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George Blanchine, 79, Dies in New York By ANNA KISSELGOFF George Balanchine, one of the greatest choreographers in the history of ballet and the co-founder and artistic director fo the New York City Ballet, died yesterday. Mr. Balanchine, who was 79 years old, died at Roosevelt Hospital of pneumonia, a complication that arose from a progressive neurological disorder. In guiding the New York City Ballet to international pre-eminence, Mr. Balanchine established one of the for-...enterprises the United...20th-cen... Mrs. Catherine Basie Dies In Grand Bahama At Age 67 Mrs. Catherine Basie, wife of band leader Count Basie, died Sunday, April 10, of a heart attack at the couple's home in Freeport, Grand Bahama Island. She was 67 years old. Mrs. Basie, who lived for more than forty years in the Addisleigh Park section fo St. Albans in Queens, was a native of ...bus, Ohio, and grew up in Cleve-...she was widely known as... Charities" a name...Walter...the NAACP... A forme...of theatri...the "Pri...featured... She...Basi...chil... ...the star... Albert W. Dent Dead; Led Dillard University Special to the New York Times New Orleans, Feb. 13- Albert Walter Dent, retired president of Dillard University, died at his home in New Orleans Sunday after a long illness. He was 79 years old. In his 28 years as president...vate, predominantly...college. Rev. Lawrence, rights activist dies Funeral services for the Rev. George Lawrence, paster of Antioch Baptist Church in Brooklyn, will be held Monday, at 12 noon at Antioch Baptist Church, 828 Greene Avenue. The Rev.... ...member of the church and, as he once told a reporter, his ambition was to write. He landed a spot as a reporter on the People's Voice...Powell... ...Empire State Baptist Convention. Minister of Education of Friendship Baptist Ch...n Harlem;...to the...National...ion in...served...elation...rnacle...Ohio...nsed...the... Edgar Bernard Felton, a retired Senior Manager with the International Business Machines Corporation, died at Hillcrest Hospital on June 10, 1983, after a short illness. Mr. Felton was born in Washington, D.C. on February 20, 1916. He was the second born son of Mr. and Mrs. Linwood W. Felton. He attended schools in Washington, D.C., and was an alumni of Howard University. Mr. Felton has resided in New York for approximately forty years. During Mr. Felton's early adulthood, he served as Captain in World War II in the 371st Infantry- Second Division- of the United States Armed Forces. He rose from the level of Private to be admitted to the Officers Candidate School. His brilliancy quickly advanced him to the ranks of Second Lieutenant, First Lieutenant, and then Captain. Mr. Felton was honorably discharged from the Service after being severely wounded in Italy. ...eived the Purple Heart, the Bronze Star, and the...Badge. ...worker. His...Master, Past...ch on the Hill,...Council, and a... ...ll always remain...his wife,... Jackie Wilson, Rock Singer; Records Included 'Teardrops' Jackie Wilson, a succesful rock-and-roll singer until a coma incapacitated him, died Saturday in Burlington County Memorial Hospital in Mount Holly, N.J. He was 49 years old. The hospital admitted Mr. Wilson on Jan. 8, and Molly Timlin, an official there, said the Wilson family asked that no information be released on the singer's illness or his death. Mr. Wilson has resided in the Medford (N.J.) Leas Retirement Community since May 1977. On Sept. 29, 1975, while performing with Dick Clark's rock-and-roll revival... Owen Dodson Is Dead at 68; Major Figure in Black Drama By C. GERALD... Owen Dodson, a poet, novelist, playwright and teacher whose 20 years as a professor of drama at Howar...sity influenced the...American... Funeral Services for Charles Eason Held At St. Phillip's Funeral services were held on Monday at St. Phillip's Episcopal Church, on West 134th Street, for Charles E. Eason, retired executive of the National Urban League. Mr. Eason, 74, died at his home last Thursday, at... The Rev. ...ster at St...services, as...Harris, of S...Church. Om...service aft.. His work with young people included employment as a social worker with th...Society of Seamen's Children and...Borough Coordinator for the New York Ci...Youth Board. Mr. Eason was a Vestry member o...and served as a board mem... Sara Louise Slack April 17, 1924-July 2, 1983 Sara Louise Slack, first woman Managing Editor of the New York Amsterdam News, died in a freak accident at her home in Stratford, Connecticut, on Saturday July 2, 1983. She was 59 years old. Attempting to separate her pet dog and a neighbor's dog, who were fighting, she slipped and fell on a sharp kitchen knife which caused her to bleed to death. The award winning journalist, who was orphaned at the age of eight, was adopted of her late aunt and uncle, Anna and Samuel Harris. Sara Louise Slack, born in Dawson, Georgia, April 17, 1924, was a graduate of Howard University and the New York School of Radio and Tv. She was...of the New York Press Club, the...New York, the National As...New Epsilon Chap...Alpha...The... ..Six...a B. ...the...of... 300 Attend Services for the Singer Bricktop Bricktop, the "peerless and witty" singer and entertainer and the doyenne of cafe society in Paris during the 20's and 30's was given an affectionate... ...didn't bother coming to Bricktop's more than once; they could all come and be themselves." Cole Porter, who had a permanent... ...sent letters, that were read during the service. The eulogies recalled a witty, easygoing, generous woman who stood by... 423
