Monday, May. 09, 1977
Married. Julie Harris, 51, touring as the reclusive Emily Dickinson in The Belle of Amherst; and Walter Erwin Carroll, 54, an occasional playwright and a friend of Harris' for 30 years; both for the third time; in Sterling, Va. When nominated for the third of her four Tony Awards, Harris said to an interviewer: "If I had to do it again, I would like to have met a man and just been his helpmeet and nothing else."
Died. Clyde Lilly Jr., 57, utility czar and chairman of the Atomic Industrial Forum, an international organization promoting nuclear energy; in the crash of a private jet near Washington, D.C. President of Southern Company Services, Inc., the Birmingham-based parent company of four southeastern utilities. Lilly repeatedly urged the full-speed development of nuclear breeders, claiming they would take care of the nation's energy problems for centuries.
Died. Alexander Semmler, 76, composer, pianist and conductor for the Columbia Broadcasting System; of a heart attack; in Kingston, N.Y. Semmler composed romantic music for the concert hall, as well as for hundreds of radio and television shows. As a pianist, he was best known for his radio broadcasts of Beethoven and Chopin.
Died. Ricardo Cortez, 77, suave silent-screen star who appeared in more than 350 movies; in Manhattan. Born Jack Krantz, he changed his name when Hollywood producers slated him to follow Rudolph Valentino in romantic parts with such actresses as Greta Garbo, Clara Bow and Dolores Del Rio. As a boy, he was a runner on Wall Street, and in later life became a stockbroker.
Died. Harold Hoskins, 81, businessman and former director of the State Department's Foreign Service Institute; in Manhattan. Between his years of service in both world wars, Hoskins became a vice president of Cannon Mills. At the end of World War II he held several diplomatic posts in the Middle East before assuming direction of the institute that oversees the training of foreign service personnel.
Died. Okinori Kaya, 88, Finance Minister in General Hideki Tojo's World War II Cabinet; of intestinal hemorrhages; in Tokyo. Although sentenced to life imprisonment by the Far Eastern war crimes tribunal, Kaya spent only ten years in prison and made a political comeback by winning five consecutive terms in the Japanese legislature. An advocate of close relations with Taiwan and South Korea, he insisted that "Communism means only a dog's life."
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