DIED. Joe Kuharich, 63, coach of the Philadelphia Eagles during some of their lowest-flying years (1964-68); of a heart attack suffered as his former team lost the Super Bowl; in Philadelphia. Appointed to a 15-year term as a general manager and head coach by former Eagles Owner Jerry Wolman, Kuharich, who had previously coached the Chicago Cardinals, Washington Redskins and Notre Dame, infuriated fans by trading hometown favorites and compiling a five-year record of 28-41-1. He was replaced when Wolman sold the team.

DIED. Olin ("Tiger") league, 70, much-decorated World War II colonel who served as a U.S. Congressman from Texas for 33 years (1946-79), tenaciously leading House battles for improved veterans' benefits and for the U.S. space program; of kidney failure and a heart attack; in Bethesda, Md.

DIED. William ("Cozy") Cole, 71, versatile and spellbinding jazz percussionist whose 1958 recording of Topsy became the only drum solo ever to sell a million copies; of cancer; in Columbus. Born in East Orange, N.J., Cole made his first records with the legendary Jelly Roll Morton in 1930 and later played with such jazz greats as Cab Calloway, Benny Goodman, Dizzy Gillespie and Louis Armstrong.

DIED. John Gerber, 74, bridge champion who devised the Gerber convention--a bid of four clubs to find out how many aces a partner holds; of a heart attack; in Houston.

DIED. Adele Astaire Douglass, 83, Fred Astaire's elegant older sister and original dancing partner; after a stroke; in Scottsdale, Ariz. Born Adele Austerlitz in Nebraska, she began dancing in vaudeville shows with her brother when she was nine and he seven. Their dazzling footwork and comic flair made them the hit of London and Broadway musical theater in shows that included the Gershwins' Lady, Be Good (1924) and Funny Face (1927). In 1932, amid much publicity, Adele married Lord Charles Cavendish, trading her thriving career for life as a British society woman. Three years after his death in 1944, she married American Stockbroker Kingman Douglass, who died in 1971. Fred once called her "a great artist and inimitable, and the grandest sister anyone could have."

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