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SAN`A, Yemen - Gen. Yehya Al-Mutawakil, the deputy secretary general of Yemen's
ruling party, was killed in a road accident Monday, the country's official news
agency said. He was 60.
A government official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said three people
traveling with al-Mutawakil died. It was unclear what caused the accident; an
investigation was under way.
Born in 1943, al-Mutawakil graduated from Yemen's military academy in 1962. He
served as Interior Minister in several cabinets between 1977 and 1993 and was
also Yemen's ambassador to the United States during the early 1980s.
Gabriel A. Almond
PALO ALTO, Calif. (AP) — Gabriel A. Almond, a former Stanford University
professor credited with inventing modern comparative political science, has
died of natural causes at the age of 91.
Almond died Dec. 25 in Pacific Grove.
Almond's academic career spanned seven decades. In the 1950s, he broadened the
field of political science by integrating the approaches of other social
sciences. He later developed the concept of "political culture."
Almond, who wrote or co-authored 18 books, was chairman of Stanford's
department of political science from 1963 to 1968. He became a professor
emeritus in 1976. He taught at Brooklyn College, Yale and Princeton before
joining the Stanford faculty in 1963.
His last essay, "Foreign Policy and Theology in Ancient Israel," and the eighth
edition of his textbook, "Comparative Politics Today," will be published this
year. "Strong Religions," his study about the political culture of
fundamentalism, will be published this month by the University of Chicago.
Almond attended the University of Chicago, where he earned his doctorate in
1938. During World War II, Almond worked for the Office of War Information,
analyzing enemy propaganda. Later, for the U.S. Strategic Bombing Survey, he
interviewed Gestapo and Nazi Party members, and German resistance fighters,
about the psychological effects of carpet bombing.
Clarence Du Burns
BALTIMORE (AP) — Clarence Du Burns, who rose from a high school locker room
attendant to become the city's first black mayor, died Sunday of kidney
failure. He was 84.
Burns spent 22 years as a high school locker room attendant, a job he got
through connections with former Mayor Thomas D'Alesandro Jr. Burns got the
nickname "Du" in the 1940s because he was always doing things for people in his
East Baltimore neighborhood, eventually starting his own political club, the
Eastside Democratic Organization.
Burns, elected to the City Council in 1971, was council president when
then-Mayor Schaefer was elected governor in 1986. He was appointed to fill out
Schaefer's term.
After serving 11 months, Burns lost the 1987 primary to Kurt Schmoke, who
became Baltimore's first elected black mayor.
Mickey Finn
LONDON (AP) — Mickey Finn, a bongo player with the 1970s glam rock band T Rex
died Saturday. He was 56.
No cause of death was given, but news reports said Finn had suffered from
kidney and liver problems.
After stints with the bands Hapshash and Coloured Coat, Finn teamed up with
charismatic singer-songwriter Bolan in 1969 when T Rex's original bongo player
Steve Took left the band.
He was Bolan's sidekick as he progressed from hippie sage to glam rock guru,
and performed on hits such as "Ride A White Swan" and "Children Of The
Revolution" and is credited with giving the band its distinctive "bebop" sound.
Finn quit the group in 1975 when their star began to wane and went on to form
his own band.
But in 1997, after band members received a rapturous reception at a public
performance to commemorate front man Marc Bolan's 1977 death, the group
reformed with Finn, Paul Fenton — another original band member — and
several new musicians. They performed all over Europe and were particularly
popular in Germany. The group recorded an album, "Renaissance," in 2000.
Julius Held
BENNINGTON, Vt. (AP) — Julius Held, a renowned art historian known for his
studies of 16th- and 17th-century Dutch and Flemish art, died Dec. 22 at his
home. A cause of death was not released. He was 97.
Held was a longtime professor of art history at Barnard College in New York.
The New York Times described Held as one of the last surviving members of an
immensely influential generation of German-trained art historians, including
Erwin Panofsky, Max Friedlander and Millard Meiss.
He was recognized for his expertise on Rembrandt, Rubens and Van Dyke, and his
scholarship was noted for a wide-ranging approach that included the study of
social history, analysis of iconography and exacting connoisseurship.
Held was frequently consulted by institutions and individuals seeking to
determine the authenticity of old master artworks. He attended the Universities
of Heidelberg, Berlin and Vienna and, in 1930 received a doctorate in art
history from the University of Freiburg.
When the Nazis came to power in 1933, Held was compelled to leave his job at
the Berlin Museum, and in 1934 he emigrated to the United States, where he
started out as a lecturer at New York University. He became a lecturer at
Barnard College in 1937 and a full professor in 1954.
