Friday, Oct. 09, 1964

Born. To Alain Delon, 29, French cinemactor, best known for his five-year romance with Romy Schneider; and Francine Canovas, 24, Spanish-born photographer, whom he married Aug. 13: a boy; in Hollywood.

Married. Ramon Magsaysay Jr., 26, only son of the Philippines' late President; and Isabel Delgado, 22, Manila socialite; in Manila.

Married. Tippi Hedren, 34, latest in Alfred Hitchcock's stable of frosty, blonde discoveries (The Birds, Marnie), and Noel Marshall, 35, her manager; both for the second time; in Hollywood.

Died. James Burke, 49, LIFE staff photographer, a onetime correspondent who covered the Middle and Far East for five years, then switched to photography in 1957 "because you can't have any fun at LIFE without a camera," produced such memorable picture essays as the 14-page color spread that retraced Alexander the Great's route of conquest through Afghanistan; of injuries sustained when he lost his footing while taking photographs from a high ledge in the Himalayas; near Tezpur, India.

Died. Nacio Herb Brown, 68, composer of such enduring Tin Pan arias as You're an Old Smoothie, Singing in the Rain, Pagan Love Song and Should I Reveal?; of cancer; in San Francisco.

Died. Frank Howard, 74, president of the Sloan-Kettering Institute for Cancer Research from 1948 to 1960, a onetime Standard Oil of N.J. vice president who turned his attention to Manhattan's research-starved Memorial (cancer) Hospital, persuaded his friend, former General Motors President Alfred P. Sloan, to donate the initial $4,000,000 that founded the now famed institute in 1945; of a heart attack; in Manhattan.

Died. Harpo Marx, 75, wackiest and most wonderful of the four Marx Brothers, a master of madhouse pantomime in battered plug hat and shocking pink wig, whose endless trove of sight gags (a skirt needs straightening? Whee! Cut it off.) and leering, horn-honking, pinching pursuit of squeaking blondes kept a generation of Americans in helpless laughter--and a thousand comedians trying to top him; following heart surgery; in Hollywood. Behind the idiot grin, Harpo (real name: Adolph) was a witty, gentle soul, married to one woman for life, and the doting father of four adopted children; he was also, of course, a brilliant musician, frequently playing his harp in serious concerts and always using it as a soothing counterpoint to his impish movie imagery.

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