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DIED. Yul Brynner, 65, exotic, prepotent actor whose near total identification with the role of the dictatorial but endearing King of Siam, whom he portrayed in 4,625 performances of The King and I over 34 years as well as in the 1956 film, and for which he won a Tony Award and an Oscar, almost obscured his achievements as a movie performer, photographer and TV director; after a two- year battle with cancer; in New York City. He was born Taidje Khan on Sakhalin Island, off the coast of Siberia, to a Rumanian Gypsy mother and a Swiss-Mongolian...
Alfred Drake, Zachary Scott, Herbert Lom, Farley Granger and Ricardo Montalban have all played the role, but for 34 years Yul Brynner has been the first and only King of Siam--an Oriental patriarch who is also a gigolo in jade. He is onstage perhaps half as much as the actress who plays Anna, the Englishwoman who educates the King's children; and of the half-dozen songs that still elate the memory (Hello, Young Lovers, Getting to Know You, I Whistle a Happy Tune, etc., etc., etc.), the King sings none. It matters not. By dint of dogged charisma...
MARRIED. Yul Brynner, 62, the long-running King of Siam now approaching his 4,000th performance as the monarch in The King and I; and Kathy Lee, 25, Malaysian principal dancer in the current show, which is touring the Western U.S.; he for the fourth time, she for the first; in San Francisco...
Long before Anna ever met the King of Siam, the monarchs of Thailand traveled their kingdom in resplendent style. As early as the 17th century, European voyagers recorded that a Thai royal tour through the waters of the old imperial capital, Ayutthaya, involved as many as 450 sumptuous teak barges, elaborately carved and gilded, with prows in the shapes of ornate serpents, birds and deities. Wrote one French envoy who witnessed the spectacle: "The splendor of the decorations, the variety of costume, the crowds of richly dressed spectators, the noise of the oars, and the shouts of the rowers, added...
...fairly new breed, is extremely rare-a mere 51 are C.F.A.-registered. The only spotted domestic in existence (in pewter or bronze for high-tech décor), the usually aloof Mau favors water and often surprises owners by joining them in the tub. The quiet Korat from ancient Siam is one of the oldest breeds. A silver-blue shorthair, this uncommon cat is prized for its smooth curves and big luminous eyes. The rugged Maine Coon, with a bushy, ringed tail, first entered contests in the Pine Tree State in the 1860s. Its winter-ready, snowshoe-like feet...