Monday, Jul. 02, 1973
Born. To Nicol Williamson, 34, crown prince of the British stage, currently playing Broadway's hit production of Uncle Vanya, and his wife Actress Jill Townsend, 28, their first child: a son; in Manhattan. Name: Luke.
Marriage Revealed. Ann Fleischer Kissinger, 46, former wife of Diplomat Henry A. Kissinger (they were divorced in 1964) and mother of his two children; and Saul G. Cohen, 57, professor of chemistry at Brandeis University, a widower and father of two; on June 1.
Died. Francis William Leahy, 64, football coach at Notre Dame who stepped into Knute Rockne's shoes but did not quite fill them; of congestive heart failure following a long illness; in Portland, Ore. Raised in the prophetically named town of Winner, S. Dak., Leahy attended Notre Dame where he played on the undefeated 1929 national championship team. After various coaching jobs--including six years at Fordham, where he taught future Green Bay Packers Coach Vince Lombardi--Leahy returned to Notre Dame in 1941 and led the Irish to their first undefeated season since Rockne's days. Known as "The Master" because of his stern and demanding style, Leahy in eleven seasons compiled an 87-11-9 mark. He left South Bend in 1953 but returned to football for one more season as general manager of the Los Angeles Chargers in 1959.
Died. Dave Chasen, 74, celebrated Hollywood restaurateur who gave up being a vaudeville ham to serve steak to the stars; of cancer; in Los Angeles. Russian-born Chasen became a favorite with audiences as Comedian Joe Cook's dizzy straight man in the '20s and '30s. When vaudeville declined, he opened a six-table chili-and-spare-ribs joint in Beverly Hills. Chasen's show business comrades--among them, Clark Gable, Jimmy Stewart, Joan Crawford and W.C. Fields--became loyal patrons and helped build Chasen's into show biz's most glamorous beanery.
Died. Georges Bonnet, 83, last important political survivor of the French Third Republic; in Paris. Bonnet was best known as an architect of the ill-fated Munich Pact with Hitler in 1938. Ambassador to the United States in 1937, he was a Cabinet Minister in no less than 18 of his country's governments between 1925 and 1939. Charges against Bonnet of collaborating with the Nazis as a member of the Vichy government were dropped in 1949. He returned from exile in Switzerland to serve for another twelve years in the National Assembly.
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