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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. Arthur Treacher, 81, English-born actor and archetype of the snooty butler; of heart disease; in Manhasset, N.Y. Treacher's first stage roles ranged from chorus boy to tragedian, but by the mid-'30s Hollywood had irrevocably type-cast him. While playing a conventionally polite butler in 1933, Treacher caught a director's attention with his acidly arch remarks. The character was hastily changed, and from then on, in dozens of movies, stage roles, and TV shows, Treacher perfected the persona of a cranky, bored, snobbishly insubordinate manservant...
Many doctors, reluctant to impose on other physicians, may avoid seeking treatment. "It leads to an uncomfortable sense of obligation," says an internist at North Shore Hospital in Manhasset, L.I. Others attempt to ease guilt feelings by sending expensive gifts to doctors who have treated them...
Rorlyn G. Duam of 32 Irving Street. Cambridge; Katherine Fletcher of Dunster House and Seattle, Washington; Joan M. Friedman of Currier House and Manhasset, New York; Ann M. Kinder of Helden Green, Cambridge; Naney Knowlton of Currier House and Darien, Connecticut...
Died. Mimi Benzell, 47, Metropolitan Opera soprano turned successful Broadway, TV and nightclub singer; of cancer; in Manhasset, N.Y. Making her Met debut at age 21 as the Queen of the Night in Mozart's The Magic Flute, she won acclaim for such roles as Gilda in Rigoletto and Musetta in La Boheme before moving to Broadway, where she starred in the long-running musical Milk and Honey...