Died. Dr. Eric Berne, 60, psychiatrist and author of Games People Play; of a heart attack; in Monterey, Calif. As a group therapist, he observed that people acted and reacted in repetitious, tightly defined ritual "games." After further casework and analysis buttressed his findings, he invented breezy names (Frigid Woman; Now I've Got You, You Son of a Bitch; I'm Only Trying to Help You) and published Games in 1964. Intended for therapists, the book scored a sales blitz (650,000 hardcover, 2,000,000 paperback). It also attracted criticism from Berne's colleagues.

Died. George V. Allen, 66, director general of the Foreign Service Institute and twice an Assistant Secretary of State; of a heart attack; in Bahama, N.C. A diplomat who rose to the rank of Career Ambassador, Allen served as envoy to Yugoslavia, India, Nepal, Iran and Greece, before becoming director of the U.S. Information Agency (1957-60). After retiring, he was appointed president of the Tobacco Institute, a position he held until being recalled to head the Foreign Service Institute in 1966. Often mistaken for George E. Allen, jolly friend and collector of Presidents (Roosevelt, Eisenhower), Ambassador Allen was once erroneously ushered into Eisenhower's White House study. Said Ike: "Oh, it's you."

Died. John J. Anthony, 68, for 20 years a radio counselor on love life ("Mr. Anthony, I have a problem"); of a heart attack; in San Francisco. A spare, mustachioed man who never finished college, his avocation was the reform of what he called "the inequities of the marriage laws."

Died. Lieut. General Leslie R. Groves, 73, chief of the World War II Manhattan Project, which developed the first atomic bomb; of a heart attack; in Washington, D.C. A career Army engineer, Groves was selected in 1942 to lead the crash program that eventually employed 150,000 scientists, engineers, technicians, military men and others. Three years of all-out effort culminated on July 16, 1945, in the first plutonium-bomb test at Alamogordo, N. Mex. The following month two atomic bombs were dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. During the debate over nuclear morality that followed, Groves wrote in Now It Can Be Told: "The atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki ended World War II. While they brought death and destruction on a horrifying scale, they averted even greater losses--American, English and Japanese."

Died. L. Wolf Gilbert, 83, composer of Ramona, The Peanut Vendor, Green Eyes, Lily of the Valley, Waitin' for the Robert E. Lee and dozens more; of a stroke; in Los Angeles.

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