Monday, Jul. 17, 1972
Marriage Revealed. Peter Ustinov, 51, Britain's bearish author, director, raconteur and two-time Academy Award winner for acting (Spartacus in 1960, Topkapi in 1964); and Helene du-Laud-Allemans, French-born journalist; he for the third time, she for the first; on June 17 on Corsica. In declining to give his bride's age, Ustinov cracked: "She is younger than I am, but not so young as to make marriage to an elderly gentleman ridiculous." -
Died. Brandon de Wilde, 30, whose acting debut at age seven in Broadway's The Member of the Wedding led to a major movie role in Shane, his own '50s television series, Jamie, and a career of supporting roles; of injuries suffered in an automobile accident; in Denver.
Died. Talal I, 65, former King of Jordan who ascended the throne after the assassination of his father Abdullah in 1951, but was declared insane eleven months later by Jordan's Parliament and was succeeded by his 17-year-old son, the present King Hussein; in Istanbul.
Died. RaUl Leoni, 67, former President of Venezuela; of cancer; in Manhattan. Having survived political imprisonment and exile as a foe of military dictatorships, Leoni won the presidency in 1963 and served for five uneasy years. His Democratic Action Party lost the next election by a scant 33,000 votes, but Leoni broke with his country's tradition of political violence by welcoming his successor, Rafael Caldera, into office. "Civilization," Leoni declared, "has triumphed."
Died. Athenagoras I, 86, Ecumenical Patriarch and spiritual leader of some 250 million Eastern Orthodox Christians (see RELIGION). -
Died. Joseph Fielding Smith, 95, tenth president and "prophet, seer and revelator" of the 3,000,000-member Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints; in Salt Lake City. Son of the Mormons' sixth president and grandnephew of its martyred founder, Smith rose to the presidency two years ago because of his seniority on the governing Council of the Twelve. The author of a score of books on church history and policy, he was a leader of conservative cut and a stern opponent of doctrinal changes. Smith's successor will be Harold Bingham Lee, 73. -
Died. George Schuster, 99, who, with a four-cylinder Thomas Flyer in 1908, won a 169-day global automobile race--New York to Paris via Siberia --thereby earning international praise for the nascent U.S. auto industry; of a heart attack; in Springville, N.Y.
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