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DIED. JOHN KELLEY, 97, Massachusetts native who ran the Boston Marathon a record 61 times from 1928 to 1992; in South Yarmouth, Mass. In 1935, armed with a lucky handkerchief and 15 chocolate pills, he took a subway, a train and a bus from his home to the starting line, and clinched his first Boston victory. He won again in 1945 and placed second seven times. In 1993 the city honored him with a statue near the base of Heartbreak Hill...
Hawkins, who was born in Great Yarmouth, England, came to the United States in 1954. He received a doctorate from the University of Manchester in astronomical research in 1963 as a result of his work on the Harvard Radio Meteor Project...
According to the Patriot Ledger, the late chief is survived by three sons, Kenneth Tonis of Orinda, Calif., David Tonis of Brockton and Frank Tonis of Phoenix, Ariz.; a daughter, Barbara Brack of Yarmouth Port; a brother, Richard Tonis of Brewster; three grandchildren, two great-grandchildren and many nieces and nephews...
DIED. ALFRED KANTOR, 79, artist who rendered rare scenes of daily life in concentration camps; of complications from Parkinson's disease; in Yarmouth, Maine. As a prisoner at Auschwitz and other camps, Kantor destroyed many of his pieces just after painting or drawing them for fear of retribution. He then re-created scenes--of corpses, crematoriums, and guards--from memory...
...last 20 years of his life, Gorey remained in his cottage in Yarmouth Port. He originally shared the house with some of his aunts, but later lived alone, except for the company of his cats and other furry friends...