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Died. Hadj Thami el Mezouari el Glaoui, eightyish, wily Pasha of Marrakech; of cancer; in Marrakech, Morocco. Berber Chieftain El Glaoui was named Pasha in 1908 for helping depose his first Sultan, rode to immense wealth (estimated at $50 million) from tithes on almond, saffron and olive harvests, profits from stocks in French-run mines, rebates on imported cars and machinery, reputed revenue from 6,000 prostitutes. His power rested on 30,000 tribesmen whom he used to enforce French colonial policies. In 1953 El Glaoui, an astute sniffer of political winds, aided the French in selling out the legitimate...
Died. Ootah, eightyish, last of the four Eskimos who accompanied Rear Admiral Robert E. Peary and Matthew Henson on their history-making trek to the North Pole in 1909; of old age; near Thule, Greenland. A sturdy, 34-year-old hunter when he served with Peary, Ootah (also known as Odaq) was called "Peary's Iron Man," remarked of the journey back from the Pole: "The Devil is asleep or having trouble with his wife, or we should never have come back so easily...
...young Shah called for the old fox of Iranian politics to take over. The fox, who had been waiting a long time, bounded in. Eightyish and four times Premier, Ahmed Qavam, a multimillionaire, is tough, ambitious and intrigue-loving. But in his own cynical way he is also an Iranian patriot. Qavam issued a hard-hitting manifesto: "The pilot has taken a new course. God help those who try to sabotage my reform endeavors." He announced he would try to solve the oil crisis in friendly talks with the British...
...Next to last: eightyish Olive Fremstad, who died last year in Irvington-on-Hudson...
Died. Fannie Ward, eightyish, the "perennial flapper" whose off-stage act of perpetual youth for more than half a century outshone her stage fame; of a cerebral hemorrhage; in Manhattan. Born in St. Louis during the Andrew Johnson (or Grant) administration, Fannie made her stage debut in 1890, got off to a fast start in the role of Cupid by accidentally winging an arrow into the leading man's eye. For the next 25 years, little (she tried to keep her weight at 100 Ibs.), blonde, lively Fannie appeared in shows in New York and London, gave more sensational...