Died. General LeRoy P. Hunt, 75, leader of the first U.S. Marine assault against Japan on Guadalcanal in August 1942, and assistant commander of the 2nd Marine Division in the Pacific campaign's last great battle on Okinawa in June 1945; of an apparent heart attack; in San Francisco.

Died. Pitirim A. Sorokin, 79, eminent Russian-born sociologist and longtime (1931-1964) Harvard professor; in Winchester, Mass. Sorokin's theory of historical change, as laid down in his Social and Cultural Dynamics, centered on the distinction between "sensate" or materialistic values and "ideational" values based on faith and love. Western civilization, he felt, was far too sensate. Over the years, he wrote some 30 books (The Crisis of Our Age, Altruistic Love) aimed at curbing mankind's predatory, self-destructive instinct.

Died. Paul Cardinal Richaud, 80, Roman Catholic Archbishop of Bordeaux since 1950; of a liver ailment; in Bordeaux. Convinced that an active church is a strong one, Richaud supported France's Catholic Action campaign, expanded parochial schools, and reorganized apostolic duties to give laymen more voice. He was the eighth cardinal to die in the past eight months.

Died. General Harry Schmidt, 81, Marine commander, who on Feb. 19, 1945, led two Leatherneck divisions onto the beaches of Iwo Jima, a tiny sliver of land won only after six weeks of violent battle that cost 5,500 U.S. and some 20,000 Japanese lives; of arteriosclerosis; in San Diego.

Died. Daniel Alfred Poling, 83, Protestant minister and lifelong Christian activist (see RELIGION).

Died. Viscount Kemsley, 84, one of Britain's most powerful press lords until he sold most of his empire to Lord Thomson for $14 million in 1959; following an asthma attack; in Monte Carlo. Born James Gomer Berry, son of a Welsh town alderman, he and his brother William started their careers at the turn of the century with a sixpence monthly, Advertising World; with their profits they built a publishing empire that grew to 70-odd magazines and 31 newspapers, including London's Daily Telegraph and the Sunday Times.

Died. Tullio Serafin, 89, Italian conductor of Manhattan's Metropolitan Opera from 1924 to 1934; of a heart attack; in Rome. For half a century Serafin conducted at Milan's La Scala, the Met, London's Covent Garden, and Paris' Opera. A great interpreter of Verdi and Puccini, he also championed such U.S. composers as Deems Taylor and Louis Gruenberg.

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