Married. Mort Sahl, 43, nightclub and TV comic, master of the political potshot; and China Lee, 28, Playboy playmate (August 1964) and Sahl's longtime girl friend; he for the second time, she for the first; in Beverly Hills.

Divorced. Robert Gulp, 40, star of TV's I Spy, also the grotesquely hip Bob in Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice; by France Nuyen, 31, Eurasian screen and Broadway actress (South Pacific, The World of Suzie Wong); after two years of marriage, no children; in Los Angeles.

Died. Bessie Braddock, 71, retired Laborite member of Britain's House of Commons, where she was known as the "heavyweight champion" for her rough tongue and 200-lb. frame; of a heart attack; in Liverpool. Elected from Liverpool in 1945 and ever after until she stepped down last June, Battling Bessie was much maligned for her antics in Parliament (reputedly including dancing a jig in the aisle, snoring during debates), but earned the love and respect of her constituents for her unyielding fight to improve working-class life.

Died. Charles de Gaulle, 79, wartime leader, former President and personification of France (see THE WORLD).

Died. Shojiro Kawashima, 80, vice president of Japan's Liberal Democratic Party; of a heart attack; in Tokyo. In the 36 years that he served as a member of the Diet, Kawashima held a variety of Cabinet posts, but his real strength was as a party organizer and kingmaker; his politicking behind the scenes contributed to Hayato Ikeda's election as party president and Premier in 1960, as well as to that of his successor, Eisaku Sato, in 1964.

Died. Representative William L. Dawson, 84, oldest member of Congress and for three decades the most influential black in Chicago politics; of pneumonia; in Chicago. First elected city alderman as a Republican in 1933, Dawson switched parties in 1939 and three years later was voted to the first of 14 terms representing the South Side slum wards. The first black committee chairman (Government Operations), he actively opposed the poll tax and fought vigorously for integration of the armed forces. In recent years, younger and more militant blacks had labeled Dawson an Uncle Tom for his close alliance with Mayor Richard Daley.

Died. Dr. Thomas Stowell, 85, British physician; of heart disease; in London. Despite a distinguished career, he came to public notice only in the final week of his life, when he published an article implying that Jack the Ripper was actually Edward VII's eldest son, the Duke of Clarence (TIME, Nov. 9).

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