leather outfit.... Actress Peggy Converse (The Accidental Tourist), 95, of heart failure, March 2, in L.A.

--Nicholas Fonseca

Originally posted Mar 30, 2001 Published in issue #589 Mar 30, 2001 Order article reprints

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