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A A st I. 1 ll Marten of and tar. Co- he C. I France's most popular comedian Louis de Funes is dead at 68 NANTES, France (UPI) Louis de Funes, known as France's most popular film comedian for his roles as ordinary but funny people, has died of a heart attack, his family said yesterday. He was 68.

De Funes, stricken with heart attacks since 1975, suffered his last in his 18th century country chateau on the Loire river near Nantes and died in the Nantes hospital, the family said. The short, long-faced comedian was one of the biggest box office draws in France for his portrayal of Mr. French Everyman, an excitable fellow with bright blue eyes, always agitated with rapid speech and Latin grimaces like a human Donald Duck. His quick-tempered characters usually exploded with complaints and cries, reminding the French audience of themselves, Paris critics have said. Of Portuguese ancestry, Louis de Funes de Galarza was born July 31, 1914, in Courbevoie, France, son of a diamond dealer.

He worked as a bookkeeper, welder and piano player in a bar until he met actor Daniel Gelin who hired him for a role in a play. MACON, Ga. (AP) Lamar Williams, a former bass guitarist with the Allman Brothers band, has died of cancer in Los Angeles. He was 36. Funeral services for Williams, who died Jan.

21, were to be held in Gulfport, Miss. Williams had been confined several times to the Veterans Hospital in Los Angeles in the last year, said Cardace Johnson, wife of former drummer Jaimoe Johnson, who also played in the Maconbased band led by Gregg and Duane Allman. TV listing changes The following are updates to this weekend's TV listings, made after TV Times went to press: Today 3:00 (5) Movie Angel And The Badman. (1947) John Wayne, Gail Russell. (2 hrs.) 4:00 12 Wide World Of Sports LOUIS DE FUNES Series of heart attacks Ex-Allman bass man dies on the men's World Cup Downhill Skiing events from Sarajevo, Yugoslaslam via; coverage of the ternational Tandem Surfing Championships from Hawaii.

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Sir PLACE 861- 585 SARIS De Funes broke into films in 1945 and played in more than 100 comedies. He at last hit stardom in 1963 in Pouic-Pouic. Then came Le Gendarme de Saint Tropez in which he played a policeman, a person in society whom the French often spoof and dislike. Fufu and other triumphs followed rapidly. In a 1968 public opinion poll the French voted him their favorite actor.

His greatest box office success was La Grande Vadrouille (The Big Gadabout), seen by 15 million people in France alone. He also was known for La Folie des Grandeurs (The Folly of Greatness) with Yves Montand in 1971 and Les Aventures de Rabbi Jacob in 1973. He parlayed the policeman character into a series of films: Le Gendarme a New York, Le Gendarme Se Marie and Le Gendarme et Les Gendarmettes, his final film, which is expected to be released this fall. De Funes is survived by his wife, Jeanne, second cousin of writer Guy de Maupassant, and two sons. th FOR RICHARD PRYOR JACKIE GLEASON ALL ODEON: Mon.

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