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DIED. SANDY BECKER, 74, children's TV-show host; of a heart attack; in Remsenburg, N.Y. In the free-wheeling universe of early TV, Becker entertained but never patronized young viewers in programs featuring such surreal alter egos as the silent Norton Nork, and Hambone, dispenser of bizarre advice ("Cut your grass, so the ants can pass...
Ormond deForest Seibert Remsenburg...
...publication of his 90th-odd book last week, Pelham Grenville Wodehouse-known as "Plum" to his friends and "Plummie" to Ethel, his wife of 57 years-was still in good form, working on a new novel and surrounded by the inevitable dogs and cats in his house at Remsenburg, a serene little town on Long Island's south shore...
...invented Jeeves and had 13 successive butlers when he lived in Europe, now lives in quiet, butlerless Remsenburg, on Long Island, about two hours from Manhattan. "Plummie" (a schoolboy nickname) now makes do with a part-time gardener who tends his twelve beautifully kept acres, and a four-day-a-week maid who helps wife "Bunny" run a charming ten-room white-shingled house. At 76, Wodehouse still does his "getting-up" exercises at 7:30, walks three to five miles a day, keeps the two birdbaths filled...
Mulling over writing his autobiography at his home in Remsenburg, N.Y., British Humorist P. G. Wodehouse, 73, revealed that he has not visited London since 1939 (he lived in France during World War II), has no intention of returning. Said he: "As Kipling said, 'You can't cross old trails.' England is fascinating, yes, but what breaks my heart is the old great houses being torn down. There's hardly a Jeeves left in the place...
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