DEATHS

Author Larry Brown (Joe), 53, of a heart attack, Nov. 24, in Oxford, Miss.... TV writer, producer, and director Hal Sitowitz, who wrote several notable episodes of Gunsmoke, 71, of lung cancer, Oct. 31, in L.A.... Novelist Arthur Hailey, 84, who wrote Airport and Hotel, which were both made into films, of a stroke, Nov. 24, in the Bahamas.... J.P. Miller, 91, an early animator for Walt Disney and artist for the Little Golden Book series, of pneumonia, Oct. 29, in Mineola, Long Island.... Ruth Manning, 84, a stage and screen actress (and Aunt Harriet in KraftReal Mayonnaise commercials), of heart failure, Nov. 19, in L.A.... Actor John Drew Barrymore, 72, father of actress Drew Barrymore, of undisclosed causes, Nov. 29, in L.A.... David Bailey, 71, patriarch Alistair Crane on the soap Passions, in an accidental drowning, Nov. 29, in L.A.... French director Philippe de Broca (King of Hearts), 71, who worked with François Truffaut and Catherine Deneuve, of cancer, Nov. 26, in Neuilly-sur-Seine, France.

Originally posted Dec 01, 1979 Published in issue #796 Dec 10, 2004 Order article reprints
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