Married. Lowell Thomas, 84, peripatetic broadcaster; and Marianna Munn, 49, a former charity executive; both for the second time; on Maui Island, Hawaii. Thomas, whose first wife died in 1975, ended his 46 years of regular radio reports last spring.

Died. Erroll Garner, 53, jazz pianist and composer (Misty); of a heart attack; in Los Angeles. Garner taught himself to play the piano when he was a child, but he never learned to read or write music. The musicians' union in his native Pittsburgh refused him membership in the 1940s because of this illiteracy, so Garner journeyed to New York City's famed 52nd Street to play in its jazz clubs. He eventually filled concert halls round the world and sold record albums by the millions.

Died. Williamson Stuckey, 67, who parlayed a $35 loan from his grandmother in 1931 into a nationwide chain of candy shops and restaurants; of an internal hemorrhage; in Eastman, Ga.Stuckey began his business by buying pecans from local Georgia farmers and, with his wife as cook, providing roadside sweets for motorists. The Stuckey chain, which was sold to Pet Inc. in 1964, now numbers more than 300 stores.

Died. William Cropper, 79, a leading artist of the social realist school; of heart disease; in Manhasset, N.Y. Gropper's cartoons and paintings savaged the privileged and the powerful; his capitalists looked bloated, his workers downtrodden. Though he was ostracized during the McCarthy era, his works hang in major museums and government buildings.

Died. William D. Pawley, 80, financier, philanthropist and a former ambassador and special envoy to several Latin American countries; of self-inflicted gunshot wounds; in Sunset Island, Fla. Pawley disclosed in the 1960s that President Eisenhower had sent him to Cuba in the final weeks of the Batista regime in an effort to persuade the dictator to abdicate in favor of a caretaker government. Batista refused, and Fidel Castro took control of the country.

Died. Roland Hayes, 89, internationally acclaimed tenor who helped open the concert stage to blacks; in Boston. The son of Georgia slaves, Hayes studied singing in the U.S., but had to travel to Europe to gain recognition as a performer. After entertaining the royal family at Buckingham Palace, in 1923 Hayes returned triumphantly to America, where he sang with symphony orchestras and in recitals for more than 50 years.

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