Held continued teaching at Barnard until his retirement in 1971.
Roger W. Martin
NEW YORK (AP) — Roger W. Martin, the marketing and public relations director
for Windows on the World, the restaurant atop the World Trade Center, died Jan.
4 of a heart attack. He was 70.
Martin has been credited with creating the restaurant's name when it was being
developed in the early 1970's.
Martin, who began his restaurant career as a host at Manhattan's "21" Club in
the early 1950's, was a longtime associate of Joseph Baum at Windows on the
World and Restaurant Associates. He supervised the openings of about 10 New
York restaurants, including the Four Seasons and Charley O's.
Martin went on to open his own restaurant, Roger's, on Long Island in 1970. The
restaurant closed four years later after moving to Manhattan. A second Roger's,
which he opened with his daughter on Long Island in 1991, was sold in 1996.
Jean Meyer
PARIS (AP) — Jean Meyer, a Moliere aficionado who acted in and directed
hundreds of plays at Paris' famed Comedie Francaise, has died at age 88.
Meyer died Wednesday, the theater said in a statement. The cause of death and
other details were not provided.
For nearly three decades starting in the mid-1930s, Meyer was a fixture on the
Comedie Francaise stage. But it was as a director that he made his mark,
overseeing the production of more than 50 plays starting with Moliere's "The
Doctor Despite Himself" ("Le Medecin Malgre Lui") in 1941.
His 1951 direction of the Georges Feydeau farce "An Absolute Turkey" ("Le
Dindon") enjoyed a roaring popular success.
The author of books on Shakespeare and Moliere, Meyer wrote four plays after
leaving the stage in the 1960s. He also directed film and television.
Meyer received many prizes for his acting and directing and was recognized by
the Legion of Honor, France's most prestigious award.
Paul Pender
BOSTON (AP) — Paul Pender, a former middleweight champion who twice beat an
aging Sugar Ray Robinson in 1960, died Sunday. He was 72.
Pender had Alzheimer's disease. He died at the Veterans Administration hospital
in Bedford, a hospital spokeswoman said.
On Jan. 22, 1960, Pender outpointed a 38-year-old Robinson in the old Boston
Garden. Five months later, he retained the title in a split decision over
Robinson in a rematch.
Pender made two other successful defenses before losing to Terry Downes in
London. He regained the title with a 15-round decision over Downes in Boston in
1962.
But he battled with promoters to gain greater say over opponents and never
boxed again. He was stripped of his title in November 1962.
Richard W. Simmons
OCEANSIDE, Calif. (AP) — Richard W. "Dick" Simmons, an actor whose 40-year
career in Hollywood included the title role in the 1950s television series
"Sergeant Preston of the Yukon," died Saturday after a lingering illness. He
was 89.
Born in St. Paul, Minn., Simmons moved to Los Angeles in the late 1930s. He
later became a contract player for MGM studios and appeared in a number of
films beginning in 1937 with "A Million to One," which starred Joan Fontaine.
Other credits included 1951's "Angels in the Outfield," 1948's "The Three
Musketeers" and 1947's "Lady in the Lake."
His last role was in the 1977 television movie "Don't Push, I'll Charge When
I'm Ready."
He is best known for his role as "Sergeant Frank Preston," a mounted Canadian
officer who solved crimes with his horse, "Rex," and his Alaskan dog named
"Yukon King." The show had its origins in radio and was created by the same
team that brought "The Lone Ranger" and "The Green Hornet" to airwaves.
Simmons, a World War II veteran, also was good friends with Clark Gable and
Clayton Moore, who played the masked hero in the "The Lone Ranger" television
series.
Obituaries in the News Mon
Jan 13, 8:13 PM ET
BALTIMORE - Clarence Du Burns, who rose from a high school locker room
attendant to become the city's first black mayor, died Sunday of kidney
failure. He was 84.
Burns spent 22 years as a high school locker room attendant, a job he got
through connections with former Mayor Thomas D'Alesandro Jr. Burns got the
nickname "Du" in the 1940s because he was always doing things for people in his
East Baltimore neighborhood, eventually starting his own political club, the
Eastside Democratic Organization.
Burns, elected to the City Council in 1971, was council president when
then-Mayor William Schaefer was elected governor in 1986. He was appointed to
fill out Schaefer's term.
After serving 11 months, Burns lost the 1987 primary to Kurt Schmoke, who
became Baltimore's first elected black mayor.